Are we being hoodwinked by alternative medicine? ……Two leading scientists examine the evidence. The first of a two-part extract from Trick or Treatment: Alternative Medicine on Trial by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst
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MIRACLE CURE? Alexander Technique,……… aromatherapy and magnet therapy
Which therapies work and which ones are useless? Which therapies are safe and which [...]
A ‘bionic eye’ may hold the key to returning sight to people left blind by a hereditary disease, experts believe.
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………………………………The treatment is being tested in clinical trials
A team at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital have carried out the treatment on the UK’s first patients as part of a clinical study into the therapy.
The artificial [...]
Botanical Name: Polyganum aviculare (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Knotgrass. Centinode. Ninety-knot. Nine-joints. Allseed. Bird’s Tongue. Sparrow Tongue. Red Robin. Armstrong. Cowgrass. Hogweed. Pigweed. Pigrush. Swynel Grass. Swine’s Grass.Polygonum aviculare
Part Used: Whole herb.
Habitat: The entire globe.The Knotgrass is abundant everywhere, a common weed in arable land, on waste ground and by the roadside.
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Description:It appears as a weed [...]
Definition
Acrocyanosis is a decrease in the amount of oxygen delivered to the extremities. The hands and feet turn blue because of the lack of oxygen. Decreased blood supply to the affected areas is caused by constriction or spasm of small blood vessels.
Description
Acrocyanosis is a painless disorder caused by constriction or narrowing of small blood vessels [...]
Harvard researchers have discovered hundreds of germs in soil that literally devour antibiotics, and thrive with the drugs as their sole source of nutrition.
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That bacteria can survive on strange “foods” is no surprise; some bacteria can break down oil spills, for instance. And it’s already known that soil bacteria can withstand some antibiotics.
However, what surprised [...]
Imagine an extract from a berry that would make sour things taste sweet and help you lose weight. Then imagine not being allowed to take it.
The berry makes sour things taste sweet
The world is getting fatter. One billion people are overweight, and 300 million of those are clinically obese.
The search is always on [...]
At some time or another, everyone — even a robust fitness freak — gets felled by the common cold, developing sniffles, sneezing, puffy eyes, fever, body ache and malaise. Children start to develop colds during their first year, the frequency of which may increase to up to six times a year. This leaves the mothers [...]
Don’t let stress keep you down.
Like most illnesses, stress is defined by its symptoms: Relieve the fatigue, headaches, tight muscles, and the rest of the physical fallout and you’ll find it exponentially easier to take the tension in stride.
Fatigue
The stress hormone cortisol may sap your serotonin and dopamine, neurotransmitters that regulate mood and sleep.
Beat it: [...]
Oysters may excite the libido, but there is nothing like a hearty breakfast laced with sugar to boost a woman’s chances of conceiving a son, according to a study released on Wednesday. Likewise, a low-energy diet that skimps on calories, minerals and nutrients is more likely to yield a female of the human [...]
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Jasminum
Habitat: The COMMON WHITE JASMINE (Jasminum officinale), one of the best known and most highly esteemed of British hardy ligneous climbers, is a native of Northern India and Persia, introduced about the middle of the sixteenth century. In the centre and south of Europe it is thoroughly acclimatized.
Although [...]
