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There are many foods, supplements, herbs and spices that can help boost your immune system. One of the best things you can do to maintain a healthy immune system is to make sure your gut bacteria are happy and healthy.

Ever since the concept of a male contraceptive pill has been sown in the mind, researchers have been promising a male hormonal contraceptive option, but there are good reasons why it has not yet been engineered or materialized yet.

A recent study done by a Scottish group provides support for the idea that trying to get pregnant again within 6 months of a miscarriage may be an idea with merit.

Control mechanisms include a healthy immune system and healthy excretory functions - known in naturopathic medicine as “emunctories”. Keeping the emunctories clear and functioning is one of the main goals of any naturopathic treatment, including cancer.

There is growing evidence that some form of exercise is a must to avoid the sharp fall seen in the physical activities of the cancer survivors even after the completion of the treatment.

ERCP is basically used to identify gallstones, narrowing of bile ducts due to any disease, any leak from the bile ducts as a result of any injury or operation and the presence of any tumor in them.

The focus of many alternative forms of cancer therapies is to work upon the body’s natural ability to take on the disease and destroy cancer cells. Many doctors and researchers are turning back to nature in search of other means to fight cancer.

Hydrocephalus is very literally a condition of water on the brain. Broadly defined, hydrocephalus is a disturbance of the formation, flow, or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid that causes an unusual accumulation of fluid in and around the brain.

There's trouble afoot with flip-flops. These popular summer shoes protect arthritic knees, but for those of us who do not have arthritis, they can spell trouble.

An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a procedure performed by the physician with the purpose of examining the esophagus, the stomach and the duodenum.