The use of plants as medicine can ease what ails you when done properly. Botanical medicine spans human history, from antiquity to the present. Their use can represent a safe and effective alternative to pharmaceuticals. Many pharmaceutical medications in use today...
The average human digestive system can have over 400 million different species of beneficial bacteria; all needed for healthy digestive function. Probiotics are supplemental forms of living bacteria for improving the environment of the gut. Interest in probiotics has...
If you’ve been procrastinating, making excuses or otherwise putting off total knee replacement surgery, chances are the longer you put it off the better. New findings suggest knee pain alone is insufficient evidence of the need for knee replacement surgery, especially...
The Human Toll of Cognitive Decline and Dementia Cognition is our most unique characteristic. Our capacity for learning, recall, language, and judgment are what make us human. Decline in cognitive function is one of the most feared disorders of aging. Mild forms of...
You would do well to know your vitamin D status as deficiencies in this hormone like vitamin are not only epidemic but have far wider health implications than once believed. Some researchers estimate that upwards of 50% of the population may be vitamin D deficient. So...