Alison M Barber

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• Can Eczema Be Treated with Over-the-Counter Medications?

  What is eczema?Eczema is a condition that affects the skin. Its typical symptoms include a rough inflamed skin with fluid-filled blisters that are itchy. Eczema most often affects the areas of the neck, inner elbows, behind the knees, the wrists, ankles, and the creases between the buttocks. The...

• Ovarian Cancer: The Cliché About Cancer That’s True

  Last June, 24-year-old Dani Strumeier, a tax accountant at PwC, began to experience pain in her lower abdomen, but she brushed off going to the hospital because she knew that there would be needles there. She could not have blood drawn from her body without throwing up or passing out. Fortunately, a...

• This Drug Significantly Stops Cell Growth in Metastatic Breast Cancer

  HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer is a common yet incurable disease that has spread from the breast to other parts of a person’s body. It’s an aggressive cancer that usually affects the breast plus a patient's bone, lungs, liver and brain. Even when breast cancer spreads into other parts of...

• Pain Management for Fibro Patients During Surgery

  Surgery is necessary. But surgery can also cause a lot of pain and stress for a patient, especially if they have fibromyalgia.Fibromyalgia, or fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a health condition characterized by chronic musculoskeletal pain. Someone with fibromyalgia typically experiences general...

• What is a Mononucleosis Spot Test?

  Mononucleosis is often called the kissing disease. This is a viral infection transmitted through saliva and transferred through kissing. You can also be exposed through a cough, sneeze or by sharing a glass or food utensils with someone who has mononucleosis infection. But this is not as contagious...

• Former Pro Athlete Sells Medal to Give Teen Soccer Fan Lung Transplant

  Mo Johnston, former star athlete as part of both the Rangers and the Celtics has decided he wants to give back. He has decided to sell his league medal in order to raise money so a teen with cystic fibrosis could receive a lung transplant that has become crucial to his health.Background on...