A person can lose their voice (dysphonia) from a cold, speaking constantly as a teacher, singing at the top of their voice at a concert, or from allergies – but they always recover. However, there are diseases that cause vocal cord paralysis, in which you can’t control the movement of the muscles that control your … Read more
Feeling a bit under the weather? It might not be a virus, it could be cedar fever! Cedar first popped up on our allergy counts in early November. While levels thus far have been low, levels usually jump into the moderate category by mid-December and eventually peaking in January. “The pollen from Ashe junipers isn’t … Read more
Ninety per cent of people who think they are allergic to penicillin are not, senior pharmacists have warned. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) said that millions of people were being left at increased risk of deadly infections because they wrongly think that they must avoid the antibiotic. Its experts said that many people mistakenly thought … Read more