By Jacquelyn Jeanty
As many as 76.5 million Americans report experiencing pain lasting 24 hours or more within any given year according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Conventional treatment approaches like medication therapy can be helpful; however, they have carry side effects. Light pulse pain healing is an alternative treatment approach that's shown to have some benefits in treating pain...
By Taylor Hibma
Low blood pressure, or hypotension, is a condition in which there is low blood flow through the arteries. Symptoms of this condition include nausea, fainting, weakness and lethargy. Severely low blood pressure deprives the brain and other organs of oxygen and essential nutrients. While medications are available to treat low blood pressure, there are also home remedies that can treat this...
By Luanne Kelchner
Depression is a serious illness that can affect any person at any age or stage of life. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, 15 million people are affected by major depression in the United States each year. Masked depression is the presentation of physical symptoms that do not immediately point to depression. According to the Caltech Counseling Center, patients may focus on...
By HLeviticus
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and receiving regular medical care are essential tools in avoiding heart disease if you are a man. Heart disease is the leading cause of death of men in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Identifying your risk factors and making appropriate changes to your diet and fitness routine can help reduce the risk that you will...
By Erik Steel
Milky spore disease (or just milky spore) is a form of pest management used to control populations of Japanese beetles. According to the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the treatment consists of a type of bacterium in powder form that is used to kill insects when they are in the grub stage of development. Milky spore ...
By Gregory RyanA
Depression is a chemical disorder that affects between 7 percent and 10 percent of the U.S. population over the age of 18. Symptoms can come and go and may never dissipate entirely, depending on severity and circumstance. Medication and talk therapy are the first two routes to look into if you're clinically depressed, but there are other things you can do that can be helpful. Even though...
By Ann White
Communicable, or infectious, diseases are those that can easily be spread from one person to another through some type of bodily fluid. The type of communicable disease dictates the type of treatment; however, there are some general trends with regard to the treatment of communicable diseases depending upon the type of bacteria present. Bacteria are unicellular organisms present within our...