Therapies & Treatments Articles

Intravenous Therapy Intravenous therapy, or IV therapy for short, refers to the practice of administering fluids directly into the vein. Intravenous therapies are known as specialty pharmaceuticals. The intravenous route of...

Intramuscular Injections Intramuscular injection or — IM injection for short — is an injection given directly into the central area of a specific muscle. Intramuscular injections are used for the...

What is amoxicillin? Amoxicillin belongs to a group of β-lactam antibiotics. It is prescribed for people who are not allergic to penicillin when fighting off certain bacterial infections. The...

Skin rashes and allergies plague us because of substances in our environment called allergens or irritants. The resulting skin rash is called contact dermatitis. The allergens can be in the water, our...

Flu shot: What are the side effects? In the United States, nearly everyone — all except very young or immunocompromised people — is advised to receive an annual flu...

Elderberry wine is well known across the world because of its supposed medicinal properties to strengthen the immune system, cure and prevent cold and flu — as well as...

Information on Elderberry Elderberry is also sometimes referred to as sambucus, and it is actually a separate genus of approximately 30 different types of species. Elderberry is a shrub...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 405,000 people across the world lost their lives to malaria in 2018, with death rates dropping rapidly thanks to increased efforts to...

Quinine is a natural, bitter-tasting alkaloid. Today, quinine is often produced synthetically in a laboratory, but it can also still be obtained directly from its natural source, the Cinchona tree. Quinine acts as...

For a couple who have been trying to conceive a baby for a long time without any sign of pregnancy, worries that you will never be parents can quickly set in...