The sensible way to begin any programme to reduce your stress level is to identify as fully as possible all the various things that contributed to creating it in the first place. Stressors – that’s factors that cause stress – are divided into two main groups: Stressors you can either avoid altogether or eliminate most [...]
The two main ways that all animals deal with stress are fight and flight. It is important to remember that a major way of managing stress is to leave it behind. To quit. The term ‘quitter’ has a negative connotation in our culture, but sometimes quitting is the smartest thing you can do. ‘Take your [...]
Area indicates a number of nerve cells in the cortex (the name given to the layers of nerve cells on the surface of the brain) which are in some way abnormal, tending to discharge paroxysmally. They may drive other nerve cells to follow their abnormal patterns of discharge. The paths of influence of the discharging [...]
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (32:129) mentions an outbreak of poison ivy-like dermatitis that recently affected 54 people in a small Pennsylvania town. All of the victims had eaten cashew nut pieces purchased from the same Little League organization. The rash appeared on their hands, arms, trunk, and in their mouths, lasted about seven days, [...]
AND TREATMENT Signs and symptoms All the three conditions described above cause pain in the hip accompanied by a limp. It is important to note, however, that pain in the knee can also indicate a hip problem. In rare cases, synovitis may be accompanied by a slight fever; the other two conditions do not produce [...]
Variety is the key to enjoying your food and eating for health, fertility and pregnancy. You need to choose your food carefully, because healthy food means healthy babies. Most supermarkets now stock quite a lot of organic produce. But you can also try shopping at health food shops and organic farm shops, some of which [...]
What is it? An abrupt intake of air followed by a forcible, explosive blowing out. Coughing is a protective reflex aimed at ridding the body of mucus or debris that is irritating the breathing passages. Often, though, a cough has no such protective effect and is simply a nuisance. The dry, unproductive cough of tonsillitis [...]
With regard to the benefit derived animals respond very well indeed. However, the response with regard to the ease with which the animals accept the administration of the extract depends very much on the individual and partially on the species. For instance, it is usual, though not universal, to find that cats enjoy taking the [...]
Physical examination If the patient’s primary physician hasn’t already done so, I order a detailed medical workup, including complete blood count, blood chemistries, thyroid-function tests, urinalysis, and electrocardiogram. Even though a problem may appear to be psychological in origin, I have to rule out potentially treatable physical causes, such as a brain tumor. For example, [...]
Dolly Higgin’s slow-speed life—and her metabolism—cranked up several notches once she started chasing Alisha. When 70-year-old Dolly retired, her lifestyle took a turn for the worse. The Boston grandmother found herself sleeping and eating a lot. Soon, she weighed 170 pounds, far too much for her 5-foot-2-inch frame. The excess weight pressed on a herniated [...]