Imagine an advertising campaign that goes something like this: “Buy our hair care products and although your scalp will itch for a time, soon you won’t have to worry about that – because you’ll be bald!”
For most people, the final months before graduation from a university are a time of anticipation. So it was for Antony Edwards as he prepared to complete an English Literature degree in England in 2017. That was before the symptoms started.
Odds are you’ve heard of ‘the hair test,’ especially if you’re a murder mystery fan. Dame Agatha Christie was especially fond of knocking off various characters through arsenic poisoning, a crime revealed after the fact through hair analysis.
The experience of living with fibromyalgia has been compared to living alone on an island. Whatever sense of isolation patients feel is compounded by the fact that some persist in believing the condition exists solely in their minds…
When you think of dangerous jobs, reality TV shows like the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch or Ice Road Truckers might leap to mind. It’s certainly true that commercial fishing and trucking are among the top 25 jobs with the highest injury…
Some causes and effects are more subtle than others. To illustrate the causal connection between sugar and joint pain, it would be helpful if someone were to take a bite out of a triple-glazed donut and immediately collapse to the ground…
Ask most people how exercise helps our bodies get rid of environmental toxins and they’ll give you the same answer: sweat. Boosted by the historical use of sweat lodges and Scandinavian saunas, perspiration has earned a reputation…
Based on the number of t-shirts on the topic available online, 2020 may be the year that ‘day drinking’ became a thing. It’s not surprising. Between the pandemic, the subsequent economic shutdown…
As fall turns into winter, the message is almost impossible to avoid. Television ads, radio spots and signs at local pharmacies echo the same refrain: get your flu shot. Yet in the United States alone, less than half the population…
Acupuncturist and MS Survivor Michael Cawley Shares His Experience and Observations, he was done with zeolite – or so he thought. After testing various forms on himself and observing…