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Cancer and Alternative Medicine: An Overview
By Melissa Buhmeyer · 18 years ago
Alternative medicine is the use of means, in addition to, or instead of conventional, to treat disease or pain. There is lots of controversy surrounding alternative medicine, especially in the cancer arena, because most of ...
Influenza
By Kristy Haugen · 18 years ago
Influenza is a respiratory tract infection involving the upper airways and lungs. Many refer to influenza as the “flu”. Influenza is highly contagious transmitted by saliva and airborne droplets expelled by coughing and sneezing. The ...
Heart Diseases: UK Has the Highest Heart Disease Rates of the World
By Hector Milla · 18 years ago
One of the highest rates of death due to heart disease in the world affects the United Kingdom (UK). According to statistics, one British adult dies from the disease every three minutes; meanwhile stroke ranks ...
Heart Diseases: New Guidelines for Detection and Treatment of Arterial Disease
By Hector Milla · 18 years ago
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association launched different guidelines related to peripheral arterial disease in order to help doctors and all healthcare professionals to treat in a better way this common ...
Cinnamon Helps Diabetics
By Eva Moffat · 18 years ago
Cinnamon a spice found in many kitchens around the world especially at Christmas time. Although it is used by Jewish people at Rosh Hashona (the Jewish New Year that falls in September each year). It ...
The Top 10 Countdown to a Flu-less Holiday
By Linda Slater Dowling · 18 years ago
We have now officially entered what at least one holiday carol calls "The most wonderful time of the year." Indeed, it's the season to be jolly, the season of giving and sharing … and it's ...
How The Qlink Can Help You
By Juliette Pickup · 18 years ago
In our every day lives we are being affected by forces that we cannot see and these forces are wearing down our health, both mental and physical, on a daily basis. These forces originate from ...
Quick Guide on Diabetes
By Ashely Farrar · 18 years ago
The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing world over. Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal.
It is estimated that more than 2000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed ...
The Link Between Asbestos Exposure and Smoking
By Robert Linebaugh · 18 years ago
It is common knowledge that smoking is hazardous to one’s health. Additionally, many people know that exposure to asbestos is very dangerous and can lead to the development of the disease mesothelioma. What many people ...
Common Questions about Migraine
By Cindi Gass · 18 years ago
How do I know whether this is migraine?
This is the most common question most people are unsure about diagnosis of migraine. Though all migraines are headaches, all headaches are not migraines. There can be ...
Alzheimer’s: Prevent it now!
By Lambert Klein · 18 years ago
Do you think you can avoid Alzheimer’s?
Many people think mental health is more important than physical health. We desire to keep our brains sharp and focus while remaining relax, calm and comfortable with our ...
Cold And Flu Defense
By Andrew Cavanagh · 18 years ago
Cold and Flu defense can be simple, natural and healthy.
The simplest, most effective, proven cold and flu defense is hygiene.
More specifically paying special attention to the way you wash your hands and other ...
Work and Asbestos-related diseases, Part Three
By Hector Milla · 18 years ago
If you are an asbestos worker ask the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) or your employer about the asbestos control program in your workplace or about the management program for asbestos in buildings.
Control ...
Aspartame Causes Cancer in Rats
By Rita Jenkins · 19 years ago
Rats given varying doses of aspartame -- the second most widely used artificial sweetener in the world -- experienced a statistically significant increase in the incidence of malignant tumors, lymphomas and leukemias in a study ...
Work and Asbestos-related diseases, Part Two
By Hector Milla · 19 years ago
The Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario, for instance, states that asbestos is classified as a designated substance in some workplaces. Hence employers are obliged to provide safety measures when they use a designated ...
Work and Asbestos-related diseases, Part One
By Hector Milla · 19 years ago
Symptoms of lung cancer, asbestosis or other asbestos - related diseases may include chronic cough and hoarseness, wheezing, chest pain, weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, dysphonia, coughing up blood and shortness of breath.
If ...
How to Cope With Cancer
By Lynn Roodbol · 19 years ago
Picture yourself walking down the street where you live. Everything looks normal, but you have a feeling that something is not quite right. Suddenly there’s a rumble and the road buckles up around your feet. ...
Benign pleural diseases: The Asbestos mystery
By Hector Milla · 19 years ago
A benign pleural disease is an asbestos-related disease which still has something of mystery to experts, since they don't know why some asbestos workers get one of several benign diseases of the pleura while others ...
Autism: What Causes It, And Can It Be Cured?
By Lisa Hyde · 19 years ago
Autism is a disorder that is affecting more and more children.
But many autistic children have been able to lead normal lives.
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by
abnormal social interaction, communication ability, interest ...
WSIB: The importance of knowing your rights if you have an asbestos-related disease
By Hector Milla · 19 years ago
Asbestos-related diseases are increasing in the United States and in some other countries, because asbestos workers were exposed to this mineral, which is the main risk factor for developing the disease. The Workplace Safety and ...