Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a medical condition that affects countless women. This may include a decrease in sexual desire, sexual arousal disorder, orgasmic disorder and pain. The cause of FSD can be attributed to a variety of issues. The health of a relationship, anxiety, depression, fatigue, insomnia, body image and religious and cultural beliefs …
One of the latest medical craze that is popping up all over the country is- full-body scans. The promoters promise peace of mind to the worried, and you don’t even need a physician’s referral. Neither the FDA nor the American College of Radiology endorses the full-body tests. The main concern centers on the lack of …
Two qualities that were mentioned were “authenticity” or a clear understanding of what was important in one’s life and “autonomy,” the perceived freedom to shape life around what is valued. In addition, a feeling of having profoundly changed was another feeling that was consistently reported among these remarkable cancer survivors. An example of this follows: …
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Another lesson learned by these “remarkable survivors” had to do with autonomy or making their own choices. Whereas in the past, choices were made to please others, get rewards, or avoid punishment, now they do so with a sense of personal freedom and volition. Many of us walk around as if half asleep. We really …
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In the late 1870s, something very strange happened to the French-Canadians lumberjacks in Moosehead Lake, Maine. When startled, they would jump in the air, imitate those around them, and even obey random commands. This was the Jumping Frenchmen of Maine disorder. American neurologist William Beard found that the disorder began in childhood, was familial, rarely …
Dr. J Compton Burnett was trained as a MD in Vienna Austria in 1865. On hearing remarkable claims of cures made by homeopaths he set out to disprove them. In the late 1800’s when children came down with a fever they were admitted to a ward for observation. Once they developed localized inflammations, catarrhs, measles, …
Our intestinal tract is the largest organ of our body and, according to some, is the most important. This digestive organ or ‘lawn’ contains roughly 10,000 square feet of surface area similar to a football field in size. Seventy percent of our immune system emanates from the bowel and Peyer’s patches. These are lymphoid bodies …
Your birth order has a subtle influence on your tendency to exhibit a variety of characteristics. For example the first born tends to be more a conventional leader and cautious while later siblings unconventional and revolutionary, and risk takers. The first born has a higher IQ than subsequent siblings. When it comes to stature the …
Danish farmer Ib Borup Pedersen and his family have been raising pigs since 1959. It was only after he switch his feed to Monsanto’s GMO feed – which had been grown with glyphosate – that he became alarmed at the growing incidence of malformation among his newborn piglets. Deformities include gaps in piglets’ skulls, deformed …
New research suggest that the ability to balance on 1 leg may tell us more about a person’s brain health and risk of stroke. Struggling to stand on 1 leg for less than 20 seconds was associated with a higher risk of stroke, small blood vessel damage in the brain, and reduced cognitive function in …