Sever’s disease is a common issue, yet many people have never heard of it. When a person has Sever’s disease, it means that they commonly have pain in the heel of the foot that is the result of pressure that is applied to the heel bone. This is most commonly the result of the tendon ...
As an asthmatic, having a cough is rather routine for me. It can; however, sometimes become so bad that it jumpstarts a full-blown asthmatic attack. When that happens I turn to Tessalon Perles. Known technically as Benzonatate, Tessalon Perles are used to treat coughs caused by a variety of breathing issues including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema ...
Many people have heard of pregnancy complications, such as pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. In addition to those complications, pregnant women are also at an increased risk of a pulmonary embolism. A pulmonary embolism or PE is a blood clot, which has traveled from another location in the body to the lung. It can be a ...
If I’d been born 100 years ago, chances are I wouldn’t even be here today as the average life expectancy for women in 2007 was only about 47 years ago. But even if today’s 50 year olds can expect to live much longer, as well as enjoy active lives, they still need to bite the ...
A few of years ago, I was eating lunch at a restaurant in Georgia when I broke a tooth. I went to a dentist in town, who told me that it would cost $750 for a root canal and another $750 for a crown to repair the tooth. Since it did not hurt, I decided ...
Our area of Western Tennessee is currently experiencing drought conditions. Today, we are having a Code Orange Alert. Since I have asthma and two young children with allergies, I pondered what exactly does it mean to be a Code Orange Alert day? What other alerts exist and what do they mean? How should the general ...
Indigo Children are one of the latest and greatest New Age crazes to sweep the nation. The concept of Indigo Children has been around since the 1980’s, but had it’s first real publicity break in 1999 in a book entitled The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, written by Jan Tober and Lee Carroll. ...
Kidney stones cause pain and discomfort in the urinary tract and sometimes they need to be removed with surgery, but not all the time. Sometimes natural food remedies can help alleviate the pain of a kidney stone and even break it up so it is easier to pass and get rid of in your urinary ...
One of the fastest growing trends in health food is probiotics. These friendly bacteria required for proper digestion can be found in several food products. Consuming foods rich in “good” bacteria can restore the body’s natural digestive health and reverse the damage done by overuse of antibiotics or poor eating habits. Probiotic foods must contain ...
No one wants to think that parasites are living inside of their bodies. However, most people do have some parasites, to some degree. It’s not until health problems such as fatigue, poor digestion, diarrhea, and bloating manifest that they’re recognized. In fact, parasites are the main cause of digestive distress and chronic diarrhea. How Parasites ...