Here in Australia , you would be surprised how common parasitic infections are. Unwelcome guests such as Blastocystis hominis , Dentamoeba fragilis, Giardia and Cryptospridium are often picked up during overseas travel, but they are also here too. Parasites like gardia and Blastocystis can be found in unhygienic environments such as untreated water sources and rivers. Other parasites like cryptospridium can be passed feces to oral route and from infected animals. If you are not careful when a member of the family is infected the parasites can quickly find a… Read more How do you know if you have picked parasites overseas? →
The Problem with Antibiotics: They are Anti-Life On September 17, 2003 the CDC relaunched a program, started in 1995, called “Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work.”55 This is a $1.6 million campaign to educate patients about the overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics. Most people involved with alternative medicine have known about the dangers of overuse of antibiotics for decades. Finally the government is focusing on the problem, yet they are only putting a miniscule amount of money into an iatrogenic epidemic that is costing billions of dollars and thousands of lives. The… Read more The problem with Antibiotics – They are Anti-life →
Bacteria are everywhere and mostly they are harmless. In fact, quite often they are helpful, but sometimes they cause illness. They are responsible for minor skin or ear infections and for more serious and potentially deadly illnesses such as meningitis or pneumonia. Bacterial infections are most often treated with a course of antibiotics. Multi-resistant superbugs are a strain of bacteria that has mutated (changed) after coming into contact with an antibiotic. The bacteria then becomes resistant to the antibiotic which means the antibiotic cannot kill the bacteria or stop them… Read more What is a superbug? →
Objectives To evaluate the association between a simple lifestyle index based on the recommendations for five lifestyle factors and the incidence of colorectal cancer, and to estimate the proportion of colorectal cancer cases attributable to lack of adherence to the recommendations. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting General population of Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark. Participants 55 487 men and women aged 50-64 years at baseline (1993-7), not previously diagnosed with cancer. Main outcome measure Risk of colorectal cancer in relation to points achieved in the lifestyle index (based on physical activity, waist… Read more Cohurt study shows a healthy lifestyle reduces risk of colorectal cancer →
Objective: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common problem, but treatment is unsatisfactory. Although Chinese herbal medicines have been tried, there are limited data to support their usage. The authors set out to systematically review the effectiveness of the Chinese herbal medicine TongXieYaoFang (TXYF) and TXYF with different Chinese herbal additions (TXYF-A) in the management of IBS in order to make evidence-based recommendations. Methods: The authors searched the literature to identify randomized trials of TXYF or TXYF-A for patients with IBS by using MEDLINE,® EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR), the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Fields Specialized Register… Read more Chinese Herbs help relieve IBS →
