You can’t see them, hear or feel them, but we are bathed in them 24 hours a day. Apart from the air itself, electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are the most pervasive things in our environment. And yet, few of us give them a second thought. But there is a...
IT’S THE ENVIRONMENT: The cause of Tourette syndrome may have been pi
Every time you make up, you lather your face with a deadly cocktail of carcinogens, preservatives, mutagens, allergens, toxic heavy metals and other poisons that slip through the loose regulatory net.
Modern medicine's so called breakthroughs in treatment for asthma are in fact adaptations of age old know how of medical herbalists. ... ...
Eczema sufferers - with their telltale angry-looking, scaly skin - are a familiar sight these days although, just a few decades ago, they would have been a small minority. Now, in most countries, about one in five children and one in 12 adults are...
Q The Housing Association I belong to is forcing me to install PVC windows in my flat. As an asthmatic, the quality of the air I breathe is of great importance, and I am very concerned about the dangers of PVC. - MF, London
Hayfever is an allergic disorder characterized by nasal discharge, sneezing, itching and difficulty breathing through the nose. The primary part of the body affected by the allergic reaction is the membrane lining of the nasal passages, which...
The theories, problems, and treatments of allergies and hypersensitivities represent an enormous topic that could easily fill an entire book—in fact, many such books have been written by noted medical authors. This section discusses some of the...
Asthma ;The wheeze of asthma is caused by contraction of the mus
Asthma is a condition in which the small bronchial airways temporarily constrict, so that it is difficult to exhale. This leads to breathlessness and wheezing. Such difficulty is caused by muscle spasm in the bronchi of the lungs. This narrows the...