So often we are duped into believing that the gallbladder, appendix, uterus, tonsils and other organs don’t matter; that we can live “just as well” without them. But is that really true? I personally don’t believe that God made a mistake and gave us worthless organs. Every organ matters, and every organ is made to […]
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A few decades ago, fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) was considered a myth, or a psychiatric problem, because it was difficult to diagnose with the tests of the time. Since typically a person suffering with it seemed also to have increased stress and depression, it was easy to brush it off with a comment to see a
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Why does it seem like the people who want to get pregnant, can’t, while those who possibly shouldn’t, do? Becoming pregnant for the couple who has been unsuccessful becomes the focus of their life. Like it or not, everyday it enters the mind in one way or another. It becomes an obsession although they try
A large faction of the population suffers from fatigue. They may have felt tired for quite a long time – chronically – but that is not what Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is. It is a medical diagnosis used to describe an amalgamation of symptoms where no definitive test has been established. It is generally associated
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Joint pain is another one of those common conditions that people tend to assume is unavoidable as they age. There are a surprising number of ways we can treat joint pain without surgical intervention and the answers may be simpler than you think. There are, of course, many reasons for joint pain, and while there
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Being physically active is essential if you want to be healthy. Many people falsely believe that you have to be a super-athlete to take advantage of the health benefits. This is not true. Moderate exercise is much more sensible health-wise and time-wise. Others believe that being a super-athlete is dangerous. Who’s right? I frequently get
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For decades, scientists, nutritionists and health care providers have believed that fat cells were just passive blobs that hung out in places we don’t want it and did nothing more than to store energy. They also believed it wore down the body by placing a burden on it with the extra weight. New research forced
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Approximately 4 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with anxiety, also referred to as GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). The prevalence of anxiety in this society is definitely on the upswing. Anxiety is very real to those who experience it, ranging from mild and a simple annoyance to extreme. Symptoms include feelings of helplessness
Just recently a patient came in to be treated for constipation. The previous month he had asked his medical doctor how long he could go without having a bowel movement. He told him he hadn’t gone in a month. “How long is too long?” he asked. He was stunned by the answer: “It doesn’t matter.
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Once upon a time our lives were spent doing the physical labor necessary for providing food for our family. Each spring seeds were planted, grown, then harvested in the fall. They were canned or preserved to provide nourishment for the winter and spring. Life was about food. Grinding grain, kneading the dough to make bread,
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