Green tea has been publicized over the past ten to fifteen years in the western world for having antioxidant properties. All types of tea, however, originating from plant Camellia sinensis have some degree of antioxidants. But, much like vitamins in vegetables before and after cooking, the antioxidants in tea vary with how much the tea is processed. There are numerous free radicals that can easily be found within the normal human body. When they are left alone and nothing is being done...

Providing home care for senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease can be difficult. Symptoms progressively worsen, and predicting how quickly that progression will be or which behavioral changes will occur each day is impossible. Both the person with Alzheimer's and the caregiver may have a hard time carrying out activities of daily life, such as eating, talking, sleeping, and coming up with activities to do. The following is a set of ideas that may help you deal with issues related to...

Chiropractic medicine is entirely natural and drug-free. Science has proven that the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment for headaches, back pain, neck, shoulder, leg, feet and arm disorders is real. A chiropractor's goal is to restore normalcy to the body and pain-affected areas.

People who suffer from pain often use drugs - painkillers. There is a cause of this pain which needs to be attended-to. Chiropractic treats these issues, effectively ending the pain rather than...

Spreading of head lice has been an issue and most parents are alarmed on how to take their children away form acquiring lice.  Head lice is prevalent especially to young children, no matter their hair is long or short. Most parents and even children are asking where head lice comes from. Everyone is wondering why most children have head lice. We do not know where exactly head lice comes from. We cannot say that it comes from the air or from the ground. Just like animals, trees,...

Zicam is zinc based branded series of cold and allergy remedies. Marketed and sold by Zicam , LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., an OTC drug company in the US. The active ingredient in Zicam Cold Remedy is zinc gluconate, which is though to clock the binding of rhinovirus to its cellular receptor, ICAM-1. It is dispensed as a homeopathic medicine for sore throat and common cold.

Seasonal changes might set off many ailments like common cold and to stay...

Clinical Trials Market in Russia

Russia is considered as one the fastest emerging pharma markets in the world. The demand for drugs and pharmaceuticals in the country has increased over the last few years. This has attracted many pharmaceutical companies from all over the world to come and invest in the sector. In line with this trend, the clinical trial industry in the country has also registered a positive growth over the past few years. (...

Lupus is a rare condition, but it can be a very difficult one. When you suffer from lupus, more than one of your organs may be affected. There are three lupus types that one can suffer from: systemic, discoid and lupus induced by drugs.

Lupus is a chronic inflammtory disease which affects both women and men, (especially women) and usually occurs on different parts of the body, such as skin, blood, joints. As we know, the body systems produces antibodies which have the role to...

Insect bites are normally painful. It always amazes me how such a tiny animal can impart so much pain onto someone millions of times larger. Some people are not badly effected by any insect bite, but others are badly affected, even suffering anaphylactic shock as a result.

Insect bites mostly look like little red bumps on your skin that are often itchy. They are the result of an injection of a foreign substance into your skin. The introduction of this foreign substance may...

The term Hb refers to hemoglobin which is a protein found in the blood; it is responsible for the red coloration of blood; its main purpose is to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cells. Hemoglobin is further classified as 'A' meaning adult type and this is further isolated chemically to give rise to A1c, plus a few others like A1a1 etc. It is therefore; the small component of hemoglobin A1c in which glucose is bound and it is the behavior of this narrow portion that...

So many horrible things have been heard about hemorrhoids. People who have just begun manifesting symptoms fear that they have no other choice than to go through the painful surgical removal of their growing anal lumps or have to live with them forever.

Not entirely correct. There are natural remedies for hemorrhoids that offer quick and easy preparation without the danger of potential side-effects.

Before you get right down to a treatment regime, it might be wise...