General Health
Bursitis Tendonitis; Causes, Treatments and Remedies
First things first. What exactly are tendons? Tendons are the elastic ligaments that will connect the muscle to the bone. If something happens with the tendons (such as a breakdown), tendonitis can and most probably occur. If tendonitis does occur,...
Hemorrhoids (Piles), A preventable and curable disease
The term hemorrhoids refers to a condition in which the veins around the anus are abnormally swollen and inflamed. Hemorrhoids can be internal (inside the anus), external (outside and around the anus) or combination of both. They can also be bleedin...
Arthritis: Cause and Treatment of Arthritis
Arthritis is generally considered as a disease related with the joints whereas it can also be of muscular origin called muscular arthritis. Arthritis is a painful and immobilizing disease and can occur in males and females of all ages, particularly...
Circumcision 'inhibits spread of HIV'
The research follows a study by the University of Illinois, which found that men between 18 and 24 years old are at greater risk from contracting HIV if they are uncircumcised. Over twice the number of uncircumcised participants in the survey of nea...
Will Alternative Therapies Work with Warfarin?
The medical world has been rocked in recent years by the widespread use of alternative therapies in treating illnesses and injuries. In fact, it’s now estimated that as many as one in three adults in the U.S. uses herbal remedies and other alterna...
Fish Out Of Water
We measure our world by the limits of our knowledge and experience. If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to treat everything like nails. Bigotry, bias, and prejudice are all words that describe this limited view (hammer) each of us tends...
Playing the Health Odds
If every time we did something that would bring eventual harm to ourselves, to society or to the environment, we were given a convincing jolt of electric shock, most problems facing humanity would be almost instantly solved. But that’s not the way...
Regulatory Hooey ''Protects'' Us From Our Own Health
Legislation is getting legs to further curtail your use of nutritional supplements. Not too long ago, prior to passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) – which was accomplished by millions of letters to legislators by peo...
How the sun is absolutely crucial to your health
Fundamental to the Wysong Optimal Health philosophy (http://www.wysong.net/optimal_health_page1.shtml) is the fact that we are integrally linked to our genetic heritage. We are what our genetics dictate, not what we impose upon ourselves by modern c...