Romany medicine the system of healing used over centuries by gypsies has a range of therapies for cystitis. The system, preserved orally through centuries, has been purposefully ignored by all fo ...
A 58-year-old active woman has learned that the bone density in her back has slipped to just 87% of normal levels. She takes a wide range of vitamins plus calcium and magnesium and has just started on silica. She would like to avoid taking Fosamax...
Next, we have the reader who is suffering from insomnia and is currently taking the sleeping drug, Zimovane. What alternatives are there to help him get to sleep more naturally? De-stressing seems to be the key to a successful night of slumber...
Modern medicine's so called breakthroughs in treatment for asthma are in fact adaptations of age old know how of medical herbalists. ... ...
Two antagonistic camps exist among homeopaths - those who only prescribe a single remedy for a particular case (and find anything else anathema), and those who don't mind resorting to combination homeopathic remedies - usually marketed as 'complex'...
Laser eye surgery was supposed to be the great savior for all glasses-wearers, and was science’s answer to most of the common sight problems. But, already, the hype and hope are giving way to growing concerns over the safety and effectiveness of the...
Many of us have taken an antacid or some other mild over-the-counter remedy for a minor gastric problem - but we increase our chances of catching pneumonia every time we do, astonishing new research has discovered.
Of all the illnesses of the aging eye - including glaucoma and cataracts - Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the only one that is sharply on the rise. But what medicine has seldom explored is the role of diet in the development of this...
A California toxicologist and pathologist did a massive review of the medical literature and, subsequently, carried out his own study to find out whether the use of certain prescription drugs - in addition to other lifestyle practices - might...
The frightening statistics on breast cancer deaths have been used by doctors to press women into being tested as early as possible. Breast cancer screening has become a huge money-making industry. But what if the figures are wrong? What if an...
