Keep moving. While bed rest is the traditional recommendation for back sufferers, the latest research shows that movement is the key to preventing trauma from turning into chronic pain. Try to ke ...
Eczema, now on the increase among young children, is a worry to mothers, not least because the 'cure' which usually contains steroids is often far worse than the disease. ...
Many women having babies complain of all sorts of aches and pains during pregnancy and after birth pains that seem all the more irritating because you have to consider carefully what you take to r ...
This little understood disease causes progressive loss of normal pigment (melanin) in variously sized and shaped, white, smooth, sharply defined patches. ...
My third child was born in March this year. After a wonderful uncomplicated start in life, he contracted whooping cough at eight weeks. It was the worst nightmare of my life. I went to the surgery ...
Australian researchers have shown that individuals with hypertension can substantially decrease their blood pressure by increasing dietary fibre and protein.
In his book The Healing Sun, Dr Richard Hobday lists some important factors for planning a sensible sunbathing strategy. His suggestions, as well as those of others researching alternatives, can m ...
A cheap and simple solution of glucose, insulin and potassium, commonly used 35 years ago, was reinvestigated in a recent study and found to be effective in preventing death from heart attacks. ...
Q:I read an article last week about the Russian Buteyko Breathing Reconditioning Technique now undergoing clinical trials in Australia. ...
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