Q Having congratulated myself on sailing through the menopause with no hot flushes, I now find myself struck down with vaginal atrophy.
High Fructose corn syrup is known to be a danger because it is so inflammatory. It creates inflammation in our bodies. You think of it as a sweetener and a sugar. The chemical fructose is actually in the aldehyde family and is not digested like...
So, what can acupuncture do for tennis elbow? Reduce pain, relieve inflammation, encourage blood circulation and speed healing. The results are particularly noticeable in a situation like this involving damaged tendons where there is limited blood...
One of the areas where we can shift our tastes slightly and make a significant impact on our health is by steering away from the traditional ground crops providing us with corn, soy, safflower and vegetable oils. Coconut oil research has now cracked...
Male sterilisation is a permanent form of contraception that tends to be favoured by men in the older age- groups. In the US, 20 per cent of men over 35 have had a vasectomy, and around a half-million procedures are carried out each year. It is...
People with osteoarthritis in the knee should watch out if they’re on the receiving end of drugs such as corticosteroids, which are injected directly into the knee to relieve the symptoms of arthritis
What is Bell’s palsy?
This form of acute facial paralysis arises from inflammation of the facial nerve that controls the muscles used for facial expressions.
* Try vitamin B12 shots. One study found that patients treated with 500 mcg of injected vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin) three times a week for eight weeks made the quickest recovery compared with those taking steroids. Methylcobalamin alone also...
At the beginning of the 20th century, the biggest risk factors for death due to heart disease were tooth and jaw infections. A single unhealthy tooth could lead to an early grave due to subacute bacterial endocarditis,
Doctors may finally be latching on to a method of reducing swelling which has been used by old wives for hundreds of years - the common-or-garden cabbage leaf.