Therapies & Treatments Articles

Many people are turning to over-the-counter enzyme supplements to aid their digestive system. The benefits and disadvantages of such supplementation are not always known to the consumers.

Pain is a feeling that we are all afraid of, but thanks to the work of doctors, we don´t have to worry about it anymore. The introduction of anesthetics into the medical world has made surgical treatments not only pain free but also safer.

In the United States and in many other countries around the world, there sometimes just isn't enough money in the budget to buy all needed medications. Sometimes friends and families lend theirs--but this is a practice not without a downside.

The European Medicines Agency recently approved Abasria, a "new" form of long-lasting insulin that can be used by children and adults with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. But new understanding how to use insulin may be more valuable than a new product.

Every year just in the USA, the Centers for Disease Control estimate, two million people develop infections that antibiotics can no longer treat and 23,000 die. Antibiotics that used to work have stopped working because they are over prescribed.

Enough people have suffered liver damage after using or abusing acetaminophen (Tylenol) that the potential danger of using this common pain reliever when there is liver disease is well known. But acetaminophen is also dangerous in kidney disease.

The World Health Organization has declared that the Ebola virus epidemic is now an international health emergency, and the need to produce an effective and safe vaccine as soon as possible is important.

Manuka honey, gathered from groves of manuka trees growing naturally on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, is known around the world for its amazing power in promoting healing of skin diseases.

HIV cannot be cured (yet?), but the development of better, more effective treatment means many patients can now enjoy long and relatively healthy lives. This is an overview of all the different HIV medications on the market today, and what they do.

I am bombarded regularly with statements such as, “I bought a scented candle and it did nothing for me.” Or, “I bought brand X aromatherapy body wash and I didn’t feel any different.” “How come aromatherapy doesn’t work on me?”