There are many forms of contraception available today. Hormonal birth control like contraceptive pills are the most popular but also the most tedious to take. IUDs, although convenient since they can last for five to ten years after insertion, carry serious risks like infertility. Cervical caps...
In the modern age, the combination of medicine and communications technology is apparent with the continued growth of the Internet. The online pharmacy market is a steadily-growing business, with the need for regulatory boards and licensing system becoming more and more apparent. However, the...
Nowadays, the health benefits of antioxidants are being trumpeted in t.v. commercials and other marketing materials in radio and in print. From newspapers to television sets, the antioxidant craze is here and its hear to stay. It is believed that antioxidant may help prevent the development of...
Typically, alternative medicine differs from traditional medicine in that alternative medicine is older and what we might call unconventional or non-Western medicine. Alternative medicine does not follow the traditional science and research that current medicines undergo. Alternative medicine...
Once upon a time, we used to turn to our parents or grandparents when something was wrong with our little ones. More often than not, now we turn to our doctors. Unfortunately, our doctors were never taught what our grandmothers learned from their mothers, methods that have been tried and true...
Changing food into fat looks very simple for most people. Shaking them off the body is absolutely easier said than done, and to get done with it, you have only four options:
1. Lessen the amount of food that you eat and maintain an active life
2. Boost your activities and...
Antioxidants are a class of nutrients that protect the body from damage caused by different factors, most importantly oxidative damage caused by substances called free radicals. Free radicals are known as reactive oxygen species, or ROS. They are produced when your body uses oxygen for energy....
If you have rheumatoid arthritis you may have often thought about seeking an alternative health practitioner, but have not known how to approach the matter. You may be considering alternative medicine now for your arthritis, because you have been treated unsuccessfully for years by conventional...
Problems in the Achilles tendon are common in dancers and it is a generally poorly understood injury in many dance circles. It is important that several other issues that may give you pain in the back of the ankle are ruled out first, before trying this program, so check with a sports doctor or...
No plant on earth grows under more stressful conditions than does the goji. It was not surprising when scientists found the little red berry chock full of highly bioactive polysaccharides.
Bioactive polysaccharides are a family of complex carbohydrates that are bound to proteins. They are...
Being overweight and obese is viewed by many as a serious and fast growing public health problem. More and more people are now adding extra weight because of several factors which includes family genetics, eating habits, lifestyle, and so on. This health condition not only gives the person a...
Obesity Surgery Reduces The Size Of Your Stomach To About The Size Of A Whiskey Shot Glass
You may find it hard to believe that the doctor actually reduces the size of your stomach to about the size of a whiskey shot glass, but this is true. Of course it seems abnormally small and you...