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Needling Molluscum

This was adapted from InfoBarrel Health.

If you've been sitting around applying worthless medications that cost lots of money and feel like an outcast because of molluscum, do yourself a favor and think about popping (needling) them intelligently!

There's no reason you should have to walk around with molluscum contagiosum impacting your life.  The Needling technique is fine for children over a certain age and all individuals who are older than around 10 years of age.  Young children find this scary and should not be subjected to the treatment if they are not bothered by these lesions.

Here is a pdf of the technique:  Download Needling Your or Your Child’s Molluscum

and a Word File: Download Needling Your of Your Child’s Molluscum

 

The Common Cold 2010

Most of us come down with at least a couple of colds a year; children get up to a dozen. But we all know people who seem never to catch one. What's their secret? Do they have extraordinarily robust immune systems, and the rest of us, pathetically weak ones? You might think this was key, given the number of nutritional supplements, cold remedies and fortified cereals on the market that purport to augment the immune system - often with the help of vitamins, zinc or ginseng - and by so doing stave off colds.

But science and experience don't back this up. On the contrary, if you're keen on tamping down your own cold, “boosting” your immunity may be the last thing you want to do.

This is a lucid and important  article about the common cold from the October 5, 2010 NY Times:  How Not To Fight Colds, by Jennifer Ackerman.

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Shingles and the Shingles Vaccine

Jane Brody of the NY Times has an important article on Herpes zoster (shingles) in a section called "Times Essentials"  It gives most of the information you need about this disorder and has a reasoned discussion of Zostavax utility and value.  See:  Brody on Shingles.