Some 60-90% of us carry the “herpes simplex” virus, but once you have picked it up, most probably in childhood, it can lie dormant for years. The problem is, as with pretty much any virus infection, it gets passed on […]
Hemorrhoids or ‘piles’ as they are commonly known, were the curse of my early teenage years. Not my own, I hasten to add. However, just one person in the family with this condition can affect everyone else!
I could have drowned […]
Given that this is an article about natural remedies for gallstones, please patiently humour me whist I talk about the liver.
The liver has a huge daily work load to carry out. Not simply from processing what we intentionally put into […]
When my children were babies, they seemed to prefer being awake to being asleep, making me question the meaning of that common phrase, “Sleep like a baby.” During many dark and frustrating nights, they fussed and I lost sleep, dreading […]
High blood sugar is a startling new health epidemic in North America. High blood sugar results from the body’s inability to absorb glucose from the bloodstream into cell tissue. Statistics are shocking when you consider the skyrocketing increase in diagnoses […]
If you’re like me and millions of others affected by hypothyroidism (low-functioning thyroid gland), knowing natural ways to support healing and promote proper metabolic regulation can smooth the road to recovery.
The purpose of any medication for treating an underactive thyroid […]
We don’t have sinus infections too often in my home, but occasionally a cold gets worse and does become a sinus infection. This especially happens when either the cold is ignored or the cold symptoms are suppressed. Recently, my husband […]
When my young adult daughter arrived home after a modeling job in the Caribbean, she was concerned about a strange, circular sore growing on her forehead and asked Dr. Mom what I thought of the growing blemish. Immediately I recognized […]
Last year, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I had gradually been experiencing pain in new areas of my body over several years and it had gotten to a point that I decided I needed a formal diagnosis. One of the […]
When the thyroid gland isn’t working properly, life can be miserable. This is something I know from personal experience, and I’ll tell you more about it later in this article. If low function is the problem, it’s called hypothyroidism; at […]