Tag: symptoms

Psychosis: Link to brain inflammation antibodies raises new treatment hope

The researchers – led by Belinda R. Lennox, a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom – report their findings in The Lancet Psychiatry. Psychosis is a condition that affects the mind, where there is some loss of contact with reality. Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are disturbed […]

20 Signs of Cancer That Most Women Ignore

It’s recommended you get tested regularly. You should also look out for common symptoms often ignored. Here are 20 cancer signs you shouldn’t ignore. 1. Frequent fevers and infections: These are signs of leukemia – cancer in bone marrow and blood cells. Leukemia weakens the body and increases risk of infections. 2. Shortness of breath: […]

Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Transmission, and Treatments

Fast facts on Lyme disease Here are some key points about Lyme disease. More detail and supporting information is in the main article. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the U.S. The disease cannot be passed through breast milk A common symptom of Lyme disease is an erythema migrans rash How is […]

Schizophrenia symptoms eased with aerobic exercise

The researchers – including Joseph Firth of the Institute of Brain, Behavior and Mental Health at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom – publish their findings in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder estimated to affect around 1.1 percent of American adults. Symptoms of the disorder include hallucinations, delusions, abnormal […]

Sciatica: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

Sciatica is the name given to any pain stemming from the irritation of the sciatic nerve. Anything that irritates this nerve can cause pain that ranges from mild to severe; usually, from a compressed nerve root in the lumbar (lower) spine. Often, the term “sciatica” is confused with general back pain. However, sciatica is not […]

What is Asperger’s syndrome?

Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder, is an ASD (autism spectrum disorder). It impacts on the individual’s ability to communicate and socialize, among other things. According to the National Institutes of Health1, children with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) retain their early language skills. Contents of this article: What is Asperger’s syndrome? What are the signs and symptoms […]

5 Signs Your Dog Has Lyme’s Disease

Lyme’s disease is one of the most devastating diseases for your pet and can eventually cause death through kidney failure if left untreated. Your dog can only get Lyme’s if an infected tick was attached to your pet for a minimum of 48 hours. The good news is that Lyme’s disease only affects about 10% […]

7 Obvious Signs Your Body Needs to Detox

Even though our organs do a good job detoxifying the body, we need to detox once in a while. But most of us don’t know when we should detox. Gladly, there are some symptoms the body experiences when we need a detox. It’s normal to experience these symptoms from time to time but if they […]

Addiction: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction may reach a point at which it is harmful. Addictions do not only include physical things we consume, such as drugs or alcohol, but may include virtually anything, such abstract things as gambling to seemingly harmless products, […]

Medical professor with multiple sclerosis miraculously cures debilitating disease

(NaturalNews) When emergency medicine professor George Jelinek was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at age 45, he was told the disease was progressive and incurable. He had reason to believe it; he had seen his own mother suffer from the disease until she needed a wheelchair to get around, until, eventually, she took her own […]