Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur following a life-threatening experience. The military population is exposed to traumatic incidents due to the nature of war and combat. This is the same reason why the prevalence of PTSD among the service members is very high. In fact, one in every eight returning soldier will suffer from PTSD. While PTSD was coined ...

One of Oprah’s viewers diagnosed her as having a problem with her thyroid. That was one factor in her constant struggle with weight. Your thyroid is the main hormone of metabolism and it affects your energy, weight, mood, temperature, fertility, menstrual cycles, hair growth, bowel movements, sleep and more. It’s a hormone that is sometimes misunderstood and it is suggested ...

Staying healthy and maintaining a normal weight is all about choosing the right foods. Some foods provide most of their calories from fat and sugar, while others are rich in complex carbohydrates and fiber. You can make simple ingredient substitutions to create healthy recipes that taste and look amazing. By replacing certain ingredients in your meals, you will be able ...

Over sixty million Americans today have the skin condition known as acne. Acne is a non-contagious skin and inflammatory disease that affects the pores covering the face, chest, arms and back along with the oil glands attached to them. Too much oil, known as sebum, is produced by the sebaceous gland and causes a course and greasy complexion. When the ...

When John proposed to Susan, he also talked to her children about becoming their father and being a new family. Zoe and Lindsey were thrilled to have a father, their father had died just after Lindsey’s birth. So when I met with John and Susan as their wedding officiant, they wanted some part of the ceremony to honor the new family ...

The first thing we will talk about is Hashimotos Thyroiditis, This is a condition that is grossly under diagnosed in this country, I have read estimates that show this condition effecting 1/2 of diagnosed hypothyroid condition. According to the American Association of clinical endocrinologist there are 27 million people in the US with this condition and more than 1/2 go ...

There are two forms of macular degeneration; wet and dry. The wet form is defined by the presence of abnormal blood vessels developing within the layers of the retina. These vessels, called choroidal neovascularization, leak, bleed and cause damage to the retina. While there is no treatment for the dry form, the accepted treatment for wet macular degeneration is intraocular ...

Hepatitis C is a growing problem in the United States and Canada. Because it is a viral condition, there are not a lot of good conventional treatment options for this condition. Hepatitis C can eventually lead to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer so it is important to get proper treatment for this condition as soon as it is diagnosed. The ...

The Conventional Medicine Approach When you are first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, it is undoubtedly a scary, stressful and uncomfortable experience. Most people are first told they have either pre-type 2 diabetes or they have full blown type 2 diabetes. Which one you have has to do with the measurement of blood glucose. How soon you know you have ...

Eat your greens!…Sound familiar? Green drinks are a great way of taking in some of your daily vegetables. Green drinks usually consist of one or several of the following: Wheat grass, Spirulina, Chlorella, Barley grass, Broccoli and spinach. Typically, to improve palatability, various fruit juices are mixed in with the greens. There are claims that a shot of wheat grass ...