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Keep an eye on your symptoms

I wanted to explain what I meant by keeping an eye on your symptoms. It has been too often that people who do not have health insurance die a senseless death. If they had gone to see a physician their lives may have been spared. We all know that if you don't have the cash that you will get turned away by physicians the majority of the time. One thing that can help people is to keep track of how many symptoms they have and what they are. It is very important because, many times a major illness can be avoided if the smaller illness is treated. You can start following family remedies or doctors at home or over the counter treatments.

It is important for us all to know that you should discontinue the home treatments after seven days. If the symptoms persist and do not seem to be getting any better it is definitely advisable to see a doctor. In the late 1700's people did not know how to treat simple illnesses. An example of this is the death of George Washington. He died from the Streptococcal virus. The treatment that they used on him to help his illness was the main cause of his death. He was purposely bled because, in theory people of that time period thought that it was a wise decision to cut people and let them bleed out to get rid of the infection in the body. They failed to realize that this left the individual defenseless and weak. Their body could no longer fight the illness and they often died. Keeping an eye on whatever your symptoms may be is very much advised by many physicians. You can avoid making an unnecessary trip to the doctors office but doing so can save your life.

Coffee May lower the risk of Ovarion Cancer

A research study has shown that caffeine can in fact be good for lowering the risk of ovarian cancer. The study only proves that this theory only works for people that consume higher amounts of caffeine. lower amounts or decaff had no effect on the individuals that participated in the study. The risk is even lower for women who had not taken oral contraceptives or postmenopausal hormones. There was also no effect for women who smoked or drank alcoholic beverages. The tests were done on women from ages 30-35. There is still a lot more studying that needs to be done in order to warrant this case study. For now, all of us female coffee drinkers can just keep this in mind and really enjoy our cup of Joe.

Home made remedy

I have been suffering from an upset stomach often lately. I decided to follow an old remedy that was passed down from my grandmother. My mother explained to me that I need a natural internal antiseptic. To my surprise I tried the remedy and my upset stomach went away within two minutes. The ingredient that helped me with my dilemma is none other than simple apple cider vinegar.

It consists of two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and I felt it working all the way down from my throat to my stomach. You may feel a slight buzz after drinking the vinegar for some reason along with a slight burn. The burning only lasts for a second, but to me it is well worth the sacrifice as an all natural ingredient. I do not have to continuously take tums or pepto bismol. Going through this experience has shown me that it really pays to have an open mind.

Homeopathic ways for using Licorice

I found out while doing a live search on ChaCha.com that licorice can be used for something other than candy. Licorice is is normally used in candies like twizzlers, or jelly beans or gummy bears and other candies that I have not tried yet. There are in fact other uses for it. First of all, let me explain exactly what licorice is. Licorice is really a member of the pea family, and licorice root was used in ancient times as food and as a medicine. The Chinese used it in nearly all of their formulas to harmonize other separate herbs involved. Licorice contains an ingredient called glycyrrhizin. If this ingredient is taken in high doses the effects can be similar to those of the natural hormone aldosterone, which can cause fluid retention, increase blood pressure, and loss of potassium. To prevent this from happening now a days manufactures have found a way to remove glycyrrhizin from licorice, which produces the safer product delcyrrhizinated licorice.

Licorice is used today for treatment of an array of medical diseases or disorders. It has been used as a replacement of hydrocortizone in the treatment of eczema, ulcer treatment and ulcer prevention. The studies show that it can prevent ulcers cased by aspirin or other anti inflammatory drugs. As with the use of taking any type of drug there are some risks involved that you should know about. If you are taking digoxin, long term use of taking licorice can be very dangerous. Continued use of licorice can cause loss of fluid and potassium. The use of licorice can increase positive and negative effects for people who use corticosteroid treatments. It is not advised to use licorice internally when taking corticosteroids. I think that we are all just starting to find out what people did with herbs that we aren't very familiar with. I am always ready to learn new things.

Depression drug

First of all, I would like to begin by explaining a little bit about what depression is along with some of he symptoms. Depression is described as a profound feeling of sadness and a loss of interest. Some of the symptoms include are, feelings of worthlessness, excessive inappropriate feelings of guilt, thoughts of death or suicide, trouble making decisions, fatigue or lack of energy, sleeping too much or too little, change in appetite or weight, trouble concentrating, Aches and pains, restlessness, loss of enjoyment of favorite activities.

One of the latest drugs that is used to help fight the symptoms of depression is a drug called Cymbalta. Before being prescribed for the use of Cymbalta the company asks that you take a self assessment test. If you have answered all of the questions that they ask about the symptoms you have been experiencing correctly then they advise a visit to your doctor to discuss treatment. During this visit the doctor may offer relief from medication to help with this problem. They may offer you the drug Cymbalta or one like it. So far it is one of the best drugs out there to help ease the pain of depression with low risk of suicidal thoughts. Life can finally go on for people who suffer from this problem thanks to the makers of this drug.

Healthcare Crisis

I just wanted to discuss in great detail about the big health-care crisis we are all facing today. First of all, how many Americans actually have health insurance at a reasonable rate? Not any, of us are paying less than $80 a month for a single person that is acquiring health insurance, and if you have children you can definitely forget about spending less than $180 per month. Basically, if you do not have any health insurance in this country you definitely have to suffer the dyer consequences. For instance, most people who don’t have insurance usually have bad health and don’t even realize it, due to the fact that they rarely go to the doctor for yearly physicals. Who can afford to visit the doctor without any kind of insurance to back them up. What we are all in need of is national health insurance.

It’s amazing that there are other countries not as great as the U.S. that have offered there citizens this important opportunity. Our congress put it in to motion so that our children could get free national health insurance. It was especially targeted to middle class America, because they earn to much to get medicaid, but earn to little to acquire health insurance. These are usually the children that suffer the consequences. Our great President Bush squashed the bill twice. I have to say that is one of the most selfish things anyone could have done. Instead he sent billions to go towards the war in Iraq. Hopefully we as a people will elect someone who cares about this terrible health crisis, before it is too late.

New way of eradicating cancer

There may be a future way of destroying cancer without the use of chemotherapy. On a segment of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's weekend show house call, a man named John Kanzius may have found a more humane way of fighting cancer. He is retired in Sanibel Island and instead of relaxing he is currently suffering from leukemia. He worked in the radio industry, and came up with a theory for helping others suffering with cancer. He got out his wife's pots and pans along with some transmitters and started to build a machine. Then he took his invention to his oncologist.

Mr. Kanzius's invention is very interesting and will make a huge turn around in cancer treatment everywhere. His Oncologist took the invention to a cancer surgeon and he also agrees that this could change everything. Mr. Kanzius's cancer invention works by injecting microscopic metal pieces into the cancerous tumors, and then direct radio waves in that will heat up the metal, which will burn up the cancer cells destroying them. The doctors have realized that Mr. Kanzius's invention can treat many different types of cancer, except one as severe as the one that he is suffering from, because leukemia is cancer of the blood making the cancer cells to be virtually everywhere. This makes treating this type of cancer with his invention difficult to do right now. It will take four to six years for his invention to be upgraded and go through patenting. Hopefully with time Mr. Kanzius might find a way to fix his invention to also work for leukemia patients as well.

Hair tonics

Today I wanted to talk about the latest hair tonics in the hair care industry. Everyday either on the Internet or on television you see different types of advertisements about miracle hair treatments. Some of these treatments come in the form of vitamins and others come in the form of a topical hair fertilizer. These topical treatments can be very costly and if you read the fine print that is towards the bottom of the product it will say that typical results may not be proven. Many of these products are not FDA approved and just do not help at all.

I do believe that the hair vitamins can be beneficial to people who have some deficiencies. Some of these so called hair tonics can also make your hair fall out. I had an aunt who relied on using hair tonics a few years ago to help her get back some fullness in her hair or to repair a small bald spot, and with time the area became her entire middle scalp. She now has to wear hair pieces or maybe get a hair transplant one day. I think using hair products are great when they are FDA approved, because if you sustain any damage from taking the product then you can sue the company properly. It is difficult to do this when you use a product that states in very fine printing that results may not be too typical.