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The name ringworm is misleading, because the ailment to which it refers is not caused by a worm. It is in fact a form of tinea, a fungal infection, and is also known as tinea circinata. The name refers to the fact that it causes a raised ring-shaped inflammation of the skin. Ringworms are most [...]

Experience with St John’s Wort based on people entering research protocols and seeking help from psychiatrists tells us only about the way the herbal remedy is being used and is working for relatively severe clinical problems. But the large majority of people who have turned to the herb would probably not fit into research protocols [...]

Sandra Casey was twenty-one years old when she entered the Ecology Unit. Her headaches centered around her eyes and forehead. They were steady in nature and accompanied by sensitivity to light. She had these headaches three

or four times a month, and each lasted for three or four days. While having a headache, she was unable [...]

Sister Francesca came to me with a peculiar complaint. She suffered from aches and pains in her rib cage, on both sides, about six inches below her armpits. While aches and pains are commonly the result of allergylike problems, there were no organs in that particular part of the body which would be likely to [...]

Tears form in the tear glands that lie above the eyeballs within the bony eye sockets. These tear glands continuously produce fluid that flows across the eyeballs and down the slender tear ducts that connect each eye with the nose (nasolacrimal ducts). The two openings into each tear duct are pinpoint in size and can [...]

The main way our body gets rid of excess cholesterol is through our bowel movements. The liver pumps excess cholesterol that is not needed into the bile, which is stored in the gallbladder. Bile then enters our intestines through an opening called Vater’s ampulla and leaves our body in bowel movements. If there is not [...]

Research has shown that drinking alcohol causes a decrease in sperm count, an increase in abnormal sperm and a lower proportion of motile sperm.

Alcohol also affects a man’s fertility by changing his hormone levels because it can alter the way testosterone is produced and then released. Because alcohol affects the liver (the organ which normally [...]

Yoga claims to be a science – a spiritual science at that.

Interestingly, science has proved many of the medical claims made by yoga to be valid.

Surprised? Most American men are. But then, the only yogis most of us ever knew were Yogi Bear and Yogi Berra. And since the end of the 1960s, it’s been [...]

To some extent, it helps to think of anorexia and bulimia in the same way as any other illness, such as diabetes or asthma. One advantage of this approach, called the medical model, is that it helps reinforce the “no-fault” concept I described earlier. A person with asthma is not responsible for the condition, but [...]

Jeanette Green weighed more than 300 pounds until she discovered the slimming power of tea.

After years of failed attempts to lose weight, Jeanette, of White Plains, New York, finally took control of her eating habits. She reduced her portion sizes and cut out junk food. Sure enough, the pounds started disappearing.

Although she was encouraged, Jeanette [...]