The term "nutraceutical" was coined from "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical" in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, MD, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM), Cranford, NJ (1) According to DeFelice, nutraceutical can be defined as, "a food (or part of a food) that provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and/or treatment […]
Migraine Headaches
Migraine Headaches I have suffered from migraine headaches for 25 years. Mine last at least 72 hours or more. I am one of the third of migraine sufferers that has nausea and vomiting associated with the headache. I cannot tolerate any sound or light. I have to wear a sleep mask, and lay down with […]
Migraine Headaches
I have suffered from migraine headaches for 25 years. My headaches were so severe they would last for at least 72 hours. I had to stay in bed the whole time. I could not do anything … no movement at all. I couldn’t drink or eat anything yet I had nausea the whole time. One-third of migraine […]
Painless Facts about Anesthesia
Pain accompanies almost every one of the many medical procedures. But with anesthesia, the sensation of pain is magically blocked during such medical procedures. Although many drugs (and combinations of drugs) are used for anesthetic purposes, doctors say they are generally used in four ways: 1. Local anesthesia. To numb a small area around the […]
Hemorrhoids and Varicose Veins: Do They Have Anything in Common?
Hemorrhoids are varicose veins – only of the anus. It is estimated that over half the world population aged over 40 have them. The cause of the trouble for both hemorrhoids and varicose veins sufferers, according to physicians, is that the blood that is supposed to move up through the veins to the heart has […]
Yeast Infection: Main Cause, Symptoms, and Treatments
The vexatious symptoms of a yeast infection are surely familiar to a lot of women (and to some men, too). A more appropriate statement, perhaps, is that yeast infection itself is too common as not to be known by most women and men of today. And what proof can lend credence to these statements, you […]
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