Monthly Archives: February 2012
Homeopathic Help for Colds and Flus
Categories: ColdDespite your best efforts, you still got hit with the nasty cold or flu bug that’s making the rounds. Don’t despair. Listen to your body: schedule time for some rest, and ensure that your body has the tools that it needs to heal you as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Homeopathy is a gentle, yet effective, system of natural medicine that helps the body to heal itself. Every patient is regarded as unique, as is every illness. Even within each patient, one cold might present differently to the next. This means that there is no “one remedy” solution for all colds, in all people.
As soon as you start to develop symptoms, take note of them: the obvious physical symptoms (nasal discharge, temperature, app
Red Flags Raised Over Low Dose Aspirin Use
Categories: Heart and StrokeConventional physicians routinely recommend patients take regular low dose aspirin for its alleged cardiovascular benefits. However, a recent series of published studies have focused on a number of serious dangers to this therapy.
In the journal “Opthamology” (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.025) Dutch researchers found that seniors who regularly took low dose aspirin had double the risk of developing age related macular degeneration than those who took no aspirin. The frequency amounted to one in twenty five aspirin users.
According to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology a