Home sunburn care and remedies from medical experts
Dermatology professors from Stony Brook and NYU outline simple at home steps to treat sunburn. Cool baths and compresses help skin, moisturizers prevent excessive drying, and OTC pain meds ease discomfort. Avoid alcohols and testers, and peel skin only when it comes naturally. Three old fashioned home remedies are suggested: barley yogurt turmeric mix, cold aloe vera with vinegar or plantain, and cold milk-soaked gauze.
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Tara Kaufmann
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Ariel Ostad
New York University
Kaufmann
Ostad
Mistakes parents make and small easy remedies
Aimed at healthier child care, the piece lists common health missteps such as giving cough medicines to children and overdosing on milk and juice. It notes honey as a safer cough treatment for older kids, warns against giving honey to under age one, and recommends ibuprofen for fevers and aches. It advises limiting milk to 32 ounces daily before age three and 16 ounces for ages three to five, plus juice limits of 4 to 6 ounces per day and selecting 100 percent juice over fruit drinks.
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Charlotte Cowan
Deborah Enos
Work It!. Eight triathlon focused moves from Daniel Smith
Cable columns feature a weekly workout with EMH Center trainer Daniel Smith. June and July present eight resistance band exercises to build strength for cycling running and swimming. Perform 20 reps per leg three sets with a chair for balance.
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Daniel Smith
Smith
Cultural factors affect health disparities in lung cancer
The UNC Chapel Hill study in JAMA surveyed 400 patients with early lung cancer and found 55 percent of black patients chose surgery versus 66 percent of white patients. Researchers link lower surgical uptake to communication gaps, misperceived prognosis, and perceptions of physicians as less engaging, suggesting clinician training to ensure equitable decisions.
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University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Journal of the American Medical Association
Samuel Dykert
Cecil G. Sheps Center For Health Services Research
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Dykert
Shirley Lawton
Raleigh
N.C
Lawton
Chapel Hill
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