Category: Diseases
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Celiac Disease – An Intestinal Problem
Celiac disease is a condition like a chameleon. The symptoms are very versatile and the number of unreported cases is high. About one in every hundred is affected. It can take years for the correct diagnosis to be made. In this article you will find out why early diagnosis is important and how to properly…
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How Do Emotions Influence Cancer Treatment?
Have you ever noticed that some people with cancer die unexpectedly, but others with less favorable diagnosis survive? Perhaps this can often be explained by the relationship between cancer and the mind, emotions and cancer. Is there any scientific basis for us to believe that positive emotions have specific physiological effects? About negative emotions, we…
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Pancreas, Diabetes and Meal Frequency
Diabetics normally know that the pancreas is important for insulin production. But the pancreas has many more important functions for the digestive system. What can we do to take good care of it? And did you know that snacking can stress out your pancreas? In this article you will find out everything that you need…
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Acne – Battle of Hormones
Acne takes worldwide the top position of all dermatological diagnoses. 80 – 85% of all teenagers suffer from acne to a greater or lesser extent. What is causing this skin disease, and how can we get rid of it? Find out all you need to know in this article.
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Prevent a Deadly Clot
Someone in the United States dies from a blood clot every five minutes! One in four people worldwide die from conditions caused by blood clots. Clots are common in persons who have severe COVID-19. Learn in this article how you can prevent a deadly clot.
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Effective Treatment of COVID-19
In the beginning of March the Brazilian doctor Luiz Cristiano Maciel Cardoso published a video on Facebook and declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supposedly he had found out that the cancer drug flutamide would be an effective treatment and declared that he has conquered the pandemic with this miraculous treatment option. On March…
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Stones at the Wrong Place
Can stones be at the wrong place? That happens not only in our garden, but also in our body. If stones are forming on the wrong place, they can be painful. Read in this article everything you need to know about kidney stones.
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Echinacea – An Old Medicinal Plant
They are here again, the cold, wet days when we long for the hot summer days. And with them come colds, coughs and sore throats, the uninvited companions of the cold season. But we are not at their mercy for better or worse, we can strengthen our immune system. And if we do catch a…
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Can Vitamin D Prevent COVID-19?
In the beginning of last year, I was reading the news that a Chinese hospital in Shanghai was successful in treating COVID-19 patients with high doses of vitamin C. Not much attention was given to the subject, but evidence is increasing recently that vitamin D supplementation could be crucial in the prevention and treatment of…
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The Metabolic Syndrome
Obesity, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and increased triglycerides with simultaneously decreased HDL are the precursors of a heart attack. In the US, one third of the adult population suffer from metabolic syndrome, and in women at the age of 70 and over, the prevalence rises to about 60%((J.S.Moore et. al. Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence…
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Does the Pandemic Stress You Out?
Almost half of the Americans report that the pandemic is affecting their mental health.((Coronavirus is harming the mental health of tens of millions of people in U.S., new poll finds. Washington Post, April 2, 2020)) A federal disaster distress hotline ha seen a more than 10x spike in incoming text messages during the pandemic.((The Health…
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10 Tips for Aging Persons During the Pandemic
Most European countries are working already on easing their COVID-19 restrictions. All the US states are also gradually reopening, although with significant state by state differences. That does not mean there is no need for caution, especially for the elderly people. Once restrictions are lifted, new infections will be on the rise, and the elderly…