Topic of the Month September: ENT

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These parts are real delicate - a lot can happen to ears, noses and throats throughout a lifetime. In winter they hurt due to cold winds, in summer they get bothered by allergies. Doctors concerned with ENT are truly busy all year long.

Therefore, ENT makes up our Topic of the Month in September. Current research and innovations are being introduced in our articles this month.

A new ointment (a "pollen blocker cream") applied inside the lower part of the nose is thought to form a barrier that traps allergens, reducing the number of allergens entering the nose and helps to reduce allergy symptoms. - Pollen-Blocking Cream May Help Reduce Symptoms

A surgical incision between the trachea and esophagus following removal of the tongue and voice box provides effective speech communication for select head and neck cancer patients who otherwise would not be able to speak. - Understandable Speech Possible

The postoperative haemorrhage rate in tonsillectomies which use ‘hot techniques' such as diathermy and coblation to stop bleeding could be over three times greater than operations which use cold steel techniques. - Tonsillectomy: Surgical Technique and Postoperative Haemorrhage

Parents of children with asthma are making many efforts to clear their homes of substances that could trigger their child's symptoms, but the steps they take aren't always the ones that could do the most good, a new study finds. - Parents' Anti-Asthma Efforts May Miss the Mark

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