Is It a Cold, Flu, Allergies or Something Else?

/ January 20, 2017/ Allergy, Cold & Flu, Common Cold, Cough, Nasal Congestion, Nasal Irrigation, Sinus, Sinusitis & Rhinitis/ 0 comments

Is It a Cold, Flu, Allergies or Something Else?  Murray Grossan, MD.  About the author: Dr. Grossan is an otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon with the Tower Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los  Angeles and the founder of the Web based Grossan Sinus & Health Institute (https://www.grossaninstitute.com). He is author of Free Yourself from

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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE BACK IN THE NEWS- BAD NEWS FOR SINUSITIS SUFFERERS?

/ May 31, 2016/ Allergic Rhinitis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Rhinosinusitis, Sinus, Sinus Infections, Sinusitis, Sinusitis & Rhinitis/ 0 comments

The spectre of super-bacteria resistant to antibiotic therapy is once again in the news. Media coverage, (notably in The Economist, a widely read newsweekly) has highlighted that bacteria are increasingly gaining the capacity to be resistant to commonly used antibiotics, and that this will have a serious impact upon human health. What impact does this have on sinusitis sufferers? Possibly

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Cost Effective Topical Therapy for Allergic Rhinitis (AR) and Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS)

/ April 30, 2014/ Allergy, Chronic Rhinosinusitis, CRS/ 8 comments

Cost Effective Topical Therapy for Allergic Rhinitis (AR) and Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS)   Raghuvir B. Gelot M.D. F.A.C.S. Otolaryngologist Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital 202 NC Hwy 42 West Ahoskie, N.C. 27910 AR and CRS are common medical conditions. AR affects 10-30% children and adults in the U.S. It accounts for 3.4 billion dollars in direct cost for prescription and over

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Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS)

/ April 8, 2014/ Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Otolaryngology, Rhinosinusitis, Sinus, Sinusitis & Rhinitis/ 7 comments

Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) Austin S. Rose, MD Board certified, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Associate Professor University of North CarolinaAbout the author: Dr. Austin Rose has been working in Pediatric ENT for about 10 years since his fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2003. He has a special interest in seeing and treating children with sinus related disease, and

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The Use of Irrigations with Topical Additives for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

/ March 12, 2014/ Chronic Rhinosinusitis, CRS, Nasal Irrigation, Rhinosinusitis/ 5 comments

The Use of Irrigations with Topical Additives for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Jonathan M. Lee, MD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA About the author: Jonathan M. Lee is Assistant Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery Chronic rhinosinusitis is a disease

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