Dr. Jana Watts offers tip for saying safe this summer from illness and injury and knowing where to go for help if something ...

Cody Bowling shares tips on poison ivy — identification, treatment, and removal. Rash isn’t contagious. Homemade spray helps kill the plants.

Your backyard may be a place of peace, play, and plant life—but some of that greenery could be more dangerous than it looks.

Allergic Contact Dermatitis: Poison Ivy Rhonda Goodman, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC; Deborah Hollimon, MS, ARNP, FNP-BC Disclosures Dermatology Nursing 0 ...

Poison Ivy Is the Strangest Ring Leader in Batman & Robin Batman and Robin are at the top of the games in the 1997 movie, so when they come up against Mr. Freeze, they don’t think much of it.

If poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac is encountered, thoroughly wash the area with soap and water. If a mild skin rash forms, use a topical steroid cream, like hydrocortisone, available over the ...

If you do happen to ‘brush’ against poison ivy, the rash and itch responses are caused by the oily residue in the plant’s parts: leaves, stems, and trunk, known as urushiol.

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy.

Poison oak is similar to poison ivy in that both have leaves grouped in three, and both can give you a rash. But, poison oak has rounded tips, and grows as a low shrub, which may have clusters of ...

What is poison sumac? Poison ivy and oak are fairly popular, but one that gets less mentioned is poison sumac. It also has urushiol oil causing rashes on contact. Poison sumac has 7-13 leaves found in ...