http://myhealthiness.com Live Better. Live Healthier. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:47:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anorexia and bulimia are diseases in which a woman has an unrealistic self image. She is obsessed with her weight and every ounce of food that is consumed. The difference is that an a person with anorexia will force her/him self to not consume any food at all, and a ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/19/anorexia-hair-loss/ Anagen is the next phase that the hair will go through. When in the telogen phase, the hair that is not able to grow anymore will fall out. The rest will move into the anagen phase, which is also known as the active stage. During this stage, the roots of ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/16/anagen-hair-loss-phase/ In order to qualify for weight loss surgery, a patient should be considered morbidly obese. Sometimes severely obese people are considered for this surgery if they present health issues. A patient with a body mass index of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight. Those with a body mass index of ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/16/surgery-when-morbidly-obese/ Try to maximize your visibility. Remember that vehicles are easier to spot than people. If you can build a signal fire, the smoke can be seen for miles around the desert. Don't ration your water. Thirst is a sign of dehydration. Try not to eat anything, as digestion uses up ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/13/desert-survival-tips/ Homeopathy is a safe, natural form of medicine, based on the practice of treating like with like. Homeopathy is derived from the Greek words homios, meaning like or similar, and italios, meaning suffering. Homeopathy is concerned with treating the whole person rather than the illness alone. The homeopath will consider ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/09/homeopathy-is-safe/ As mentioned previously, the treatments can vary. A massage treatment is completely different from and acupuncture session. In many cases, the practitioner will prescribed chinese herbs to be taken orally, although some can be made into solutions applied externally as well. Chinese herbs tend to have a very pungent and ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/06/prescribed-chinese-herbs/ Other tips for dealing with an eating disorder include getting enough sleep, ideally at least seven hours a night. Getting rest can often help alleviate the anguish associated with depression, anger and other powerful states. Also, the patient should seek to stay busy, avoiding having many hours of unstructured time ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/06/tips-for-dealing-with-an-eating-disorder/ TCM is an example of alternative medicine. TCM, short for Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a broad term for therapies which include massage, diet therapy, herbalism and acupuncture. TCM is based on the philosophy that having good health revolves around the correct flow of "chi" which is the energy of the ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/03/chi/ This is integral in helping people maintain a better mental standing on their condition. This and the ever-loving nature of dogs make them perfect cures to depression that often plagues many patients and residents of nursing homes and hospitals. It's very difficult to accurately measure how positive an effect these ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/06/03/amazing-healing-hounds/ The pH diet is an innovative way to interact with food. The diet stresses the need for balance in the diet of alkaline and acid. This balance will help maintain a healthy flow through the bloodstream and keep cellular growth and development working at optimum levels. By lowering destructive acid ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/31/the-ph-diet/ There are over 100 different kinds of arthritis. If you have been diagnosed with one of these, your doctor has probably offered you one or more different types of drug therapies. Drug therapies can be used safely and effectively to treat many kinds of arthritis. But maybe you are wondering ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/31/complementary-therapy/ Although they have almost the same characteristics, Asperger's Disorder is comparably the less severe form of autism. This severity in the symptoms is mainly highlighted by the absence of language delays because children who are suffering for the illness are slightly affected when it comes to their communication skills. More ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/31/aspergers-disorder/ Another thing to look out for during pregnancy is illness or infections. These can easily be transmitted to your baby during pregnancy and cause for problems later with both you and your child. It is important to get regular check-ups and try to maintain your health with different infections that ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/30/pregnancy-and-infections/ One of the reasons that it is hard for Westerners to accept that acupuncture works is that the there is as much philosophy behind it as medical proof. The Chinese believe that the way to heal the body is to help it find a balance. They believe that if the ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/28/acupuncture-philosophy/ Ayurvedic System of medicine can provide better treatment to heart patients.Arjun is used in heart disease and modern researches has confirmed the roll of Arjun. In case of caroted artery blockage use of raw lauki in 250 gm of quantity may be crushed into small pieces grinded again with seven ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/28/heart-disease/ The practice of modern medicine revolves around diagnosing an illness and prescribing treatments for such. Natural medicine is helpful because it suggests that treatment be not necessarily given only when sick. Natural medicine strives to make each patient practice good health habits. These habits include good diet, healthy living, and ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/26/regular-natural-treatment/ As your newborn baby grows, it is slowly acclimating to sleeping at night and being awake during the day. Also, as baby's stomach is growing and holding more breast milk or formula, it will be able to go for longer periods between feedings at night. At approximately three months of ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/25/baby-and-night-time-feedings/ Before we continue, it is important to stress that not all the natural remedies are legitimate. It would help to only try those remedies which have been thoroughly studied and are relatively risk free. Take herbal medicine for example. There are many well-documented and studied herbal remedies available. However, only ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/22/legitimate-natural-remedies/ Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of trying, or the inability to carry pregnancies to a live birth. It affects one out of six couples of childbearing age in the United States today - at least ten million people. And in a career-oriented area like ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/21/infertility/ This is how the health profession goes on nowadays – a cycle of diagnosis and prescription. If anyone were to give you herbs for medicine, you would probably say that that person was a quack. But nowadays, studies are being conducted to see if there are really is any merit ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/19/natural-methods-herbal-medicines-and-traditional-practices/ Another thing to be wary of, with regard to chinese medicinal treatments, it to ensure your practitioner is properly qualified and not just a bogus doctor in disguise. TCM is a very powerful medicinal system with quite an ancient lineage and as such it needs to be treated with utmost ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/13/qualified-practitioner/ TCM is an example of alternative medicine. TCM, short for Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a broad term for therapies which include massage, diet therapy, herbalism and acupuncture. TCM is based on the philosophy that having good health revolves around the correct flow of "chi" which is the energy of the ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/10/traditional-chinese-medicine/ Because of the very, very small doses used in homeopathic treatment, the medicines are completely safe, non-addictive and have no unwanted side effects. The curative properties of the remedies are released even in extremely high dilution‹and render the medicine completely safe for the treatment of both children and babies. ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/08/safety-of-homeopathic-medicines/ Homeopathic remedies today are produced using the same dilution principles as in Hahnemann's day. In a common dilution of 1:100, one drop of the homeopathic substance is added to 99 drops of water and/or alcohol. The mixture is then potentized by a process called "succussion" - repeated tapping on a ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/06/homeopathic-dilution/ The medicines are not synthetic and are derived from natural sources. Over 60% of homeopathic remedies are prepared from vegetable or plant materials. Other remedies are prepared from naturally occurring mineral substances, including metals, non-metallic substances, and mineral salts. Animal sources of homeopathic remedies include: Cuttlefish (the ink or juice ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/05/04/homeopathic-remedies/ The Atkins diet is one of the most popular low carbohydrate diets on the market today. Its popularity has sparked dozens of look-a-like diets who center on the same principles of high-protein, low-carbohydrate eating. There are a lot of fish in the sea when it comes to choosing a low-carbohydrate ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/04/26/atkins-diet-the-most-popular-low-carbohydrate-diet/ It cannot be emphasized enough- bed wetting is an unfortunate set of circumstances that often starts for no obvious reason but also ends all of the sudden with little if any outside intervention needed. Research studies have shown that in any given year approximately fifteen out of one hundred children ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/04/24/urinary-tract-infection-or-constipation/ Being morbidly obese can cause your life to change for the worse. From a recent survey, it was determined that there are over eight million Americans who are facing morbid obesity. Along with morbid obesity comes a variety of symptoms that can lead to further complications in your body. If ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/04/24/what-are-the-symptoms-of-morbid-obesity/ Finally, make sure you are drinking enough water each day. Water has a myriad of benefits for every human being, not just those on the Atkins diet. Thirst can sometimes be masked as hunger, so staying well hydrated will keep you from craving foods you shouldn't be eating. Water also ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/04/23/atkins-water-and-constipation/ When it comes to treating both disorders, enuresis and ADHD, there are both behavioral techniques as well as medical treatments. It may be necessary to prioritize which symptoms of which disorder are the most serious and need to be addressed first. It is also important to think of back up ... http://myhealthiness.com/2008/04/20/medications-prescribed-for-adhd-and-bedwetting/