Misinformation does not only create vague pictures of a condition but will also likely cause people to believe things that do not actually exist. Among those conditions that typically receive serious amounts of myths are psychological and behavioral disorders, partly because psychological conditions are often hard to understand and seem mysterious. In this article, we would try to debug the myths of one of the more common behavioral conditionspanic attacks.

People with panic attacks are crazy. Crazy is never a good term for people with psychological conditions and people with …

by Dr. David G. Williams

Moving on to more “exotic” techniques to increase immune system efficiency, we come to castor oil. I can remember my dad telling me time after time about his mother’s devotion to castor oil when he was growing up. At the first sign of any illness in one child, she would immediately give all the children a quick oral dose of castor oil.

There’s no doubt it provided a quick solution for constipation, and from what I can tell, it must have a positive effect on memory too. …

Congestive heart failure, also known as CHF, is a chronic and long-term heart condition that results in significant symptoms which impact an individual’s life. When symptoms occur they are often significant enough to send an individual to their primary care physician for diagnosis. People may experience shortness of breath, fatigue, difficulty with exertion, swelling of the feet or ankles, or chest pain.

The diagnosis of congestive heart failure is usually confirmed by a physical examination and combined with a thorough medical history and a variety of noninvasive tests. …

There are a number of abnormal physical conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels leading to the heart that can be classified as heart disease and are known as coronary artery disease (CAD) which includes angina, and heart attack, heart failure which may have the symptoms of shortness of breath, swelling feet, ankles and legs, and also extreme tiredness.

Heart arrhythmias are also considered to be heart disease as they can make people feel out of breath, dizzy and experience chest pains. They are changes in heartbeat that feel like …

Cigarette smoking is the most preventable cause of a multitude of illnesses, diseases and conditions that are known to scientists and doctors today. Cigarette smoking will account for more than 440,000 deaths of the more than 2.4 million who die every single year. Smokers have a higher risk of developing many different chronic disorders that are a result of the chemicals and nicotine ingested into the body during smoking.

While the drug nicotine may be primarily responsible for the addiction to cigarettes there are over 2000 other chemicals that …

Hashimoto’s or Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is a specific type of autoimmune disease. This disease causes the immune system to attack and destroy the thyroid gland. This can lead to serious complications because the thyroid gland is responsible for setting the rate of your metabolism. Or in other words, the thyroid gland sets the rate at which your body uses energy.

Hashimoto’s is the most common thyroid disease in the United States today. This disease will stop the thyroid gland from making enough thyroid hormones for the body to function properly.

The …

You probably know when you have heartburn or acid reflux (which is commonly called GERD as well). For many people, you know that when you eat, you will have burning and discomfort. This is almost always a sign of acid reflux. Acid reflux happens when the stomach acids travel up your esophagus. It can happen after a large meal, eating late at night or even eating certain foods.

If you think you have acid reflux, one of the tell-tale sign is that you get relief after taking a medication such as …

From a healthy heart to a good sex life, the proper flow and circulation of blood in our arteries is one of the most important things we can do to maintain good health and push back the aging process.

There is a common denominator between good arterial health and disorders such as heart attack, obesity, diabetes and high glucose levels, as well as sexual health. That common denominator is blood.

One of the single biggest preventatives is a proper diet. Because diet strongly influences weight, sex hormone production, including testosterone, the health …

By Debra Redman, LMT, NCTMB

Margarette is the picture of health, so a mini health crisis came as a surprise. In the same week her divorce was to be final, she was scheduled as an outpatient for an ablation (a type of heart surgery) on Wednesday and replacement breast implant surgery on Friday.

The post-surgical recovery would have most people flat on their backs for more than just a few days. Imagine my surprise when she answered her door for a manual lymph drainage massage the day after the heart surgery.

The immune …

Candida albicans is one of many species of yeast that lives in the body. This yeast often grows within the vaginal tract and the intestinal tract while being held in check by good bacteria.

At specific times during an individual’s life that good bacteria can be killed off or the immune system can become compromised such as during pregnancy, taking long-term antibiotics, diabetes or HIV. During these periods of time yeast is able to grow unchecked and the individual often develops a vaginal yeast infection, sinus infection or even …