Health

What is Gout?

Gout is a pesky type of arthritis caused by uric acid building up in the blood and resulting in joint inflammation. It can cause painful arthritic attacks and produce deposits of uric acid crystals within the body tissues.

Looking after your colon and bowel

How many of you are aware that way back in 2006 John Hopkins University showed that a combination of Curcumin and Quercetin greatly reduces the size and number of colorectal polyps?

Dental tourism

there is no point pretending: I DO NOT understand why people even contemplate dental or medical tourism. In this series of five articles, I will try to talk you out of packing your bags. Instead of having that essential treatment under a guise of a holiday overseas, skip a couple of holidays and have it done here. Here is why!

The Promise of Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a holistic system of medicine which uses micro-doses of substances that come from all kingdoms of nature; biological, botanical and minerals, to stimulate our bodies own response to overcome illness.

What to expect (from your teeth and gums) when you’re expecting! Part 2

In this series of articles of pregnancy related oral health, we explain what conditions are most likely to occur during pregnancy and how to avoid them or at least minimize their effect on your teeth and gums. Make your health, including your oral health, your priority during your pregnancy. Oral disease is transmissible so you owe it to yourself and to your family to stay healthy, fit and happy! Find out about common dental side-effects of pregnancy and how to protect yourself from complications.