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Blueberry Lemon Breakfast Quinoa

Blueberry Lemon Breakfast Quinoa

Mar 13, 2018

In the kitchen: read the "Blueberry Lemon Breakfast Quinoa" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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11 Stupidly Simple, Natural Antidotes To Anxiety And Depression

Depression

11 Stupidly Simple, Natural Antidotes To Anxiety And Depression

Mar 12, 2018

Most of these are backed by research and many only require minutes per day. Some will be obvious (though people often still don’t take them seriously), while for most people at least one or two...

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Which medicines affect contraception?

Women's health

Which medicines affect contraception?

Mar 12, 2018

When you take two or more medicines at the same time, the effects of one medicine can be altered by the other(s). This is known as an interaction. Some medicines may stop hormonal contraception...

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Crohn’s patient says don’t give up

Crohn's disease

Crohn’s patient says don’t give up

Mar 8, 2018 • 3 comments

Abdominal pain and bowel problems were some of the symptoms that dominated Jamie's teenage years, but refusing to give up, she finally received the correct diagnosis of Crohn's disease after...

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Colorectal Cancer Screening Month: Getting checked could save your life | Ask A Doctor

Colorectal cancer

Colorectal Cancer Screening Month: Getting checked could save your life | Ask A Doctor

Mar 6, 2018

Question: I’ll turn 50 next month. My friends tell me I’ll need a colonoscopy. I’m very healthy and wondering if that’s really necessary. Answer: Your friends are well informed and well timed — March...

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Elementary school principal uses strength from students to battle breast cancer

Breast cancer

Elementary school principal uses strength from students to battle breast cancer

Mar 5, 2018

For one elementary school principal in Georgia, students and faculty are much more than just people she works with, they are family. According to Patricia Cook, head of Union County Elementary...

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The Newest Psoriasis Treatments Will Have You Wearing Short Sleeves Again

Psoriasis

The Newest Psoriasis Treatments Will Have You Wearing Short Sleeves Again

Mar 2, 2018

While there is still no cure for psoriasis, new treatments now allow millions of people who live with this inflammatory skin condition to sport short sleeves once again. One expert even called it...

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Cannabis drug halves the risk of an epileptic fit in more than 40% of sufferers

Epilepsy

Cannabis drug halves the risk of an epileptic fit in more than 40% of sufferers

Mar 2, 2018 • 6 comments

Cannabis drug halves the risk of an epileptic fit in more than 40% of sufferers, study finds Taking cannabidiol (CBD) with approved medications makes 10% seizure free The dual treatment enables up...

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Grilled Chicken and Tomato Salad

Grilled Chicken and Tomato Salad

Feb 28, 2018 • 1 comment

In the kitchen: read the "Grilled Chicken and Tomato Salad" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Foods That Can Irritate COPD

COPD

Foods That Can Irritate COPD

Feb 28, 2018 • 1 comment

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an umbrella term used to refer to any illness that affects the ability of the lungs to function normally. This article will discuss foods that can...

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Can You Beat MS With the Paleo Diet?

Multiple sclerosis

Can You Beat MS With the Paleo Diet?

Feb 26, 2018

Some evidence suggests that the Paleo diet can improve or reverse symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Can eating like a Stone Age hunter-gatherer ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS)? One doctor who...

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Type 1 diabetes: Does the gut hold the key to prevention

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus

Type 1 diabetes: Does the gut hold the key to prevention

Feb 23, 2018

Type 1 diabetes: Does the gut hold the key to prevention Targeting specific microbiota in the gut could be one way to protect against type 1 diabetes, a new study concludes. Researchers suggest that...

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