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THE THIN END OF THE WEDGE, I: Are the wort's days numbered?
People with eye problems consulting standard opthalmologists are generally told there is no solution other than drugs, surgery or glasses. However, herbal medicine has had great success in treatin ...
Varicose veins are always put down to being overweight or too tall, and are considered an exclusively female problem. But men suffer just as much as women, and weight has nothing to do with it inc ...
Cellulite, a French word which causes dread in the heart of most women, describes a distressing cosmetic defect mainly of the thighs - and, very occasionally, the neck - where the subcutaneous tissue is disturbed.
* Don’t isolate yourself. A MacArthur Foundation study found that keeping close contacts with others and remaining involved in other people’s lives predicted successful ageing (Kahn RL, Rowe JW. Successful Aging. New York: Pantheon, 1998).
* Take a
Q:A few years ago I was diagnosed with tachycardia abnormally rapid heartbeat which I am told is caused by my ME. For over a year I was severely ill and needed a wheelchair to go out. I am better ...
Free radicals from gastric acids may be more important that the acid itself in reflux oesophagitis (inflammation of the oesophagus due to acids backing up from the stomach).
THE THIN END OF THE WEDGE, II: The screw tightens a little more. . .
Subgingival plaque the forerunner of a variety of periodontal diseases is caused by certain anaerobes. While Western oral hygienists painfully remove this plaque from the neck of the teeth under t ...
