Health & Medical: How to Protect Cloth Seats in a Car

How to Protect Cloth Seats in a Car

It only takes one accident to leave a stain on your cloth interior. Even when you don't allow food and drinks in the car, a wet, dirty hand or jacket can leave a stain behind. Vinyl seats are easier to clean but cloth offers a more comfortable alternative in hot or cold weather. Throwing a bath towe

Health & Medical: Signs & Symptoms of Dehydration While Detoxing

Signs & Symptoms of Dehydration While Detoxing

Detox diets, such as the Master Cleanse, are a popular way to quickly lose weight and flush toxins from the body. However, it isn't just toxins that are flushed away while detoxing. Much-needed body fluids can be quickly lost during a detox, because the diet might serve as both a laxative and diuret

Health & Medical: How to Make Dental Patients Comfortable

How to Make Dental Patients Comfortable

Dental work strikes fear into the hearts of many patients. They cringe at the sound of the drill and feel terror at the thought of a potentially painful procedure. Fortunately, with a little effort, you can help dental patients to feel comfortable. All it takes is some strategies aimed at educating

Health & Medical: Clinicians Are Talking About Aging Surgeons

Clinicians Are Talking About Aging Surgeons

Is it a knife in the heart to a surgeon to feel that he or she is 'too old' to operate, or is this just the natural end to a distinguished career? Medscape readers' opinions cut both ways.

Health & Medical: Does Liquor Break Down Into Isopropyl Alcohol in the Body?

Does Liquor Break Down Into Isopropyl Alcohol in the Body?

When a person consumes alcoholic beverages, it is the liver that processes the majority of the chemicals in alcohol. About 90 to 98 percent of all alcohol ingested is processed by the liver, with the remainder leaving via urination or sweating.

Health & Medical: Sun Poisoning Cures

Sun Poisoning Cures

Exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays when the skin is not accustomed to being in direct sunlight can result in sun poisoning. This is a condition where the skin appears to have a sunburn and hives. Sun poisoning can be extremely painful and can blister and peel. People with fair skin are particula

Health & Medical: What is Polarized Light?

What is Polarized Light?

You are probably most familiar with polarized light in terms of polarized sunglasses. These moderately high-end glasses filter out light and reduce glare, and are extremely popular with sport fishermen and other water-based professionals because they make it easier to see through and around water ev

Health & Medical: September 2002:

September 2002:

One of the most popular features of Medscape Surgery, "Ask the Experts" continues to be expanded in depth and breadth.

Health & Medical: Disaster Management and Communication

Disaster Management and Communication

During a natural or manmade hazard, emergency managers and the general public need both one- and two-way forms of communication, but the hazards' conditions can cause loss of electrical power and telecommunications and block travel, further endangering the public. With common methods of communicatio

Health & Medical: Snake and Lizard Bites-Home Treatment

Snake and Lizard Bites-Home Treatment

If you were bitten by a snake or lizard that you know or suspect is poisonous, callor other emergency services immediately. Do not wait for symptoms to develop.

Health & Medical: How to Detect a Propane Leak Near a Range

How to Detect a Propane Leak Near a Range

Propane, a liquefied petroleum product, is used in over 14 million homes across the United States, according to the National Propane Gas Association. It fuels a wide range of home appliances, including cook-tops and ovens to furnaces and water heaters and is a popular source of energy due to its low