Is oatmeal nutritional? We might as well ask if rain is good for the earth because the health benefits of oatmeal are substantial and humans have known this for centuries. Oatmeal is incredibly popular in cultures all over the world and has a history that goes back to ancient China and Greece. Scotland has been […]

It is hard to tell the main cause of a yeast infection. The facts are that yeast normally exists on the outer layer of the skin and in the intestines, but in most cases it is kept in check by the human immunological system. That’s why most of the time the underlying cause of yeast […]

The amount of irritants present in the environment today can be very harmful to the body if absorbed on a daily basis. The environment contains a number of pollutants including gases, smoke, and vehicle exhaust, and the chemicals present in synthetic cosmetics and body products only make the situation worse. Allowing these products to enter […]

When I was a kid I suffered terribly from motion sickness. This lasted through my 30s and it was terrible sometimes – I had to take Dramamine to ride the bus to my college classes! There are many activities that can cause motion sickness: traveling by car, plane or boat; riding a roller coaster, bungee […]

A neighbor recently became semi-hysterical because of the sudden appearance of a huge crop of molluscum warts. I became curious about the ugly things and here is what I learned. Molluscum warts are caused by a different HPV virus strain than the one for more common warts. Molluscum warts look like skin-colored bumps, ranging in […]

Lots of folks – like me! – avoid going to the doctor for as long as we can. There are lots of reasons for this reluctance: for some people, it’s the expense; some are "too busy"; and none of us LIKE going to doctors but some people are actually afraid of them. That fear could […]

I just might have COPD lung disease. COPD stands For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and I have most of the symptoms of COPD. My primary symptoms are two: 1. A lot of coughing – especially when I’m around my cats. 2. Breathlessness or shortness of breath. This symptom is odd because sometimes I’m fine – […]

It was fast approaching Friday afternoon rush hour. The highway was growing more crowded by the second, but for now, the traffic was still moving. Cruising along at about 50 miles per hour, surrounded on all sides by other motorists, my father suffered his first ocular migraine attack – more commonly known as an "eye […]

Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) is a nightmare, but having decent multiple sclerois into is the place to start when faced with this awful disease. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the nervous system. In other word’s the body’s own immune system is attacking itself – destroying the myelin sheath that covers the nerve […]

A blessed Easter to you, your family and all the people on our beautiful planet.