Teens (People) Who Listen to Music Loudly... A Possible Solution

Now parents may not like this, but I do have a possible solution to getting teenagers to turn the music volume down so not to damage their hearing ... Get them noise-cancelling headphones . As an occasional audiophile myself, I understand that when listening to music with headphones, you invariably HAVE to turn the music volume up in order to hear everything clearly, especially when listening to music in noisy environments. Such environments include city sounds while walking, airplane buzz …

9/01/2013 0

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Top 3 Reasons Why Your Child Can't Shake that Cough

Guest Blog Post by Dr. Julie Wei Any parent who has lived with a toddler or preschooler knows the pain of hearing a child’s endless cough, daytime, nighttime, all the time... It seems as if the cough never clears up in a day or two, or after a cold, but may last for weeks. Even if it does clear up, it always seems to return without much warning, and can be more stubborn than your 4 year old about eating vegetables! If you are wondering why cough medications can't stop your child's…

4/13/2013 0

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NYT: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Death Due to Strep Throat?

Image by Wikipedia Well according to a NYT article published on Aug 17, 2009, yes he potentially did. In the article titled "What Really Killed Mozart? Maybe Strep ," the journalist reports on a paper published in the Aug. 18 issue of The Annals of Internal Medicine where the researchers have done an epidemiological analysis that suggested he was a victim of an epidemic streptococcal infection. Read the NYT article here . Read the actual paper abstract here . This story illus…

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