5 Symptoms of Entering Menopause As you age, there are some things that are inevitable and one of them would be menopause. For most women, this is a sign of getting old, but it is more than that. Once you enter the menopausal stage, the chemical makeup of your body is changing and this leads […]
8 Scary Cleaning Chemicals To Dodge According to environmental experts, there are at least 62 toxic chemicals lingering in an average household. They can be found in different products, such as in the case of paints and cleaning agents, among others. They can lead into adverse health effects, with the most common being asthma, cancer, […]
Herbs as an alternative therapeutic way for migraines and to treat your headache Ancient cultures dating back thousands of years have used herbs for cooking and healing. The essential oils, leaves and roots of certain herbs can lower your blood sugar, make your heart healthy, help you beat overweight and obesity, make your skin and hair […]
Pressure Produces Headaches When it rains on your day off or right after you wash your car, that can be a real bummer. Bad weather can certainly affect your mood, and possibly even cause an emotional outburst. As it turns out, a rise or fall in barometric pressure can also cause headaches. Have you ever […]
Allergies and Headaches – What Is the Connection? The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) reports that somewhere around ” 80% of the North American population has headaches, with 50% experiencing at least one headache per month.” Roughly 1 in 6 or 7 people in America experience a minimum of one headache per […]
The Relationship Between Hormones and Anxiety Anxiety is an umbrella term that encompasses a wide array of disorders that generally result from worrying, fear, apprehension, and nervousness. Such feelings will most likely have an impact on your feelings and behaviors and can result into a variety of physical symptoms, including shortness of breath, dizziness, vomiting, […]
Shingles in Children and Teens Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and after an infection has passed, the virus remains in the body in a dormant state in the nerve root endings in the body. The virus, however, can be reactivated by a number of triggers and causes shingles in children. While the occurrence […]
How To Treat Shingles – Why You Need to Boost Your Immune System Shingles is not only common in people over the age of 50, but it can be triggered by a weakened immune system. A weakened immune system can cause shingles to wreak havoc by spreading to other parts of the body after appearing […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “more than 3.5 million cases of varicella, 9,000 hospitalizations, and 100 deaths are prevented by varicella vaccination” annually in the United States. Based on this fact alone, one can easily see how devastating chickenpox could be without inoculation. Chickenpox largely affects children, however, incidences in […]
Aromatherapy for pain In the United States, 1 in 3 people will develop shingles in their lifetime. It is caused by the same virus that is responsible for chickenpox. Shingles is characterized by an outbreak of a rash or blisters on the skin, and symptoms that include burning or tingling pain, or sometimes numbness or […]
