12 Tips for Choosing a Good Acupuncturist

How to Choose an Acupuncturist

Choosing a good acupuncturist is one of the most important parts of your healing process. Many times, we will trust an “expert” better than we trust ourselves, especially where our health in concerned. However, a good acupuncturist wants to empower you in your own health and wellness– they want you to understand your body and … Read more

Sural Nerve Entrapment Explained

Sural Nerve Entrapment Explained

Before we can discuss what sural nerve entrapment is, you really should know what the sural nerve is and what it does. The sural nerve is also referred to as the short saphenous nerve. It is the sensory nerve located in the lower leg. This nerve lies very close to the short saphenous vein, which … Read more

Lupus Does Not Forgive: Celebrities with Lupus

Celebrities with Lupus

It does not matter who you are or where you are from: your health is more important than anything in life because without it, sooner or later, everything else can fail dramatically. Celebrities may seem untouchable and surrounded by an aura of mystery and even heroism, but the truth is that diseases don’t forgive them … Read more

10 Ways to Make Your Doctor Understand

10 Ways to Make Your Doctor Understand

Often, individuals struggle with how to find the words to explain their symptoms to their doctor effectively. This is very important information for the doctor to have in order to provide an accurate diagnosis. On average, a medical interview is only about ten minutes, so you must be able to present your information in a … Read more

Gastric Pain Relieved Without Medication

acupressure point gastric pain

Treating chronic gastric pain symptoms without medication is of major importance to the gastric pain sufferer. Symptoms associated with gastric pain can be unbearable, disrupting the gastric pain sufferer’s life, causing lost time from work, and inability to attend social gatherings due to the unwanted symptoms. Seeking help through western medicine offers little relief, as … Read more

Medical Marijuana: What Can You Use It For?

Medical Marijuana

There are topics in the media world that don’t cease to be approached again and again. The use of marijuana for medical purposes (as well as for recreational purposes) is one of these topics. Everywhere you turn, you will most likely encounter something to hint at how legal or illegal this plant is in various … Read more

Lupus Prognosis: Is it Fatal?

Lupus Prognosis: Is it Fatal?

What is Lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune disease. This is a disease where the immune system begins to attack tissue that is normal and healthy. The symptoms that result are swelling and inflammation, damage to the skin, joints, blood, kidneys, lungs, and heart. In normal conditions, your immune system makes proteins that are called antibodies. … Read more