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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.

The Many Side Effects of Herbal Medicine
Before you go elderberry or Echinacea crazy, there are things that should be spoken of in order to make sure that those interested in herbal remedies make it a point to understand that herbs have major side effects right smack next to normal medicine. If you have thyroid disorder, using herbal remedies may have an effect on you. Herbal remedies can have bad side effects just like Western medicine remedies. Don't go all gaga over herbs just yet because St. John's Wort can make a bipolar manic as well as give them sun rash on their face. Also, this article is in no way something to be mistaken for a doctor's advice, I'm just someone with knowledge, do not change your treatment rules without talking to your physician. This article is written to prove a point on how people with hypothyroidism, and in my case, type 1 diabetes, can get herbal remedy side effects as much as any normal Western medicine chemical can cause more side effects.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity
Learning Empathy When the Doctor Needs a Mammogram
A few years ago, I found my own breast mass Obgyn perform breast exams every day. I never expected to find a mass on myself. When I did, immediate panic set in. Breast cancer is rare in men, but it does happen.
By Jeff Livingston6 years ago in Longevity
Could your jewellery be harbouring coronavirus?
Let’s face it - we are living through frightening times right now. As if Brexit, Trump, Putin, terrorism, wars, wildfires, floods, and plagues of locusts weren’t enough, we now have Covid-19 to contend with!
By Marie Belsten6 years ago in Longevity
Cancer: The Forbidden Cures
'The truth is often right in front of our noses. It is so close that we cannot focus on it... There is no such thing as 'the' truth. Truth is not something you can think of possessing. Truth is search. Truth can only be found by stretching the limits of your horizon, by widening your way of thinking.'
By Yasmeen Dahdah6 years ago in Longevity
Coronavirus: You Need to Know This is an Age-Old Struggle
Less than a month ago, no one in London had heard of Coronavirus, but now the mysterious virus from China is dominating headlines.
By Anton Black6 years ago in Longevity
Anti-Vaxxers Have Always Been With Us
The boy on the left? His parents, according to Dr. Allan Warner, were influenced by the anti-vaccination movement in Leicester during the time he was born. We don't know if this boy survived, but if he did, he lived with horrendous lifelong scarring.
By Vanessa Robinson6 years ago in Longevity
How Do Kids Enjoy Exercises?
Physical activity plays an essential role for kids as there are multiple reasons. It also helps to minimise obesity and overweight, enhances strength in bones and muscles, and this could even more enhance attentiveness at schools. Exercise is very essential constituent of any kid’s growth and lays the foundation for a healthy lifestyle. There are various reasons of doing exercises that you really need to know. Some important reasons are being told to you so that you could know why it is very important and helpful.
By Suzi Robb6 years ago in Longevity
10 Things 2019 Taught Me About Managing Stress
2019 was a long year. I graduated from college and moved to a big city, and I let the stresses of my 9-5 job and my status as a new adult push me to my limits. But as 2019 drew to a close, and I was able to find some more stability, a few lessons about managing stress came to the forefront of my mind.
By Jane Hope6 years ago in Longevity
That Pesky Coronavirus
As the dreaded Coronavirus sweeps the world, you can't help but become tuned in to your local news station, waiting with bated breath (pardon the pun) for the next update.
By Ashley Brankin6 years ago in Longevity
How to Fight Cancer: A Flu Shot Story
Physicians and scientists at Rush University Medical Center observed a fascinating phenomenon. It has the potential to change the way cancer is treated. A boost to current cancer treatments like immunotherapy that could increase patient survival and augment time spent with loved ones.
By Julien Dimastromatteo, PhD6 years ago in Longevity
Coronavirus: Is it really that serious?
Novelty Coronavirus, as it's correct scientific name, is a new strand of the coronaviruses, a large family of virus that cause a wide range of illnesses ranging from the common cold to more serious ilnesses such as the Middle Eastern Respitory Syndrome. Scientists believe that the nCoV (Novelty Coronavirus) came from bats and snakes, a delicacy around some parts of China. The virus then quickly adjusted it's DNA structure to attack humans, primarly affecting the human breathing system in its later stages. Sypmtoms appear as if you've caught the common cold, or the flu, and you can be asymptomatic, meaning you're displaying no symptoms even tho you are carrying the virus, for 14 days, which has caused mass panic in other countries such as the US and Italy. You could be carrying the virus AND infecting others around you without you knowing you are sick. And it's highly contagious, traveling in the suspended particles of salaiva after you sneeze or caugh, which can linger in the room for a couple of hours. But, before you start to panic, and give out to anyone who sneezes near you, the nCov isn't as dangerous as the media seem to make it. Let me explain.
By Atis Bomiks6 years ago in Longevity
Diagnosed With: Diagnosis
I started posting on Vocal with a goal of at least one post a week but I have already missed at least two weeks. I can’t tell you exactly why because I don’t have a name for it yet. The doctors know that I have a second autoimmune disease and that it is possibly attacking my nerves. I recently got a working diagnosis debunked but this isn’t the first one. The process of diagnosis can be long and painful. In the meantime, without knowing what is wrong with you, adjusting and asking others to adjust is difficult. With autoimmune disease, it almost never is an easy diagnosis, or even a difficult but quick House M.D. style one. This puts extra stress and anguish on those who are suffering. I have already told one of my own stories so I wanted to take a wider look at the problem.
By Jade Neal6 years ago in Longevity