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Hyperthyroidism: Common but Treatable
2008-01-31 00:00:00 Hyperthyroidism is more common in women than in men, especially in women in their 30’s and 40’s. Though hyperthyroidism can occur at any age, it is most likely to develop after the age of 15. The thyroid gland controls the rate at which processes in the digestive system occur. These processes are collectively known as “metabolism”. ... More About: Common , Hyperthyroidism
Bell?s Palsy: Sudden and Scary, but Treatable
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Bell’s Palsy is named after a Sir Charles Bell, a Scottish surgeon who lived in the 19th century and who first recognized the disease. The main symptom of Bell’s Palsy is damage to one of the facial nerves, resulting in a temporary paralysis of the face. This symptom of Bell’s Palsy usually effects only one ... More About: Scary , Bell
Supporting an Essential Gland
2008-01-25 00:00:00 The most common problems affecting the thyroid are over- or under-active glands. Hypothyroidism is the name of the condition in which one’s thyroid glands are under-active, releasing too little thyroid hormone. With hypothyroidism, the sufferer may experience sluggishness, excess fatigue, dry skin, anxiety, and depression. With hyperthyroidism, the thyroid gland releases too much thyroid ... More About: Essential
Menopause: Natural Change, Natural Treatment
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Have you experienced a cessation in menstruation, hot flashes, or sleep disturbances? These are some symptoms of Menopause . There are many unpleasant symptoms accompanying menopause. Some, such as vaginal dryness, result from a lack of estrogen. Others, such as hot flashes and decreased sex drive, are caused by more complex hormonal changes. Some women experience ... More About: Change , Natural , Treatment
Detoxification
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Natural way to detoxification Remember the three steps listed here and you will be undergoing a detoxification treatment within days. Firstly, you need to minimalise intake of chemical ingredients from your food. Secondly, you need to take more vitamins, minerals, nutrients, antioxidants. The final step is you need to take more food with high fiber and ... More About: Detoxification
Migraines: A Common but Painful Problem
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Have you experienced head pain with a pulsating or throbbing quality? Is this head pain affected by light and sound, and sometimes accompanied by nausea? You might be suffering from migraine headaches, a very common condition. Migraine headaches are commonly preceded by warning symptoms (prodrome), that may include depression, irritability, restlessness, loss of appetite, and ... More About: Common , Problem
Digestion and pancreatitis
2008-01-25 00:00:00 I bet you have no idea what pancreatitis is all about. That is, unless you belong to the unlucky group who have been struck down with pancreatitis. But if that is the case, you should consider yourself lucky after all. You are lucky because you are reading this information on pancreatitis. In short, very short, ... More About: Digestion , Pancreatitis
The Secret ?Mineral Weapon? in Natural Asthma Treatment
2008-01-19 00:00:00 As cases of asthma have been on the rise, so too have searches for new asthma treatments. Some experts say that rather than by medicating, it is best to control asthma through diet and exercise. Is medication necessary? Perhaps a natural asthma treatment, along with lifestyle changes, is the answer. 3-Step Asthma Treatment Asthma attacks happen when ... More About: Natural , The Secret , Secret
Treatment of Stress: Recognizing and Responding to Stressful Situations
2008-01-19 00:00:00 Change: People commonly feel stress when they are experiencing life?s changes .Of course, change is inevitable, and can include moving to a new town or city, starting a new job, entering college, or even traveling. Times of change are very exciting, but it is also important to be aware of and to search for treatment ... More About: Treatment , Stress
Water retention in men and women
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Water retention and women Water retention is part of the premenstrual syndrome (PMS) package. During this time, hormonal fluctuations can cause havoc in a woman’s body. In some women the monthly rise in estrogen turns on the faucet for the hormone aldosterone. Aldosterone, in turn, causes the kidneys to retain fluids and the woman to suddenly ... More About: Women , Water , Retention , Men and Women
Don?t be too bad to your sebaceous cysts!
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Where you might find sebaceous cysts A sebaceous cyst is a sac filled with a greasy material (sebum) caused by plugged ducts at the site of a hair follicle. Basically meaning cysts of the sebaceous glands, these small bumps in the skin that feel hard to touch often tend to congregate in corners ? ie. your ...
Green tea for your health
2007-12-21 00:00:00 A study of nearly 50,000 Japanese men aged 40-69 found that those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day reduced their risk of having progressive prostate cancer by half, compared with those who drank a cup or less. The study, carried out between 1990 and 2004, was the first to suggest ... More About: Health , Green , Green Tea , Heal
A regular blood pressure is hard to imitate
2007-12-21 00:00:00 In healthy people, blood pressure dips at night, by 10 to 20 percent. Scientists don’t know why, but suspect the drop gives arteries a little rest. People with high blood pressure that doesn’t dip at night fare worse than other hypertension sufferers, developing more serious heart disease. Moreover, heart and kidney disease effect each other ... More About: Hard , Blood , Regular , Blood pressure
Salt for brains
2007-12-18 00:00:00 Such a simple thing: enabling children to reach their full mental capacity only needs a drop of iodine in salt. Poverty and associated nutrition, and social factors prevent many kids in developing countries from attaining their development potential. Among these factors the impact of iodine deficiency is seen as the largest, affecting 20% of children. ... More About: Salt , Brains
Biology for fun
2007-12-18 00:00:00 Our body clocks are well regulated but curious mechanical systems, says a book just out on the subject. It seems that giving cancer drugs at carefully determined times of day can maximize their benefits and minimize their side effects, profoundly influencing a patient’s chances of survival. Even testing for asthma or hypertension too early in ... More About: Biology
Alternative wrinkles
2007-12-14 00:00:00 Instead of the costly and possibly damaging wrinkle treatments such as botox, turn to something with a much deeper history: acupuncture. ‘For centuries, the ancient Chinese have promoted health and beauty’, says an American acupuncturist taking on hundreds of students a year, ‘but we’ve taken it to another level.’ Part of the reason is savvier ... More About: Wrinkles , Alternative , Alterna
Vegetables and fruits are rapidly becoming luxury goods
2007-12-13 00:00:00 Calorie for calorie, junk foods not only cost less than fruits and vegetables, but junk food prices also are less likely to rise as a result of inflation. The findings, reported in the current issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, may help explain why the highest rates of obesity are seen among ... More About: Fruits , Vegetables , Luxury , Goods , Luxury goods
Government sponsored supplements
2007-12-11 00:00:00 Since 1998, the federal government has required that almost all flour be fortified with folic acid, to try to stop spina bifida in its tracks. But in fact, the requirement has meant women receive an average extra dose of just 100 micrograms of folic acid a day - far below the levels that have been ... More About: Government , Sponsored , Supplements
Peak performance
2007-12-10 00:00:00 At a certain point in a hard race, you’ve pushed yourself beyond the point of ignoring the physical pain, and now you have to tell your mind that it can keep going, too. The problem for many athletes is how to make a pseudo-maximum performance as close as possible to a maximum one. There are ... More About: Performance , Peak , Perform
Racism and your health
2007-12-10 00:00:00 One recent study, by a Harvard University School of Public Heal th medical lecturer suggested that racism acts as a classic stressor in the same physiological ways as job strain and marital conflict; elevating heart rates, increasing levels of the stress hormone cortisol and suppressing immunity,” Donaldson states. Donaldson adds, “Like other social ills, racism can ... More About: Racism
Strategies to Ease Heartburn Symptoms during Pregnancy
2007-12-10 00:00:00 Pregnant women get a lot of heartburn compared with most people. There is good news though. They can treat and relieve their heartburn symptoms through lifestyle and dietary changes. The following tips can help reduce heartburn discomfort: Avoid eating late at night or before retiring to bed. Common heartburn triggers include greasy or spicy food, ... More About: Pregnancy , Strategies , Symptoms , Heartburn , Ease
Going to the bar?the salad bar
2007-12-10 00:00:00 Students are easy to control: put something in front of them and they will invariably eat it. Research has shown that the frequency of students’ fruit and vegetable consumption increased significantly - from 2.97 to 4.09 times daily - after a salad bar was introduced. In addition, students’ mean daily intake of energy, cholesterol, saturated ... More About: Salad , Goin
Herbal healing from the bush
2007-12-10 00:00:00 Some cutting edge research is being carried out in South Africa, to untap the power of several African plants in use today by traditional healers. South Africa is home to more than 200,000 traditional healers who care for more than 27 million people. The study is especially significant, since it presents the very first opportunity ... More About: Bush , Healing , The Bush , Herbal , Heal
Big Brother is monitoring your heartbeat
2007-12-01 00:00:00 It appears to be an average university canteen, but underneath it’s a state of the art research facility, discovering the eating patterns of over 300 staff and student volunteers. “We are all getting too heavy,” said Mr. Koster, an agro-technology economist. “But telling people they may become ill, or even die from their habits has ... More About: Big Brother , Brother , Monitoring
Turkey nutrition
2007-12-01 00:00:00 Which cut of turkey should be your favourite? Health authorities have long advocated choosing white meat, saying it contains less fat and fewer calories. But the nutritional differences between the two are not so great. Meat is darker if it contains higher levels of myoglobin, a compound that enables muscles to transport oxygen, which is ... More About: Turkey , Nutrition , Turk
Getting physical
2007-12-01 00:00:00 Alongside high blood pressure, diabetes and injury, the American Academy of Family Physicians offers this list of possible emotional causes for erectile dysfunction: depression; feelings of anxiety or nervousness; stress from work, family or financial problems; unresolved issues between you and your sexual partner; feelings of self-consciousness; fear of your partner’s reaction or rejection. In ... More About: Physical
Lower AIDS estimates
2007-11-27 00:00:00 UNAIDS will lower the number of people it believes are infected worldwide, to 33.2 million from the 39.5 million it estimated last year. The new figures reflect more accurate surveys, particularly in India and some African countries. Some epidemiologists had heavily criticized the way estimates were made, and the updated surveys of thousands of households ... More About: Lower , Aids , Estimates
Chronic pain
2007-11-23 00:00:00 In a survey last year by the American Pain Society, only 55 percent of all patients with non cancer-related pain and fewer than 40 percent with severe pain said their pain was under control. Aside from the normal array for pain relievers, an increasingly popular treatment for persistent as well as intermittent pain, acupuncture is ...
Health Aid to America
2007-11-23 00:00:00 Ever heard of Remote Area Medical? The group, most often referred to as RAM, usually provides help to those who don’t have good access to healthcare in countries like Guyana, India, Tanzania and Haiti, but increasingly its work is in the United States, where more than 15 percent of the population live without health insurance. ... More About: America , Health , Heal
Pah!
More articles from this author:2007-11-23 00:00:00 OK, we are only in the realm of mice, but still. It seems that smoking and the fertility of your offspring are related. Researchers have identified the chemical pathway by which a mother’s smoking before and after pregnancy might reduce her daughter’s fertility by as much as two-thirds. Dr Andrea Jurisicova lead author, explained, “Mothers, ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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