Skin blooms in the presence of oestrogen. Once you are producing little or no oestrogen, your skin gradually becomes drier and more wrinkled. To counteract this, many of the so-called moisturisers work by introducing moisture into the very top, thin layer of skin (the epidermis), so mat it looks fuller and small wrinkles are eased [...]
The decision whether to have a hysterectomy, try some other treatment, or postpone any intervention and let nature take its course, is of great importance to many women. Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, sometimes accompanied by oophorectomy, the removal of the ovaries. Most hysterectomies and oophorectomies performed these days are elective — [...]
Unfortunately the art of hypnosis was used a great deal by the stage hypnotists and magicians to entertain audiences. Hypnosis became a magical act and the magicians liked to let the audience believe that they possessed supernatural powers. Because of this the medical profession distanced itself from it, and hypnosis was not used for medical [...]
For descriptive purposes it is often convenient to consider pain as either organic or functional. But like many things in nature this pigeonholing of ideas is not completely valid. It is not quite as simple as that. Thus pain that is caused in the first place by some disease or injury soon produces a psychological [...]
Q. So many people we know complain about their ulcers. How common are they in the community?
A. All kinds of statistics have been quoted over the years. Several studies carried out in Britain show that by the age of 55 years, between 6 and 20% of people have suffered from one. At any given time, [...]
The human spine – also at times called the spinal column, vertebral column, or just the backbone – is a flexible bony column that extends from the base of the skull to the small of the back. It serves two main purposes:
Working together with various muscles and ‘girdles’ – the latter being encircling or arching [...]
Since liver has the reputation of being an inexpensive but “complete” food, dishes employing it are often recommended for dieters who wish to eat sparingly but well.
Regardless of one’s reason for eating a lot of liver, the danger is the same — it can provide too much vitamin A. Because liver is an animal’s storehouse [...]
Signs and symptoms
The diagnosis first involves ruling out appendicitis. If appendicitis can be ruled out, consider other possibilities.
Your child probably is constipated if he or, she has recently had no bowel movement or a hard movement; if the pain is intermittent (crampy) on the left side of the body and follows eating; and if the [...]
An allergic reaction to an injection of horse serum can produce serum sickness. It occurs in 10 percent of children if only 10 cc. of serum are injected, while the incidence rises to 90 percent if 100 cc. are injected. The symptoms are hives, swelling of the joints, and fever. These may appear immediately after [...]
These disorders occur when a woman produces antibodies directly against her own cells. The antibodies are thought to cause blood clots in the placenta, preventing the baby getting enough nutrients and blood. Treatment involves drugs that thin the blood, like aspirin and heparin.
An auto-immune condition called systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) causes chronic inflammation which can [...]