Facial Masks for Patients with Bad Allergies

Assuming a patient is already taking allergy medications and even undergoing allergy shots , the other component for good allergy symptom control is avoidance. You can certainly add good filters to a home's HVAC system , but what about outside??? What if avoidance is impossible? For example, if you need to cut the grass on your lawn and you have severe grass allergies or if you need to clean out a moldy basement and you have bad mold allergies? That's when wearing a face mask or r…

5/12/2017 0

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Hearing Amplifiers That Work Almost as Well as More Expensive Hearing Aids

CS50+ High End Hearing Amplifier In my last blog , I argued that hearing amplifiers are not safe to use in patients with hearing loss . In fact, such hearing amplifiers can potentially cause further hearing loss given indiscriminate amplification of sound frequencies where hearing loss may be minimal/absent. Given that caveat, there are a new breed of high-end amplifiers that approach the quality and safety of hearing aids . Such high-end hearing amplifiers typically run $300+, can be pu…

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At Home Allergy Testing

Recently, a new at-home allergy test can be found on store shelves throughout the United States as well as Amazon.com . It is called " MyAllergyTest " produced by ImmuneTech Corporation and it is FDA approved. The way it works is that you place a few drops of blood into the collection kit which is than mailed to a lab in a pre-paid, pre-addressed envelope. Results are than obtained via internet or by certified mail in about one week. What's tested? Only ten things (IgE only…

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New Oral Appliance for OSA (Only Needs Heat to Fit)

A new sleep apnea oral appliance can be fitted and used at home without going to a dentist called  ApneaRx ! Oral appliances to treat obstructive sleep apnea ( OSA ) have an upper and lower component that fit into the upper and lower jaws. A mechanism within the device than allows for the lower jaw to be thrust forward to some degree which pulls the tongue and anterior airway forward thereby enlarging the airway and preventing obstructive apneas during sleep. It can also help with snoring…

6/29/2012 0

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Cheap Quality Prescriptions Thru Costco Pharmacy Mail Order

A patient recently brought this to my attention... but Costco Pharmacy offers very good prices on drugs, especially generics, even if a patient has no health insurance. Furthermore, you do NOT have to be a member to purchase these drugs! Even more importantly, the medications can be considered "good" unlike medications purchased from other online sources from Canada or Mexico. For example, I searched for these drugs on 11/27/09 and these are the prices that came up: Allegra 180m…

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