ASTHMA TREATMENT: VITAMINS SUPPLEMENTS, JUICES AND MORE
Vitamins and supplements (dally) Manganese - 5 mg. taken twice a week for 10 weeks (Some biological doctors in Europe have treated asthma with manganese with excellent results) E -600 IU or more C – 3,000 to 5,000 mg. Pollen – 5 tablets or 2 tsp. crude pollen A – up to 50,000 units Bone [...]
TAKING CARE OF YOUR SKIN: BOILS
A boil is an infection of the skin which follows, usually, maceration or breaking of the skin. Boils occur particularly in the portions of the skin covered by hair. These little openings offer exceptional opportunity for the invasion of germs. Certain diseases such as diabetes weaken the ability of the skin to resist infection. Boils [...]
SEX AND DISABILITY
A number of common myths and stereotypes about the sexuality of disabled people have been identified by the Sex & Disability Project of George Washington University. These myths, which “can drastically and unnecessarily curtail the sexual expression of disabled people,” are as follows: Disabled people are asexual. Disabled people are dependent and childlike, so they [...]
ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF SEXUAL EXPRESSION: DEFINE HOMOSEXUALITY?
It includes any behavior involving sexual relations with the same sex. ft also expresses the persons strong erotic attraction to members of the same sex. What are the underlying motives of homosexuals? Some enter into a homosexual relationship because heterosexual objects are not available as in hostels and in services like jails, armed forces, police [...]
Бронхиальная астма – кто болеет
Ответ прост: любой астматик. Неважно, сильные ли приступы болезни он испытывает или нет, ему в обязательном порядке следует проконсультироваться со специалистом по аллергии и астме. Главное – не игнорировать астму и не считать её безобидной – эта болезнь сама собой не только не проходит, но постепенно становится всё более опасной. Даже если вы чувствуете, что [...]
SPEECH IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Speech is commonly affected in Alzheimer’s disease. Difficulty in finding the correct word to use is experienced early, as is the interpretation of complex conversations or proverbs and metaphors. The understanding of simple speech remains intact at this stage. Later, sentences become difficult to finish and the sufferer wanders off onto another subject and words [...]
LENSES FOR PROTECTION AND CORRECTION OF EYES
Bernice Pherigo of Columbus, Indiana, blind for forty-two years, could see again because of an unusual device like a telescope that passes images through a hole in her eyelid to her retina. The device is a Teflon disc in an optical cylinder – a lens developed in the early 1970s by Hernando Cardona, M.D., an [...]
CHOOSING NURSING HOME FOR OLDER PEOPLE: DRG SYSTEM AND MORE
Ideally you will have the luxury of making a fully informed choice. In reality your options are likely to be more limited. If your relative is arriving from the community, the best homes tend to have long waiting lists. Priority is given to patients coming from hospitals. Even if your ideal choice has a wait [...]
TAKING CARE OF OLDER PEOPLE: SELECTING NURSING HOME WITH CHECKLIST
The physical plant. Is the home clean, well lit, relatively odor-free, laid out with a disabled person’s needs in mind? Do residents’ rooms contain personal belongings? What is the policy on bringing in such belongings? Is there enough room for privacy and an attractive place to sit outside? You want a place that looks cheerful [...]
BIOLOGICAL REASONS WHY YOU BINGE: SEROTONIN – WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON BREAKFAST?
I am sure you have noticed that sweets have a calming, relaxing effect on you. They also make you drowsy and less alert. Have you also noticed that when you eat breakfast (which most overweight people do not eat) you feel drowsy and hungry by late morning? That’s not because you ate breakfast but because [...]