In the history of man we have passed the stage of overcoming our natural environment. We no longer fear for food or shelter. We have paused, and have come to examine ourselves a little. We see evidence of our growing introspection in the great demand for psychology courses in our schools and universities the introspective [...]
Q. Suppose that when everything possible has been tried the patient still does not recover from his ulcer. Or, as we have just mentioned, complications take place. Does surgery hold the final and ultimate answer for these patients? A. True. About 90 per cent of ulcers are cured by medical treatment and good nursing but [...]
As posture greatly influences how well your back works, it’s not so surprising that many sufferers have found relief from their symptoms through the Alexander Technique, a training programme whose prime purpose is to overcome poor habits of posture and movement, but which also has the additional aim of reducing reaction to stress by lessening [...]
Drugs, such as thyroid, amphetamines, human chorionic gonadotropin, and phenylpropanolamine (an appetite suppressant), cautions Postgraduate Medicine (72#1:121), do not have any lasting effect and are therefore not useful in slimming and long-term weight control. Drugs expose one needlessly to the hazard of side effects and also involve considerable expense. Four women, all of whom had [...]
Signs and symptoms A mild case of swimmer’s ear may appear as an itching, clogged ear canal with or without discharge; hearing may be diminished. A severe case may cause intense pain, fever, and swollen and tender lymph nodes in front of, behind, and below the ear. Without discharge from the ear, the diagnosis is [...]
«Sex used to be so good. Really good. Would keep the erection. Take our time. Wonderful. And she was always satisfied. Now, that has all gone. Come too quickly. Just can’t help it. Try what I can, just can’t help it. Too quick. She’s not satisfied. Gets restless. I feel like a fool. ‘I used [...]
Youth has its problems too. As we have seen, the common problems of old age are frailty, and pondering that we could have done better. The problems specific to youth are a dawning awareness of increasing strength of body, intellect and emotions, and with it the uncertainty of how to use it. This follows because [...]
Sinuses are large hollow spaces containing air found in the bones of the face. They are covered with a hairy lining that secretes mucus which drains through natural openings into the nasal cavities. The sinuses above the eyes are called frontal sinuses. Those under the eyes are maxillary sinuses. The ethmoidal sinuses are above [...]
• Iron deficiency is usually thought of by most doctors as being unimportant unless it produces anaemia. This is not so. Iron-deficiency fatigue can occur in people who have normal blood levels of the iron-containing red-blood-cell pigment called hemoglobin. Anaemia definitely makes people tired and easily fatigued and their heartbeats raised to higher levels on exercise [...]
Anyone eating a low-quality diet-as people on low incomes and fanatical slimmers may be doing-is especially at risk of anaemia. Vegetarians are also prime targets, unless they take care to eat enough of the non-meat sources of iron, of which there are several. The best are Soya beans, yeast extract and almonds. Because vegetarians eat [...]