Category: Latest Medical Research Articles
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How Buchu Can Help Arthritis
Arthritis is a painful and degenerative condition marked by inflammation in the joints that causes stiffness and pain. Unlike conventional anti-inflammatory medication, common vitamins and herbs can help to pacify the inflammatory process without negative side effects. Understanding Arthritis For a disease that affects a vast number of people across the globe, arthritis is generally remarkably misunderstood. Many…
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How To Self-Medicate A Cold Or Flu
You know it’s that time of year when people are starting to sniffle and sneeze and you’re doing everything you can to avoid picking up a nasty cold or case of the flu from them. Importantly, these are different conditions that require different treatment protocols and preferably holistic ones . The Difference Between Having A…
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Wild Hormones Can Cause Hair Loss
A woman’s hair really is an extension of her femininity. If she is having a good hair day the world is a better place. For men, going bald is just part of life. But for a woman hair loss is a terrifying ordeal. Today more and more women are suffering from thinning hair and the…
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What Your Teeth Say About Your Health
From an early age we are taught that good oral hygiene is important to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. But what few people know is that regular dental check-ups could reveal much more than just problems relating to teeth, explains Maretha Smit, CEO of the South African Dental Association. The answer to your health…
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What You Need To Know About Autoimmune Disease
By KHEYRNE DANU Being stressed to the point of snapping doesn’t just happen mentally; it can also occur within your immune system. And while the complex nature of autoimmune diseases is baffling to many, the increase in autoimmunity has become a great cause for concern. Thankfully, current research is bringing us much-needed hope, and integrative…
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Why I Chose To Cut Off My Breasts
By Lynne Gidish Feature Image Credit to Andrea Slatter Photography Three years ago, at the age of 21, Sasha-Lee Boaventura elected to remove both her breasts in order to save her life. She explains why: My mom and gran both had breast cancer, so I always knew I had to be vigilant about my health.…
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Your Checklist For Metabolic Syndrome
The Well Up Challenge – a journey to weight loss and wellness: Over the past year, Longevity has hosted a weight loss and wellness challenge which aims to improve the overall wellness of a group of overweight candidates over a nine-month period. Our panel of experts provided advice and support to the participants during this…
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Dying on your own terms
When 29-year-old Brittany Maynard told the world of her plans to end her life as she was dying of an incurable disease, and then followed through with her tragically brave decision, her story went viral and opened up the long-debated subject of death with dignity. Have you ever wondered when your time on earth…
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Suffering from UTI, joint pain or mascular cramps?
Check out these latest health and wellness products currently on shelf BANISH THE SNORING Silence® Anti-Snoring Solution When one’s airway is constricted, the air that moves in and out during breathing causes parts of the nose, mouth and throat to vibrate, which produces noise. Silence® Anti-Snoring Solution reduces vibrations by coating the throat tissue. This…
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State of Maine, nurse who went to Africa is at odds over Ebola quarantine
Kaci Hickox who was fighting Ebola in West Africa is now fighting the Ebola quarantine battle in Maine. Maine health commissioner Mary Mayhew said late Wednesday afternoon that, even as it continues talks with Hickox’s representatives, the state is in the process of filing a court order to require the nurse to abide by a 21-day…