Paediatric medicine - The child with ear pain and infection
Consider referred stalgia as more common causes in children with these symptoms....
Removing a stone from a salivary duct
Mr Anish Shah describes a technique used for submandibular sialolith removal. A 45-year-old female p...
Corticosteroids relieve sore throat pain
Painful sore throats can be effectively treated by a single dose of oral corticosteroids, research p...
The basics - Herpes infections
Patients should understand the nature of this recurrent viral disease....
Xerostomia
Dry mouth commonly affects older patients and can reduce their quality of life, writes Mr Anish Shah...
Sleep disorders in adults
Contributed by Dr Zenobia Zaiwalla, consultant neurophysiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford....
Acute vertigo
Contributed by Dr Barry Seemungal, senior lecturer in clinical neurology and neuro-otology and Dr Mi...
Paediatric medicine - Assessing childhood hearing loss
The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme was introduced in 2006, audiologist Victoria Parfect and Dr ...
Unilateral hearing loss
Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) or single-sided deafness (SSD) occurs when the hearing in one ear is w...
Hay fever
Contributed by Dr Anthony Crockett, GP and hospital practitioner, Great Western Foundation Hospital,...
