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A little bit information about dairy allergy
A dairy allergy is the immune system's response to one or more of the proteins found in cow's milk. Dairy products are one of the most frequent food allergens. Although most individuals develop a milk allergy...read more
All about allergies
Approximately 50 million Americans, or 1 in 4, suffer from some form of allergic disease, and the incidence is increasing. When most people think of allergie, they think of sneezing, a runny nose or watery ey...read more
All you need to know about allergies
Allergy is related to the immune system. Normally, the immune system fights harmful things, such as disease. But an allergic person's body believes that, just like a disease, a particular food or other substa...read more
All you need yo know about milk allergy
Milk allergy is caused when the immunity system reacts against the proteins found in milk. This happens due to the lack of the immune system to learn to recognize milk protei...read more
Allergies in pregnancy and childbirth
Pregnancy is a time of intense change within the female body. Hormonal changes have a profound influence on the immune system and allergic diseases may be affected by these changes. TheAllergies: abnormal sensitive reactions of the immune system
An allergy is an abnormal sensitivity or reaction of your immune system to a substance (an allergen) that you eat, inhale or touch. Non-allergic people can usually tolerate this substance. Nearly ...read more
Allergy or "allergic hypersensivity"
Allergic Hypersensitivity simply put, is an adverse immune reaction to a protein (or allergen) in our environment, which is normally harmless to the non-allergic person. It may present as mil...read more
Are you an ideal candidate for prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the painful area. For the patient who has localized areas of pain or the person who has had a recent injury from an accident, Prolotherapy is a very effective treatm...read more
Bacteria: friend or foe?
Our digestive system contains millions of bacteria (referred to as gut flora) that live in a delicate balance with one another. This includes beneficial or “friendly” bacteria tha...read more
Candida albicans: what is it?
Do you suffer from bloating, sugar cravings,allergies, fatigue, ibs? If the answer is yes you may be one of the thousands of people suffering from an overgrowth of Candida. Candida Albicans, to give it its f...read more
Care for a premature baby
Do premature babies need special care? Yes, babies born prematurely (before the due date) may need special care during their first 2 years, especially if they were very small at birth (less than 3 pounds). H...read more
Caring for someone with HIV/AIDS
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are serious medical conditions throughout the world today. Left untreated, AIDS is 100% fatal; however, life-prolonging antiret...read more
Childhood fevers help fight against infections
People often think that a high fever is bad, that it can cause brain damage. This is not true. The truth is that fever is one of the ways the body helps fight against infections. When we have an infection in ...read more
Diabetes foot care
If you have diabetes you are more prone to foot problems, because the disease can damage your blood vessels and nerves. This, in turn, may make you less able...read more
Do you have chronic fatigue syndrome
If you do, you could be deficient in MolybdenumSeveral websites report improvements in a number of underlying conditions with molybdenum. These conditions can often be misdiagnosed and hence can be given inap...read more
Ear Candling and Allergy
Very often, it is simply assumed that everybody "knows" what we mean by the word allergy and that everybody has a fundamental understanding of the principles involved in the disease mechanism. Wheth...read more
General information about chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a serious and disabling illness it's symptoms are severe and persistent exhaustion which worsens following exercise and does not resolve with rest in combination w...read more
General information about leukemia
Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Many people perceive this type of cancer as a disease of children, but leukemia affects about ten times as many adults as children. New cases o...read more
Get to the "joint" of arthritis pain!!
What is joint pain? Joint pain is any pain that occurs in and/or around a joint – the place where two bones meet. In the UK the most common cause is arthritis. Accord...read more
Healing herbs
Aloe vera Often used externally for healing wounds, burns etc., but can be used internally as an intestinal cleaner and healer. Astragalus This is a Chinese herb which stimulates the immune system and incr...read more
How mast cells work
Your body is a weapon. The immune system is a machine of war, ready to take on invaders. The immune system has its own internal affairs department: it can identify cells which are infected with viruse...read more
How to treat autoimmune diseases?
The Response of Modern Medicine The immune system, which is a complex network of specialized organs, cells and cell products, is continually making antibodies to help rid the body of substan...read more
Hypnosis and food intolerance
In recent years the field of mind body medicine (known as psycho-neuro-immunology or PNI) has been gaining wider recognition. Clinicians are now realising that the Cartesian dualist viewpoint with regard to m...read more
Multiple sclerosis: general information
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic (long-term) diseases of the central nervous system.Nerve fibres are covered with a fatty substance called the myelin sheath. The myel...read more
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