Diseases & Conditions

How to Get Rid of Tension Headaches…In Just Minutes a Day

How to Get Rid of Tension Headaches…In Just Minutes a Day

Yacov Ezra, MD | July 9, 2014

In just minutes a day, you can relieve your pain. Taking a painkiller now and then may not be a…

Natural Relief for Stomach Pain
Digestive

Natural Relief for Stomach Pain

Miranda van Tilburg, PhD | July 9, 2014

Stomachaches—ugh! Whether you have chronic abdominal pain due to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or another health problem, such as Crohn’s…

Hypnosis Can Help IBS

Hypnosis Can Help IBS

Perjohan Lindfors, MD, PhD | July 9, 2014

Place your hand on your belly and imagine creating soothing sensations of warmth and comfort. This is a hypnosis technique—and…

Relaxing Solution to Hot Flashes

Relaxing Solution to Hot Flashes

Gary Elkins, PhD | July 9, 2014

Hypnotic Relaxation Treatment Reduces Menopause Symptoms Midlife women may be delighted to hear about a type of hypnosis that appears…

Sex and Heart Attacks—Myths and Facts
Heart Attack

Sex and Heart Attacks—Myths and Facts

Henry G. Stratmann, MD | July 8, 2014

How many movies have you seen that include a part where a guy is dead in bed after a sex…

Sex Can Cause a Heart Attack—and Four More Triggers It’s Important to Know About
Heart Attack

Sex Can Cause a Heart Attack—and Four More Triggers It’s Important to Know About

Barry A. Franklin, PhD | July 8, 2014

We’ve all seen dramatic scenes in movies in which a person suffers a heart attack following an angry outburst…after hearing…

When Your Workout Makes You Itch
Diseases & Conditions

When Your Workout Makes You Itch

Neal B. Schultz, MD | July 7, 2014

Exercise-induced itching is a fairly common phenomenon, and the culprit is heat. Explanation: Physical exertion creates heat in the hard-working…

When an Itch Is More Than Just an Itch
Diseases & Conditions

When an Itch Is More Than Just an Itch

Zhou-Feng Chen, PhD | July 7, 2014

Kidney or liver disease, or even cancer, may be the cause We generally assume that anyone who itches probably has…

Best Itch Control for Bug Bites
Diseases & Conditions

Best Itch Control for Bug Bites

Andrew Rubman, ND | July 7, 2014

It’s summer, and you know what that means—lots of bugs! And lots of bugs can mean lots of bug bites—the…

Don’t Let Heartburn Turn Deadly

Don’t Let Heartburn Turn Deadly

Anil Minocha, MD | July 7, 2014

It raises your risk for the most rapidly increasing cancer in the US Nearly everyone suffers from heartburn from time…

Heartburn, Gluten Intolerance, Flatulence?
Digestive

Heartburn, Gluten Intolerance, Flatulence?

Leo Galland, MD | July 7, 2014

Digestive enzymes may be the answer If you watch the TV ads, you might think that a good probiotic is…

Guide to 13 Ways to Sharper Vision
Eye Health

Guide to 13 Ways to Sharper Vision

July 3, 2014

Maybe your eyesight isn't so bad that you'd reach down to pet a rock thinking it was a dog—or maybe…

Get Arthritis Pain Relief with Curcumin

Get Arthritis Pain Relief with Curcumin

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD | July 3, 2014

We weren't born to eat drugs like candy. Yet osteoarthritis, so common and so very painful, has caused way too…

The Liquid Nicotine in E-Cigarettes Is Poisonous

The Liquid Nicotine in E-Cigarettes Is Poisonous

Ashley Webb, PharmD | July 3, 2014

Millions of Americans now are using e-cigarettes—battery-operated nicotine-delivery systems that mimic conventional cigarettes, except that nicotine vapor is inhaled into…

17 Natural Remedies You Always Have with You
Diseases & Conditions

17 Natural Remedies You Always Have with You

July 3, 2014

Here are 17 remedies for common health problems that all have one thing in common—you ­always have these simple remedies…