Knock Out Upper Respiratory Infections

Good Health Lifestyles Features

If you’re sick of succumbing to upper respiratory infections and tired of fearing the flu, you’re not alone. On the cold front, adults usually suffer from two or three colds every year—and kids can cycle through as many as eight colds annually. That tallies to more than 750 million colds each year. The flu typically infects on average 35 million …

Respiratory Tract Remedies

Good Health Lifestyles Herbal Helpers

Breathing. It’s something we usually do about 20,000 times each day. We hardly give our breath a second thought—until an irritation causes us to struggle for that next breath. Difficulty breathing can be triggered by asthma—the number one reason kids and teens miss school on a regular basis—or bronchitis, from environmental factors like pollution, or from a common cold or …

Sweet Treatment for Serious Burns

Good Health Lifestyles Research Roundup

THE STUDY ABSTRACT: The effects of honey compared to silver sulfadiazine for the treatment of burns: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Evidence from animal studies and trials suggests that honey may accelerate wound healing. The objective of this review was to assess the effects of honey compared with silver dressings on the healing of burn wounds. Relevant databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of honey compared with silver sulfadiazine …