Long-term Relief for Back Pain
Researchers say heat may provide long-term relief for one of the nation’s biggest complaints, lower back pain. The application of heat to a sore back has been known to provide temporary relief, but now...
Monthly Archive: January 2011
Chronic Pain And The Mind/Body Connection
Pain, depression, anxiety, and insomnia are intimately connected. Patients have found that making behavioral changes to support a healthier lifestyle can dramatically reduce their pain and improve their mood. Changes in diet that result...
Treatment of Chronic Pain
PAIN RELIEF WITH ANESTHESIA NERVE BLOCKS can relieve pain by stopping the impulses that travel along nerves in the body. The physician injects a local anesthetic along the course of the nerve or nerves...
Drug Treatment For Chronic Pain
Medication is the most common choice of treatment for chronic pain in the United States. Drugs treat the symptoms rather than the cause of pain, and therefore offer a short-term solution. Side effects, drug...
What is Chronic Pain and how to treat chronic pain?
More than 75 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Although pain acts as a warning sign of disease or injury, chronic pain is not protective and can be debilitating. In the United States alone,...
Easing Back Pain
Botox, a drug based on the bacteria that causes food poisoning, may be useful in easing low back pain, say researchers. Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., studied 31...
Root Canal Made Easier
There’s good news if you dread going to the dentist. A new fiber optic camera is changing the way root canals are performed. Doctors say the new instrument makes patients less anxious and, in...
What to Eat to Avoid Breast Cancer
More and more research suggests a healthy diet can lower our risk of breast cancer. However, what does “healthy” really mean? Vi Rieck’s backyard is filled with organically grown fruits and vegetables. She and...
Anti-Cancer Onions
“An onion a day keeps the doctor away.” Not exactly the way you remember that phrase? Well, ancient Egyptians believed it. They used the lowly vegetable to treat everything from arthritis to asthma. George...
Total Knee Replacement Surgery Improves Function, Reduces Long-Term Costs
Total knee replacement (TKA) dramatically improves a patient’s quality of life and significantly reduces his/her long-term treatment costs, according to a new study. Total knee replacement is performed on people who have severe functional...
Tips On Avoiding Tendinitis
Sometimes the aches and pains we have may go away when we begin to exercise. That isn’t necessarily good news. Aches that go away with exercise may signal tendinitis, a recurring problem for many...
Sports Nutrition
Sound sports nutrition gives any athlete the winning edge by allowing the body to efficiently make energy, fuel performance, build muscle, and repair injury. The best nutrition for each individual depends on that person’s...
Treatment options for Sleep Apnea
Nasal strips decrease nasal airway resistance by a small degree, which is why some athletes wear them. But if you wear them and are still snoring, that’s a sign you may have sleep apnea....
Eat to beat Prostate Cancer
IS THERE SUCH a thing as a prostate cancer diet? Not exactly, but there’s a long list of nutrients that have been linked to decreasing the risk and/or the progression of cancer, although more...
Obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (apnea means “without breath” in Greek) happens when the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses and closes during sleep, blocking off the airway. Obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] is...
Performance Anxiety in Golf: Beating the Yips
When Greg Norman blew a nine stroke lead in the final round of the 1996 Masters, he did what every athlete has done. He choked. But he did it on a world stage. While...
When An Obsession Takes Over
Imagine being so obsessed with something, you spend much of your life trying to avoid it. It’s called obsessive compulsive disorder and nearly one million Americans live with it. People who suffer from obsessive...
Overcoming Social Phobia
We are all a little shy sometimes and nervous if we have to speak in public, but most of us are able to overcome those insecurities. Millions of Americans never do. They suffer from...
Treatment for children with anxiety disorders
For children with anxiety disorders, playing or even talking to other children can be a struggle. Prescription drugs are often used to treat adolescents, but most drugs haven’t been tested in kids. Now one...
Nervousness, Anxiety Predict Suicide
A bad case of the nerves could spell more trouble for men than women, Swedish researchers find. Their study of more than 34,000 people shows men with high levels of nervousness and anxiety are...
Alcohol Relapse & Anxiety
Alcoholics suffering from anxiety disorders have a higher rate of relapse and may need customized treatment, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. They studied 82 alcoholics, noting their anxiety diagnosis...
Being Religiously Active Cuts Anxiety in Women
How active you are religiously from childhood to adulthood could affect your mental health. A new study from Temple University finds women who stopped being religiously active were more than three times more likely...
Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Depression
Two out of 10 Americans struggle with anxiety, panic or depression. Some may suffer anxiety at the thought of flying or speaking in public, while others panic at the thought of being stuck in...
Genes to re-grow heart
Doctors may finally be successful in growing new heart cells. Research reported in the Circulation journal details the results of a new study to understand more about the treatment of a common heart problem...
Partnership between USANA and the WTA
The WTA Tour has 52 events in 32 countries. These events are attended by more than five million people, and watched by millions more on television. All those big numbers make the WTA Tour...
Hormone may Cause Miscarriage
Pregnant women beware, a natural hormone you produce may actually be harmful to your baby. According to a recent study by the University of Chicago Hospitals, abnormal levels of the thyroid hormone can be...
Thyroid Crusader
Feeling sluggish? It could be your thyroid. One in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder, and most don’t even realize they are sick. One woman is on a crusade to educate women about...
Stop Your Splitting Headache
Millions of Americans suffer excruciating headache pain on a daily basis and taking another aspirin isn’t doing the trick. One doctor explains the pain should not be ignored because headaches can be the body’s...
Smoker’s Nutrition
Containing over 4,000 chemicals, including more than sixty known carcinogenic (cancer-causing) substances, tobacco smoke has an obvious negative impact on health. People who smoke cigarettes or any other form of tobacco are at greater...
Men’s Health
There are many health problems facing men today, but there are also many men who have yet to experience any of these disorders. The following includes nutrition recommendations for healthy men who wish to...