When people say that they have the flu, they usually really have a cold or upper respiratory tract infection. A cold is caused by one of about two hundred viruses; the flu is caused by the influenza virus. Influenza occurs during most winters, often varying in extent and severity. It is usually a mild illness [...]
Genital herpes
If you suffer from recurrent genital herpes, we urge you to tell your doctor. Swabs will be taken before the onset of labour to ensure that you do not have a current infection that can harm the baby. The baby can become infected with the herpes virus (Herpes hominis type II) during passage down [...]
“I never come in intercourse. Why not? My husband sure does.”
ANSWER: Many women do not have orgasm in intercourse. Most men seem to. Not having orgasm in intercourse is not a malfunction. Having pelvic contractions in response to the penis in the vagina is not always easy, because your most sensitive areas, the [...]
In the same way, the eventual state of tissues that have been irradiated depends on how badly they were damaged. This, in turn, depends on the type and dose of radiation and just how it was given. Let us again use skin as an example. After a small dose of radiation, skin can look normal [...]
Schizophrenia is often spoken of as “split personality” but there is more a splintering of the personality, with loss of reality.
Those who show sudden changes in personality from kind and considerate to aggressive and demanding, in order to manipulate those around them, are more likely to be of an hysterical personality.
Those cases of multiple personality, [...]
What happens to these people if they, like others, are disillusioned with orthodox doctors and are forced to turn to fringe practitioners?
Diagnosis is a difficult art even for the orthodox practitioner who has spent at least seven and, perhaps, 12 years acquiring his skill. How much more difficult it must be for the fringe practitioner [...]
“I’m thirty-eight years old, and for most of my life, I’ve been healthy. When I got married thirteen years ago, my husband and I decided not to have children and I’ve never been pregnant. About fifteen months ago, lire changed for me. One morning I awakened with a burning pain and a feeling of vaginal [...]
The treatment of any condition, particularly eczema, is related to correction or modification of the abnormalities causing the problem. Since these children have impaired oil gland function, resulting in a dry skin, the first important step is to counteract this. This means infrequent bathing or showering, with the temperature of the water kept cool and [...]
Nutritional claims on food packets can make food choices easier, saving time reading nutrition panels or doing complicated mathematical calculations, but the information must be correct, appropriate and reliable. Unfortunately, many claims are frequently misunderstood, misinterpreted or simply misread. As a result of the consumer’s perception of the nutritional content of foods, the Australian National [...]
Infertility – defined as the inability to conceive a child after a year of having unprotected intercourse — is a common symptom of endometriosis.
It is thought that approximately 30% to 40% of women with endometriosis are infertile — compared with 15% of women in general. It is believed that endometriosis affects up to 40% of [...]