
Looking at the Bigger Picture and Intervention Dealing with pain can be a very subjective matter because it is often difficult to measure how badly a person feels. In recent years, research has come out to show that there…
What Is Cystic Fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis deals with the inability to move water and salt across various organs throughout the body. As a result, people with cystic fibrosis also have symptoms related to lung disease and premature death. While…
Dyspnea Causes Dyspnea is when a person can experience a shortness of breath and where they may also feel like they cannot breathe regularly. The American Thoracic Society gives its definition as to when there are varying sensations of…
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Many people feel that dealing with alcohol or drug abuse can be a simple as quitting cold turkey whenever presented with the tempting opportunity to engage in destructive behavior. If the solution was that simple,…
Alien Abductions In Popular Culture Many people remember the popular 90s show The X-Files which covered the popular, yet sometimes scary subject of alien abduction. Droves of friends and family have enjoyed the science-fiction genre of movies like Close…
Multiple sclerosis can be quite debilitating because it affects the central nervous system in a very unpredictable way. This disruption negatively communicates between the spinal cord and the brain. While scientists are still looking for the primary cause…
Healing Ulcers and Colitis Naturally In recent years, researchers are open to considering alternatives like clinical hypnotherapy to study how gastric acid production is produced. Traditionally, gastroenterologists were able to link whether or not psychological stress affected gastric acid…
Radiotherapy (Radiation Therapy) For Cancer Radiotherapy is using rays that are high energy; generally, this means x-rays and comparable rays to deal with illness. This has the ability to work by damaging cancer cells in the specific location…