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Pneumonia is a condition that occurs when a microorganism (germ) gets to the lungs and causes an infection. Infections ma be caused by bacteria, fungi, or a virus. Pneumonia usually causes trouble breathing, a cough, chest pain and fever. The infections acquired outside the hospital are called

Chest pain and discomfort is very common. Usually, if you go to the hospital with chest pain, the doctor will focus on making sure it is not a life-threatening condition such as a heart attack or a clot in your lungs. The exact origin of a cracking sound of the joints is still a mystery. There are

Reactive arthritis is when person gets arthritis of the joints after an infection (but the joints themselves are not infected). It is a type of autoimmune disease (a situation where your body's immunity fights itself by mistake). It is historically known as Reiters syndrome, with a classic triad of

Green tea is no ordinary beverage. The various plant chemicals, especially the polyphenols, in green tea don't exert beneficial effects in just one metabolic process in the human body. At least 15 green tea chemicals influence at least 143 metabolic processes that determine human health. Green tea

I'm a big believer in breathing exercises for relaxation. My favorite is really simple. 1. Breathe in as you slowly count 1-2-3-4. 2. Exhale as you slowly count 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. 3. Repeat as long as you like. With a little practice, you won't need to count any more. What this extremely simple

This is a topic with which I am uncomfortably familiar. In 2009, I had colon surgery. The precipitating event would have been comical if had not nearly killed me. I had an old Chevy pickup I had driven out into the country. I was about 3 miles (5 km) from town when not just one but two of its tires

Acupuncture is the real deal. It works. The explanation for acupuncture from Traditional Chinese Medicine does not make scientific sense, but that does not mean that the method does not work or that there are not right ways and wrong ways to do it. The traditional explanation for acupuncture runs

I've been earning my living in the natural products industry for over 20 years. I'm in favor of natural products. I use them. I encourage other people to use them. I take a natural product to manage an iron overload disease for which the conventional pharmaceutical remedy would not work (and I knew

I always cringe when I read something on the lines of "I refuse to deprive my body of something it needs, so I take iron supplements." I personally have a disease called hereditary hemochromatosis. My body is extremely efficient at extracting iron from food. Before I started getting treatment for

A mole or nevus is a collection of melanocytes (pigment cells) on the skin. It is not unusual to have up to 40 moles in the body of an adult, and these are usually found on areas of the body that are exposed to the sun. This is not a rule, because some people do have moles even on their scalps