Dr Jacob Teitelbaum MDQ: How is fibromyalgia defined? A: The definition for fibromyalgia was developed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and is much more straightforward. You have fibromyalgia if you have: 1) a history of widespread pain or achiness for at...
Q: How can a doctor determine if I have CFS? A: Because there’s no definitive blood test or x-ray for this disease that is only positive in this disease (there are many that are abnormal), CFS needed to be defined by symptoms and the absence...
The following column is the first of a series of questions and answers that will discuss chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (CFS/FMS). They will review what these illnesses are, what causes them, what they feel like, testing, and how to get...
Caroline MacDougallThe Hidden Link Between Stress, Aging and Caffeine ;It’s the common complaint you hear uttered by friends, f
Leo Galland MD FACNThe rate of cancer among American children has been rising for decades according to a story in the New York Times, September 29, 1997. "Although the reasons remain unclear, many experts suspect the increase may be partly the result of growing...
The presence of special breathing practices in the ancient cultures has always been a mystery to people in the Western world. In "Breathing Practices" Dr. Roger Jahnke explains the numerous beneficial physiological mechanisms that are triggered when...
Janet Zand LAc OMDMeasles 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...
Headaches can be caused by muscle tension, an underlying illness or infection, or disturbances in the blood vessels in the head. Headaches can also be caused by allergies, fever, epilepsy, severe cavities, certain drugs, or an injury to the head. Dr...
Elson M. Haas MDVitamin B1 (Thiamine or thiamin), the first B vitamin by Earl Mindell in Vitamin Bible (Warner Books, 1979) because of the support it gives to the
Christopher Hobbs LAc AHGKava is Piper methisticum Forst. from the pepper family, Piperaceae.
Depending on the area of the Pacific, Piper methisticum has been called
Kava, awa, waka, lawena, or yaqona by the people who have used it perhaps
for thousands of years.
