I’ve been a TMJ sufferer for about five years now. I absolutely hate taking any kind of medicine for long periods of time due to the lasting effects that may be placed on your body. Whenever possible I try to use natural, holistic, or other alternative methods to treat any ills I may be suffering [...]

The key to diabetes is self-monitoring blood glucose levels. Always have your blood sugar monitor with you, particularly if you are away from home. Take your blood sugar a few times during your shift to see if you need to raise or lower your blood sugar levels. You will need to monitor your blood sugar [...]

Normal blood sugar levels are harmless to people but once the levels elevate to an unmanageable state it is now dangerous. The illness is called Diabetes. More people are becoming overweight and spearheading a stationary way of life which makes it more probable for one to incur diabetes. If you suffer from diabetes, you need [...]

With the recent World Health Organization’s warnings about H1N1 or Swine Flu, what can you do to protect yourself this flu season?o Get plenty of rest every night. Most people require at least 8 hours of good uninterrupted sleep every night. If you do not get enough sleep, your body starts to get worn down [...]

Flanders Dunbar (in Emotions and Bodily Changes) wrote: “It does not matter whether the mind or the body is the primary seat of the disorder: in either case it is the patient who must be treated first, then the disease itself, and only then the symptoms.” The fact is, modern medicine is so preoccupied with [...]

Are you preparing for the cold and flu season? Sadly, cold and flu viruses do not end with low temperature climates. If you have a weak immune system, you can easily catch these viruses at any time of the year. Ayurveda, a perfected health care system, offers valuable advice on treating cold and flu the [...]

Okay, so you have recently been diagnosed with diabetes and even though the warning signs were probably there, you are still in shock. You may even be in denial. But your response is normal. No one ever thinks it will actually happen to them. But I promise you, things will calm down inside your busy [...]

The chance of survival or surviving for an extended number of years when one has colon cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is generally good if the condition is detected early. Some people however who are already in higher cancer stages may actually still have some reason to be hopeful. The right treatment is really [...]

Sinus headache is a very common problem these days. These kinds of headaches can become very painful sometimes but there is nothing to get worried since there is various kind of treatment methods available for this problem.It is basically related to cold but it can also appear with severe allergies. The most common symptoms associated [...]

Diagnosing Crohn’s disease is a tough task as the diagnosis is much like many other gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. There is no one absolute test which can pin-point whether a patient is suffering from Crohn’s or some other disease. Even experienced physicians sometimes diagnose the patients wrongly, multiple times with some other disease before detecting the [...]