April 2009

THE NATURE OF STRESS

What is stress? Sky-rocketing interest rates. An unfaithful husband. Problems with the tax-man. Children on drugs. An impossible boss. An unwanted pregnancy. If you believe that such matters are stress, we are not on the same wavelength in understanding what stress is all about. ‘I know what stress is. I can feel it.’ No. You [...]

CHILDREN’S ALLERGIES: THE INTERPRETATION OF SKIN TESTS

A positive skin test may mean that the allergy is caused by the allergen used in testing; by an allergen that may cause allergy at a future date; by an allergen which has caused allergy in the past; or by an allergen which is similar to the one causing the positive test. Or it may [...]

FERTILITY PROBLEMS: SOME STEPS OF THE FOUR-MONTH PRECONCEPTION PLAN

Eating a Healthy Diet This is the most important step because good nutrition is the foundation on which your health is built and the key to increasing your chances of conceiving. Look at what you are eating and drinking, buy organic food where possible, eat a good variety of food (including fish, nuts, seeds, fresh [...]

PREVENTION AND HEALTH: STRESS

Let’s look here at some everyday things that anyone can do to de-stress themselves. Some are preventive, in that they mean that the stress will not continue to plague the individual, and others are more curative. •     Have a good cry. According to one research biochemist crying at times of stress helps remove from the [...]

SELF-HELP PREVENTION: AFTERNOON SLUMP

What is it? Many individuals are familiar with this phenomenon but it is one that the medical profession discusses very little. It takes the form of restlessness, lethargy, depression or dullness, or a mixture of them all, after lunch. About an hour after having had lunch is the most common time but it hits some [...]