Another affirmation success story involved a beautiful woman who came to my office complaining of fatigue, dizziness, weakness and nausea. There was no physical cause for her problems, but it was obvious that she was very unhappy. When I asked her about her personal life, she held her face in her hands and told me [...]
Shoulder Press: This exercise is for the muscles of your upper arms and shoulders. Grasp a weight in each hand; lift and rest them on your shoulders. This is the starting position. Now, lift your hands straight up in the air, toward the ceiling. When your arms are extended fully above your shoulders, slowly bring [...]
GARLIC CARROTS 1/2 cup parsley 2 lbs. carrots 2 large garlic cloves, pressed 1/2 cup water 2-3 tbls. vinegar 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp. paprika 1/2 tsp. cumin powder parsley Wash carrots and parsley. Chop parsley; peel and slice carrots. Put carrots, water and garlic in shallow pan of water, and simmer until just [...]
Thanks to all these medical fallacies, the average American spends the last years of life dancing the horrible “disease dance.” What is the disease dance? It’s the frantic stumbling from doctor to doctor, disease to disease, pill to pill and surgery to surgery. The disease dance is a frenzied search for names and solutions to [...]
Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS is a disorder characterized by chronic diarrhoea or constipation, or a mixture of the two. (Chronic in medical parlance means ‘long-term’.) In most patients, there is also abdominal pain. A major trial of IBS patients was carried out at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, by Dr John Hunter and Dr Virginia [...]
Anyone who decides to have bypass surgery can increase the chance of a successful operation by doing the following… • Find a good surgeon. He should be board-certified in car-diothoracic surgery. In addition, he should perform at least 150 bypass operations each year. Fewer than that, and he may lack the necessary expertise. Some patients [...]
To provide top-notch medical care, doctors need complete access to the most sensitive matters—drug use, sexual habits, etc. We need our patients to trust that their secrets will remain secret. If a young man doesn’t feel comfortable telling a doctor he’s gay, for example, then the doctor may misjudge the significance of a symptom, order [...]
A recent study of more than 1,100 people found that those who drank tea at least once a week for more than 10 years had 20% less total body fat and 2% less abdominal fat than those who drank none. The study took into account lifestyle factors, including age, physical activity and food intake. Results [...]
This condition is caused by bacteria that thrive on moist, sweaty skin. It can also be caused by eating spices, which can cause sweat glands to become overactive. self-defense: Cut back on spicy foods, and keep feet dry. Change shoes at least once a day. Air them out after each wearing. also helpful: Dr. Scholl’s [...]
The study included 349 people who experienced chronic low back pain, defined as pain lasting more than a year. patients were divided into two croups: 176 underwent spinal fusion surgery and 173 were enrolled in an intensive rehabilitation program that included daily exercises and cognitive (mental) behavior therapy. During the two years of the study, [...]