Health

Echinacea angustifolia has become a popular medicine used by alternative therapists and the general public for ‘strengthening’ the immune system or for conditions related to immune dysfunction such as colds, flu, and susceptibility to infections. In the past it was a medicine known for its use in treating such conditions as typhoid, diphtheria, malignant scarlatina, […]

Cancer patients benefit from taking American Ginseng.

In a recent study this month researchers found that fungus plays an important part in inflammatory diseases such as ulcerative colitis. Cedars-Sinai’s Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute found that the fungi in the large intestine were a model for the disease.

  I’m just back from holidays. My first business email says welcome back to the rat race – is it?  I then read my horoscope. It forecasts issues at work and direction changes. I gasped! That’s all I need coming back from holidays. Then I realised I was reading the wrong sign and didn’t feel […]

The neurotransmitter dopamine can be the difference in how hard you are willing to work.

Recently, we have been hearing renewed calls for decriminalization of certain illicit drugs and an old debate of whether all drugs should be legal or not continues. Cannabis is the most commonly used drug in Australia (about 40 percent of Australians over the age of 14 have tried cannabis), so in this blog we are highlighting how prolonged cannabis use affects oral health.

Milk Thistle seed extract protects the liver after acute mushroom poisoning.

Lime juice can kill bugs found in drinking water.

A recent study done in England on multivitamins has shown that taking them can improve cognitive performance in both adults and children. The study was done by neuroscientists and they investigated the effects of multivitamins on moods and cognitive function.

Certain personality traits play a role in how long you will live.

A Chinese herb has been shown to reduce the amount of alcohol that people want to drink.

Having recently experienced the highs of pregnancy and childbirth along with the lows of a nagging lung infection, I can really sympathize with people who battle asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on a daily basis. These conditions can really distract us from and dampen even the most joyful events in our lives. It doesn’t help, also, that treatment of asthma and COPD involves medication which can put us at risk of dental problems, such as tooth decay, erosion, gum disease and fungal infections (candidasis).