About 30 million Americans are coughing, sneezing, and blowing their noses while you read this. What's wrong with them? They have the most common illness we know, the common cold. The common cold usually lasts 3 to 7 days and the average person gets...
The gentle art of acupressure is something you can do at home for a sick or hurting child. Massaging an acupressure point will help relieve symptoms as well as strengthen your child's body.
Acupressure ;
Colic is one of the most frustrating conditions parents deal with. Your baby cries for hours on end for no apparent reason, tucking those tiny knees close to the stomach as if in severe pain. Typically, the attacks start in the evening when you're...
Diarrhea is when you pass stool many times a day, and it is watery and loose. Diarrhea is one way your child’s body fights infection. Diarrhea can also clean out your child’s intestines when he or she eats something bad. Children get diarrhea often...
Multiple Sclerosis and Alternative Medicine ;Naturopathic physicians view multiple sclerosis (MS) as
Measles is a serious, highly contagious viral infection of childhood. Symptoms include fever, malaise, cough, runny nose and conjunctivitis. The seriousness of measles lies in the potential for complications following the illness itself such as...
Mumps is a viral infection of childhood that affects the salivary glands, most commonly the parotid glands, located near the ear (hence its medical name, parotitis. The illness begins with a fever, headache, loss of appetite, malaise, and muscle...
Influenza is a viral infection of the respiratory tract that is very contagious and is spread by contact with an infected person, and can reach epidemic proportions in the winter months. Dr. Janet Zand discusses the common causes and outlines a...
Sore Throat ;Sore throats range from a mere scratch to pain so severe
American Institute for Preventive Medicine
Janet Zand LAc OMD
Thomas Kruzel ND