Archive for February, 2008

More Good News About Fish Oil - For Diabetes and Weight Loss

Evidence supporting the benefit of Omega-3 fatty acids, especially those found in Fish Oil, continues to mount. We have written about this before in HealthBeat articles��and Fish Oil is becoming important enough that the Drug Companies are scrambling to find ways to market their versions of this fairly simple substance at obscene prices.
The following article [...]

More Pet Health - Dr. Myatt Adds Her Thoughts…

Regarding Pet (Dog) Joint Health
Hello? Dogs don’t have joint problems because of a deficiency of Pharmaceutical drugs! And because their liver function is different that ours (human), they are even less tolerant of many un-natural substances. So… all the problems associated with these drugs for human use can be expected to cause similar, and often [...]

Drugs For Arthritic Dogs - Are There Alternatives?

Folks want natural solutions for their pets as much as they do for themselves - we frequently field questions like the following from regular reader and correspondent Ann who writes:
Hi again
�Am wondering if you could suggest something for my dog.� She is around 12 years old and getting very stiff.� She does have the cardio [...]

Can’t Afford Natural Care And Treatments - So What To Do?

We encounter this same problem, the same requests, over and over and over. The problem is that natural, holistic medical care and therapies and treatments are not generally covered by most “insurance” plans, and because of this many people do without natural care since they simply refuse to pay for it out of their own [...]

A Response To “Blood Pressure Meds - Are the side effects worth it?”

It never ceases to amaze me; the side effects from prescription drugs that people are willing to put up with - even consider to be a “benefit.” Here is an example:
Iggy writes:
I take Hytrin, mainly for my prostate, but my blood pressure was occasionally a little high. Fortunately, my only side effect has been that [...]

More Definitions of Medical Terminology:

�By Nurse Mark�
Medical terminology, the language used by medical people to communicate with, is often filled with large, unfamiliar words, obscure terms, and confusing phrases. As a service to HealthBeat subscribers we from time to time publish definitions and translations of medical terminology so that our readers can better understand this language of medicine.
Today I’ll [...]