American Institute for Preventive MedicineAllergies: An allergy is an immune system problem to a substance (allergen) that is normally harmless. An allergen can be inhaled, swallowed, or come in contact with the skin.
What Doctors Don't Tell YouThis puzzling syndrome of the inner ear causes recurrent attacks of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, involuntary eye movements, ringing in the ears and slowly-progressing deafness. Typically, people wit ...
The US Office of Alternative Medicine is set to investigate the effectiveness of non-conventional treatment for allergies and cancer.
One in four people is affected by mental illness at some stage. While minor mental "unwellness" often remains unrecognised and untreated, severe illnesses are often treated inappropriately with po ...
Q I have always had irregular heartbeats, but they have not caused any problems. I take digoxin [digitalis, a heart drug] and phenindione [an anticoagulant] daily, but I don’t like taking drugs and I am also allergic to aspirin, antihistamines...
When selecting kinder cosmetics and toiletries, choose products which do not have any of the following ingredients: .. ...
One of the most effective treatments for hay fever is to first identify which plants you react to most and then either avoid going near them or obtain an "isopathic" remedy (a dilution of the plan ...
While dustmites have long been cited as the cause of childhood allergies, new research evidence suggests that early exposure to bacteria in house dust is protective, not damaging. The results of t ...
In Food Allergy and Intolerance (Bloomsbury1989), Jonathan Brostoff says that you should look to many other causes besides dust and mites. These include infections (as many as 40 per cent of case ...
