He should take an antihistamine such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl), or apply an antihistamine cream or spray or a hydrocortisone cream (Cort-Dome, Cortaid, others), to relieve itchiness.doi:http://www.modernmedicine.com/node/319581Business
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(Phys.org) —Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Great Britain have discovered that the bug known as the giant lime green stick insect (Diapherodes gigantea) has microbes in its gut that are able to thwart bacteria that the insect has never been exposed to before. This suggests, the B...
Karl von Frisch won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for studying the communication methods of this species. This insectreproduces its habitat through swarming, in which it takes advantage of higher volumes of nectar and pollen from flowers in the spring and early summer to help i...
"Sometimes, in rare instances, an animal may have an allergic reaction to some of the components in that exoskeleton if that pet is also allergic to shellfish," said Dr. Kelly Cairns DVM, MS, DACVIM — a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist, vice president of medical ex...
Rotenberg and her colleagues got started on the western flower thrips genome project by developing an inbred line of thrips. The Human Genome Sequencing Center of the Baylor College of Medicine then sequenced the genome and assembled it, and Rotenberg recruited scientists from around the world to...
Researchers say the fly larvae have shown prowess in dealing with organic waste including food leftovers. The larvae are also rich in protein and can be made into medicine and animal feed. The larvae hatch from eggs in the early spring and grow into pupae in 12 to 14 days, during which ...
insectivore belonging to the unusual and extinct Plesiodimylus family. The identification of this group, related to the fauna that lived in Central Europe during the Miocene (16 million years ago), is based on the study of isolated teeth found in l'Alcora (Castellón), in the district of...
Insect-inspired super rubber moves toward practical uses in medicineThe remarkable, rubber-like protein that enables dragonflies, grasshoppers and other insects to flap their wings, jump and chirp has major potential uses in medicine, scientists conclude in an art ...The remarkableAcs Macro Letters...
The trials, supported by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), were conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University's school of medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore. Fifty-nine patients who had insect sting allergies were divided into three groups. Each ...