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Mesotherapy Medicine: Effective Cellulite Treatment or Snake Oil?
Mesotherapy involves the use of medication compounds injected right into localized areas of the skin for fast absorbsion into the dermis layer. This fairly new procedure has rapidly become the latest trend for eliminating localized fat deposits and cellulite. Some new studies suggest it may also have some anti-aging benefits.Read more…Essential Oils How To Use - Aromatherapy Medicine
First, please remember that essential oils should never be applied neat (undiluted) to your skin. There are absolutely NO exceptions to this! This includes the soles of your feet or palms of your hands.Read more…A Question of Balance & Oriental Medicine
At BIOM, we encourage ourselves and our visitors to become aware of, and act from, that special ‘place’ inside oneself that is the wellspring of health and wellbeing. With that in mind, we invite you to explore with us an Oriental medicine approach to balanced eating that provides the energy for living the life you want to live."The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.Read more…The Argument for Alternative Medicine: Unconventional Thinking is Critical to Your Well-being
"Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken." –Bertrand RussellA form of Streptococcus bacteria killed as many as 25% of 19th Century women who delivered babies in the hospitals of Europe and the United States. In the 1840’s, Dr.Read more…Folk Medicine - The Natural Solution
Long before orthodox medicine took center stage in the health care practices around the world people who were sick used to visit different kind of doctors. These doctors were not the steth-wielding, tech-savvy, white-coated medical geniuses of today. Mostly, they were bearded, wizened and gnarled humans looking less like physicians and more like witches or wizards.Read more…Tibetan Medicine Defying Time
Tibetan medicine is a centuries-old hallowed traditional medical system. This is a fairly complex approach to diagnosis and utilizes behavior and dietary modification, natural medicines and physical therapies to treat illnesses. Since Tibet is a border country, Tibetan medicine is a synthesis of the Indian (Ayurveda), Persian (Unani), Chinese, Greek and Tibetan medical systems.Read more…Alternative Medicine: Pressure Remedies that Heal You
Alternative medicine is a recent term to something that has been a part of human existence from old. From the times of early man to the present day instinct and reason has taught humans many thing. The best advice for anyone wanting to adopt alternate medicine is• Understand the rationale and limitations of the type of alternate medicine you choose.Read more…What is Alternative Medicine?
What is alternative medicine? This is a term used to describe the different forms of medicine other than conventional methods. Alternative medicine includes a wide variety of medical practices including non-European (non-Western) medical practices and will include some new approaches to medicine.Read more…Gout Treated with Alternative Medicine
The name of the disease is not what concerns the person who treats the patient holistically, for they are looking at the die-ease in the patient, not the gout. Gout is a manifestation of the dis-ease in the patient, treating the presenting symptoms with drugs for the inflammation and pain may well relieve the symptoms temporarily, but it's not treating the cause of the condition.So what is the cause of gout?Read more…Chinese Herbal Medicine - A Natural Alternative
Chinese herbal medicine is a health care system which has been around since ancient times. It is also known by the acronym CHM. As the causes of illness that afflict mankind have evolved in time, CHM has also undergone developments continuously.Read more…The Universe of Chinese Medicine
China has a rich and venerable medical culture; in fact, it was one of the first countries to seriously take up medicine. While Chinese medicine runs a diagonally opposite course from that adopted by Western medicine, their 5,000 plus years of experience has given them immense knowledge in medical science, diagnostic methods, cures and prescriptions.Chinese medicine operates on one basic principle – that of Yin and Yang.Read more…Using Your Fresh Herbs In Infusions, Herbal Teas, or Decoctions As An Herbal Medicine
Recently it has been shown that high herbal tea and quality teas have many health benefits, especially Black and Green Tea. With all the news on Black and Green Tea lately, you may be considering adding it to your daily diet regime. If that is so, only use the best quality and freshest tea available for the maximum health benefits.Read more…Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Alternative Medicine
If you have rheumatoid arthritis you may have often thought about seeking an alternative health practitioner, but have not known how to approach the matter. You may be considering alternative medicine now for your arthritis, because you have been treated unsuccessfully for years by conventional medicine.Having been treated for rheumatoid arthritis over a lengthy period your condition may be rather advanced, that is not to say that alternative medicine would be unable to treat it, but rather the treatment would be slow and steady in order to avoid any aggravation of your arthritis.Read more…Aloe-Vera - An Effective Medicine?
Aloe vera is a very useful plant. It is very often used as a medicine to treat skin conditions such as burns and eczema, where it can help to stop the pain and reduce swelling. It is also very pleasant and soothing in its smell, which is likely why you will have heard of it: it is very often used in soaps, shampoos, and similar products.Read more…Alternative Medicine Re-defined
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defined healthcare as the prevention, treatment and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions. If we follow this definition of medical care, then alternative medicine would be seen as the use of other means, either as a complement or in place of conventional orthodox medical care. This nomenclature and definition have relegated natural medicine to a second class status and unfortunately, this has been accepted by almost everybody involved.Read more…Eliminate Fever Blisters or Cold Sores Without Medicine
A fever blister or cold sore is a fluid-filled, painful blister.The infection from the virus erupts as small painful blisters on the usually on the outside of your lips, or the mouth area.Fever Blisters can form on other parts of your body such as on your fingers.Read more…Medicine and Hypnosis. Hypnotherapy - Healing Emotionally and Physically from the Inside Out
More and more doctors now realize that hypnosis is powerful medicine. Why this is and how it happens is still something of a mystery, but science is proving that hypnosis can improve your health in amazing ways. It can help relieve pain, make breathing easier for people with respiratory illnesses, aid with gastrointestinal ailments and relieve depression just to name a few.Read more…Alternative Health - Warning - Using Some Medicine May Be Harmful to Your Body
You need to know it's never been more critical to make a fully informed choice when selecting your medication for any condition. Once you've got the information to make a quality choice you should be mindful that staying on your medication for too long could damage your physical and mental health.Be encouraged in the knowledge that a number of medicines are less of a challenge.Read more…Are Alternative, Complimentary, Natural and Holistic Medicine All the Same?
There is such a vast amount of information out there in the public domain that it is sometimes very hard for us to make sense of it all or even to make a choice about our health treatments. I am a layperson that got interested in “other” treatments when I left my general practitioner’s office unconvinced by his theories about my ailing health. I did not want to be tired any more, but suspected that I first had to get to the bottom of the despondency that I seemed to drown in.Read more…Preventive Medicine
When I come across people with several medical conditions, I feel sorry that these people were not aware of what they could do to help themselves avoid such a situation in the first place. Sometimes there's a complex combination of conditions that one condition, as long as it is unresolved or unresponsive to treatment, prevents another serious condition from being addressed. This is because the life of the patient can be endangered if an attempt is made to resolve the second condition while the first is still unresolved.Read more…
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- Improving Accuracy in Mental Health - By: Steven A. Frankel, M.D.
Decisions in mental health treatment are often relatively subjective and clinical judgment is prone to errors. But must it be that way? - War is used to test every kind of technology - By: John Scott
The article reflects on the use of tramadol by the military personnel serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan. With less time for people to recover between tours of duty, tramadol is now the drug of choice to keep the army at peak efficiency. - The noble analgesic - By: John Scott
Pain is something all of us want to avoid but nevertheless have to deal with. And there are some medications that are really effective in cases you want to overcome pain fast. - How to treat lower back pain - By: John Scott
The article contrasts the difference in approach to back pain in the UK and the US. In the UK, patients are encouraged to exercise and help themselves. In the US, doctors prescribe expensive treatment. - Drugs to relieve your pain with - By: John Scott
Pain is everywhere and sometimes there's a strong need in medications that can help us overcome it. Learn about different types of medications you can relieve your pain with. - Overcoming arthritis - By: John Scott
Arthritis is a serious medical condition that can be a primary source for chronic pain. Learn more about how to prevent and treat arthritis and overcome pain associated with it. - To Teach or Not to Teach: The Role of Alternative Medicine in Philippine Medical - By: Ray Ricardo
There is a distinct and clear cut trend toward integrative and complementary modalities of medical treatment. Half of health care consumers now seek the services of "alternative providers," and many experts foresee an even larger consumer movement away from conventional medicine unless health care providers are trained to provide patients with information about nontraditional therapies - New research finds limits to the effectiveness of opioids - By: John Scott
The article reports the latest Cochrane Reports that show no real effectiveness when tramadol is used to treat hip and knee osteoarthritis. - How Can We Protect Our Brains from Declining as We Move into Old Age? - By: Ray Ricardo
In the whole world, people are living longer than ever before. The fastest growing subgroup is the "oldest old" (over age 85). So in recent years there has been an explosion of interest and research in cognitive decline in aging and how to delay it. How Can We Protect Our Brains from Declining as We Move into Old Age? There have been a multitude of suggestions for slowing cognitive decline in old age, but the following can greatly help preserve cognitive function. - An Old-Fashioned Wound Healing Treatment Resurrection: The Sugar Treatment Revival - By: Brenda Skidmore
Sugar is truly an excellent antibacterial medium. Sugar has reportedly been used since our ancestor's days to help aid the healing of wounds. As a matter of fact, some records indicate that sugar has been effectively used for its antibacterial properties for at least 5,000 years!