Managing Heartburn /Acid Reflux – Allopathic and Natural Treatments

Heartburn is a condition that affects 70 million individuals in the US – approximately 20 percent of the population – each year. It is caused by stomach acid returning to the esophagus from the stomach. Although it has nothing to do with the heart, the chest pain it causes is very similar to that of [...]

Trigger Finger Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment Options

Trigger finger, or stenosing tenosynovitis, its proper name, is a snapping or clicking of any of the fingers when opened or closed. It can be either painful or painless. The digit locks in a bent position. To date the cause of trigger finger is not known, although where trauma occurs to the palm or the [...]

Seasonal Affective Disorder: Symptoms and Treatments for “SAD” Depression

First mentioned in medical literature in 1985, Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, also known as the winter blues or winter depression, is among the newer recognized medical conditions. It tends to affect those who live away from the equator, in northern climes, and is quite common in places where there is often snow for much [...]

Are Prostate Cancer Screenings Truly Effective?

Since 1987, millions of men have been subjected to PSA testing for prostate cancer. Recent published studies, however, suggest that this screening may be largely responsible for a serious over-diagnosis of the disease over the past two decades.
What Is PSA Screening?
PSA is an acronym for prostate-specific antigen. Found in the blood, this protein [...]

Researchers Make Progress in Fight against Alzheimer’s

It is estimated that more than 26 million individuals worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of age-related dementia. In the United States, experts believe that as many as one in seven individuals over the age of 72 have some form of dementia and Alzheimer’s is expected to afflict more than 100 [...]

Cardiovascular Risk May Be Indicated by Some Unusual Factors

There are times when researchers uncover interesting collateral information when attempting to find answers to the most puzzling health questions. Over the past several years, many of these unusual findings have been related to an individual’s risk for developing heart disease.
Earlobe Creases
It sounds implausible and slightly amusing, but more than two dozen scientific studies [...]

Reducing Risks of Sudden Cardiac Arrest for Middle-Aged Male Athletes

Much has been made in recent media reports of young athletes succumbing to sudden cardiac arrest while participating in amateur and professional sports.
In 2008, Jason Stinson, a high school football coach from Kentucky, allegedly forced his team to run sprints at the end of a practice in 94-degree heat. One of Stinson’s young players [...]

Use Targeted Weight Training to Reduce Neck Pain

Cases of neck pain have been increasing in recent years and now it is second only to back pain as the most common musculoskeletal complaint. Figures from the National Health Interview Survey showed that the percentage of individuals with neck and lower back pain which could cause impairment rose over 2-fold between 1997 and 2006. [...]

Weighing the Dangers of Chemotherapy against its Benefits

Cancer is a term that is used to refer to diseases in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and invade other tissues. Cancer cells can spread around the body through the lymph and blood systems. There are over 100 different types of cancer and most are named after the organ that they originate in. Cancers are [...]

New Inroads in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that affects the brain and is the most common cause of dementia in elderly individuals, symptoms usually not appearing until after the age of 60. Alzheimer’s is a distressing and irreversible disease that slowly destroys the sufferer’s thinking skills and memory, rendering them incapable of even carrying out the [...]

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