As is true for the general population, diabetic patients benefit greatly from a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. An additional consideration, however, is restriction of sugars and other simple carbohydrates. The best dietary approach is that provided in the exchange lists provided by Diabetes Australia. This is particularly essential for the type I patient who must keep [...]
When sugar levels in the blood remain high, damage can occur in the tiniest of the blood vessels transporting oxygen to tissues. These tiny arteries or arterioles become scarred and clogged with cholesterol’ containing plaque. The damage in such cases is widespread throughout the body, with virtually all tissues receiving less than adequate supplies of [...]
WEIGH DOWN AND THE DESERT OF TESTING: THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE
It is time that we wake up and see that being our own god has gotten us nowhere and that bowing down to the world has robbed us blind. Second-rate gods are worthless. We ought to be thankful that God is crazy about [...]
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 [...]