Drug-free relief Only when you experience a health event for yourself, do you truly appreciate the impact it must have on other people’s lives. Also, how important it is to be open to different kinds of treatments. A few years ago, I had some shoulder pain, which turned out to be a frozen shoulder, or ‘adhesive capsulitis’. […]

– The Thyroid Link You complain to your doctor that you suffer from chronic widespread pain and abnormal tenderness. After much testing and no improvement from treatment, your diagnosis ends up as “fibromyalgia”. You are told “you will just have to learn to live with it.” You try various treatments, which may include antidepressants, and painkillers. Therapies that can be helpful are […]

A treatment that has helped many children improve and even recover Why do kids get epilepsy? No one really knows. It can appear after a head injury, or more commonly, simply appear for no obvious reason. It is heartbreaking and terrifying to helplessly watch your child suffer a seizure. You have probably been told by […]

Recovering from Motor Neurone Disease (MND) also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) No one wants to be given false hope when dealing with a disease like Motor Neurone Disease (MND). However, if you have this disease you might like to know about some people who have MND and are stable, improving or […]

The Rise and Rise of Type 2 AND Type 1 Diabetes Poor diet and lack of exercise are known to be major factors in causing the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes spreading around the developed world. But it’s not just Type 2, or lifestyle-induced, maturity onset diabetes that is rising dramatically. Type 1, or Juvenile […]