I'm a great believer in natural tonics to strengthen or invigorate the healing system. – Dr. Andrew Weil The American Heritage Dictionary says that a tonic is … … an agent, such as a medication, that restores or increases body tone, an invigorating, refreshing, ororative agent or influence. And a tonic is for producing or…
Recovering from a stroke can take months or years for some and a few weeks for others. The amount of time stroke recovery takes is determined mostly by the amount of damaged caused from the stroke. There are many devices and products that aid in stroke recovery. There are only a few real stroke recovery…
Androgenetic Alopecia is the most common form of thinning hair in men, but is also a surprisingly common cause of female hair loss. Often known as Male Pattern Baldness, it results when: 1. Hair loss occurs at an abnormally high rate; 2. Hair replacement occurs at an abnormally slow rate; 3. Normal hairs are replaced…
If you or someone you love has had a stroke or CVA you will have an idea of the changes that can occur. Whether these changes are physical or psychological affecting emotions they have to be understood and allowed for during recovery. Some of the physical changes will be explained but do not forget the…
PEMF 100 Year History! Pulsed Electromagnetic Field History! Five hundred years ago, Paracelsus a Swiss physician and alchemist, wondered if diseases could be manipulated by magnets, using lodestones as the best magnets available then. But, natural lodestones are quite weak and few people paid much attention to his ideas until the discovery of carbon-steel magnets…
Eyes are the best gift of our life and play a major role in our life. Our eyes works as the most sophisticated electronic automatic camera. The pupils of the eyes open for the adjustment of focus; accordingly the muscles of eyes contract or expend to allow the entry of proper light inside. Colours are…
There are various ways of attaining good health and this article discusses easy techniques and small lifestyle changes that you can make in order to achieve a better, healthier lifestyle. Here are a few simple steps that might help you achieve better health – 1) Nutrition Sustenance and Health is an online worldwide companion investigated…
Glaucoma is a dreaded eye problem where the eyes can not drain properly and the patient becomes blind because of too much fluid pressure. There are many different types of glaucoma, but one of the most common is called congenital glaucoma. That means this kind of glaucoma is passed on through your genes. Would not…
If there are patches on the head or the body which are completely devoid of hair, it could be Ophiasis, a type of Alopecia Areata. Ophiasis is Greek for "snake" as it is recognized by a serpent like design on the temporal or occipital area of the scalp. The bald patch will be very smooth…
Glaucoma is a complex disease caused by multiple factors. In plain English, that means it is not one disease and not caused by one factor only. Recent knowledge has made us acutely aware that eye pressure is not the determining factor in the diagnosis of glaucoma. When the pressure inside the eye was above 21…
The current discussion of expanding health care options through federal legislation deals primarily with big issues – like how to pay for the new coverage and how proposed reforms would change the current medical care system. One of the smaller questions not showing up on many radar screens is how health care reform would impact…
The two most often seen problems with people's vision are usually myopia and presbyopia. They are also known as near-sighted and far-sighted respectively. As the name implies, they both affect the vision adversely in judging how we see objects at certain distances. Did you know that both of these problems can be cured naturally –…
It is commonly believed that nearsightedness (myopia) is caused by over working our eyes at near distance objects for a lengthy period, such as reading, writing, stitching, working on the computer. By over doing our eyes in the above manner, the eye muscles are forced to contract for a long period of time. In order…
Inflammation of the inner ear (OM) is extremely common in children as well as affecting quite a few adults. Recurrent, protracted ear inflammation causes severe pain, restlessness and muffled hearing, which can hamper development and prejudice learning. Ear infection is one of the main reasons for visiting the doctor or the emergency room. Blockage of…
With all the news about swine flu, few people are talking about prevention, other than taking the controversial flu shot. Is it real prevention? Have dozens of people really become sick or died from the shot? Is is more of a danger than a precaution? There are more questions than answers. Each of us needs…
