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Stacy Foster - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Dr. Stacy Foster, NMD is a naturopathic medical doctor who has been in private practice for over 8 years. Dr. Foster graduated from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences University in Arizona. Dr. Foster believes medicine should include a holistic approach utilizing nutrition, herbs, vitamins, homeopathy, chiropractic, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, addressing emotional issues as well as lifestyle changes all based on individual need. Allopathic medicine or Western medicine is a ... [More]
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- Asthma - Causes, Prevention, and Alternative Treatment
[Health-and-Fitness:Asthma] The difficulty in breathing associated with asthma is a result of hyper-reactive bronchial tubes. The inside lining of the bronchial tubes swells, the muscles surrounding the tubes contract, thereby reducing their diameter, and an excessive amount of mucus is produced, resulting in blockage of the air passage. This reaction is often brought on by air pollution, dust mites, cockroach remains, allergens such as pollens or pet dander, molds, respiratory infections, smoke, cold air, anxiety, stress, and foods. The increase in incidence of asthma is believed to be due to global warming, smog and the atmosphere's growing burden of carbon dioxide.
- Arthritis Pain Management and Diet For Arthritis
[Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis are classic examples where current medical treatment simply suppresses symptoms. A number of different alternative therapies have been studied, including diet for arthritis, nutritional supplements, and botanicals. While the response to these treatments is variable, some patients have shown dramatic improvement or even complete remission in their arthritis pain management. Moreover, alternative therapies have a low incidence of adverse effects.
- What Are Hives? Causes and Treatment
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Hives are defined as an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins. Itching is the most common manifestation of dermatological ailments and a symptom of underlying systemic disease in up to 50% of people with generalized itching. Histamine used to be considered the major mediator of hives, however, an array of other substances such as substance P, prostaglandins, opiates, leukotrienes and serotonin have been found to play a pathogenic role in the transmission of both pain, itching and inflammation. Hives itching has many causes, therefore, its evaluation and management are often ineffective. Much remains to be understood about itching, its neural pathways, the mediators involved, or the mechanism of action. The good news is that there are a number of natural therapies that have shown fantastic results in eliminating your hives and itching.
- What is Anxiety Disorder? Medication Vs Alternative Treatment For Anxiety Disorders
[Health-and-Fitness:Anxiety] Feelings of anxiety are a group of serious yet treatable disorders that affect behavior, thoughts, feelings and physical sensations. When persistent and unrealistic worry becomes a habitual way of approaching situations, an individual may be suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Experts believe GAD may be caused by a combination of biological factors and life events. In fact, many patients who have GAD also have other medical disorders, such as depression and/or panic disorder that seem to be influenced by certain chemicals in the brain, such as serotonin.
- Alternative Treatments For Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Autism Herbs
[Health-and-Fitness:Autism] If you are reading this article, chances are you are aware of what autism is and unfortunately, you probably know someone who suffers from this diagnosis, yet you are searching for more information on autism. The incidence of autism increased over the last decade, however, it is unknown if this is due to DSM IV autism guidelines and it's awareness in diagnosing previously undiagnosed conditions or if autism is actually on the rise. Statistics have shown that there has been a slight decline in diagnosed autism cases in the last few years, and many believe this is due to the removal of thimerosal from vaccinations. Recent biochemical and genetic studies have led to the hypothesis that the disorder is due to an organic defect in brain development.
- Symptoms, Causes and Treatment of Anemia
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Anemia is a common blood disorder characterized by a decrease in the amount of red blood cells, or by a decrease in the capacity of red blood cells to transport oxygen, resulting in oxygen-deficient cells and tissues. The symptoms of anemia range from weakness, fatigue, irritability, headaches, shortness of breath, increased heart rate, pallor, sore tongue and bleeding gums, inability to concentrate, confusion, dementia, dizziness, faintness to nausea and loss of appetite. Although there are numerous types of anemia, for the sake of this article we are going to focus on iron-deficiency anemia.
- Seasonal Allergy Symptoms and Treatment For Allergies
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] Many individuals who experience episodes of unexplained illness may feel relieved initially to learn that they only have allergies. However, what they quickly learn is that changing diets and finding medications to combat these symptoms of allergies are quite bothersome and end up resulting in a total lifestyle change. I am going to describe seasonal allergy symptoms (hay fever) as well as food allergy symptoms and offer some treatment options that are realistic so that your identity does not become "allergies," nor do you have to live your life around your allergies.
- Your Body After Birth
[Home-and-Family:Motherhood] Congratulations on the birth of your new baby! If you are reading this, you are probably looking for ways to get your body after birth back to the way it was before. After a birth delivery you may be suffering from stretch marks, excess body fat, particularly a belly after birth or a number of other uncomfortable, unsightly changes from the way your body used to be before becoming pregnant.
- Symptoms of ADD and ADHD and Alternative Treatments
[Health-and-Fitness:Mental-Health] A more sensible solution to ADD would be to examine the core problem, and then treat the actual cause naturally. The following factors have been linked to hyperactivity. Bear in mind that some of them are highly controversial and have contradictory findings in numerous studies.
- Why Stop Smoking? - The Benefits After You Quit Smoking and Stop Smoking Herbal
[Health-and-Fitness:Quit-Smoking] Each cigarette costs the smoker 5 to 20 minutes of life. Everybody who smokes will stop sooner or later - either by death or by choice. The average smoker can expect to die 7 years sooner than the average nonsmoker. But you know all that - and yet, you still can't quit.
- Relief of Tinnitus - Ringing in the Ears
[Health-and-Fitness:Ears-Hearing] Tinnitus is a continuous buzzing or ringing in your ears with no obvious cause. Hearing tinnitus ringing may occur by itself or as a symptom of another disorder, such as obstruction of the ear canal, infection, head trauma, noise-induced hearing loss, or Meniere's disease. Other sounds that have been described when hearing tinnitus noises are buzzing, chirping, roaring, hissing, or the sound of rushing water, crickets, grasshoppers, engines running, bell ringing or even telephone ringing.
- Natural Options For Ovarian Cysts
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] If you experience any of these symptoms, it is possible you may be suffering from cysts on ovaries, (commonly misspelled as syst or cists). Cysts on ovaries are fluid-filled sacs which often times cause ovarian cyst pain. Cysts on ovaries develop when the sacs or follicles on the ovary containing an egg mature but do not release the egg into the fallopian tube.
- Hemorrhoid Causes, Pain and Medication
[Health-and-Fitness:Pain-Management] As far as hemorrhoid causes, hemorrhoids have been found to be associated with constipation, straining while trying to have a bowel movement, cirrhosis (or alcoholism), improper or heavy lifting, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and venous stasis associated with pregnancy. To prevent and alleviate hemorrhoids and hemorrhoid pain, as well as counteracting hemorrhoid causes, the following dietary guidelines are suggested...
- Symptoms of Heartburn - Differentiating Barretts Esophagitis and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] The most common symptom of GERD, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, is heartburn. Symptoms of heartburn are experienced as an acid taste in the throat or a burning sensation behind the breastbone that may rise all the way to the face. GERD is due to regurgitation (backwash) of the gastric (stomach) juices from the stomach into the esophagus (the tube which carries food from the throat to the stomach). When food is swallowed, it travels down the esophagus, and a valve (sphincter) at its bottom relaxes to allow the food to enter the stomach. This valve normally only allows food to move downward, but a drop in pressure in the lower esophagus or a weakening of the sphincter muscle can permit a backflow (reflux) of powerful stomach acids into the esophagus. Unlike the stomach, which is protected by a thick layer of mucus, the esophagus is susceptible to damage due to the strong digestive juices in the stomach and may cause damage over time.
- Cleansing and Detoxifying Your Body
[Health-and-Fitness:Detoxification] The purpose of detoxification is to neutralize and eliminate substances in the body that can be toxic. Now more than ever, we are exposed to a myriad of foreign chemicals, both commercially synthesized and naturally occurring in our environment. I am going to share with you the reasons for fasting cleansing and detoxify body programs, some of the common side effects you can expect from detoxification, and the individual organs purpose and function when engaging in a fasting cleansing detoxify body program.
- Infertility, Causes and Natural Treatments
[Home-and-Family:Pregnancy] Infertility is generally defined as the failure to conceive after a year or more of regular sexual activity during the time of ovulation. Believe it or not, most male infertility testing is done at gynecological offices. Men are just as likely to be infertile as women. Forty percent of cases are attributed to men, forty percent to women, and twenty percent to both partners. It is more common for women to seek treatment first. When they discover they are not the cause of the problem, they often have to force their husbands to go to the gynecologist.
- Review of Exposed Acne
[Health-and-Fitness:Acne] The skin is an organ, in fact, the largest organ of the body. The skin serves a purpose, just like all of our organs. Aside from producing hormones and carrying out various chemical reactions (such as the conversion of vitamin D from sunlight to a form our bodies can use) it functions like the kidneys and bowels as an excretory organ. For anyone concerned about a good complexion, this is an important point to keep in mind.
- How to Get Rid of Cold Sores Or Fever Blisters
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Cold sores or fever blisters are usually caused by the herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1). The herpes virus is extremely contagious. Once the virus enters your body, herpes can remain dormant in the nervous system for varying lengths of time, depending on your individual body and exposure to stressors. The herpes virus or a cold sore scab are reactivated by fever, emotional or physical stress, sun exposure, or intake of certain drugs or foods. Fever blisters or the herpes virus are not the same thing as tongue sores, actually called canker sores or Apthous Ulcers. Canker sores become covered by a coagulated yellowish mixture of fluids, bacteria, and white blood cells. Canker sores do not form blisters or a cold sore scab like fever blisters do. The good news for those of you suffering from tongue sores or cold sore scabs is that the solution to get rid of fever blisters and tongue sores is basically the same.
- Vaginal Yeast Infection Causes and Treatment
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Vaginal yeast infections are uncomfortable to talk about but even more uncomfortable to endure. Conventional medical treatment focuses on eliminating the yeast with antifungal drugs, but does not address the underlying dysbiosis or intestinal imbalance. Because of this, an individual can easily find themselves stuck in a cycle of reoccurring yeast infections.
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