Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are health conditions that most older people worry about. Alzheimer’s is a progressive form of dementia, caused by degenerating brain tissue.
It is ongoing and there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease or the other forms of dementia.
The tangling of nerve fibers in the brain and the build up of certain [...]
Heartburn
Nerve fibers in the esophagus get stimulated when there is a backward movement of acid from the stomach to the esophagus, popularly known as acid reflux. The most common result of this phenomenon is heartburn, a pain that most patients of GERD have experienced. It is like a burning in the center of the chest, [...]
Looking on helplessly while a wave of weakness climbs one’s body from the ankles upward can cause dismay. This is what happens in Guillain Barre (pronounced GHEE-on bah-RAY) syndrome, known more formally as acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Occurring in just one or two people per year in a population of 100,000, Guillain Barre syndrome makes [...]
A crucial factor in root canal infections is the role of bacteria. Dr. Price and the Research Institute’s bacteriolotists and other key works isolated the same streptococcus, staphloccus, and spirochete families of organisms from the teeth and mouth as investigators find today.
This article is part of Dr. George Meinig’s, DDS, FACD, research information of the [...]
Do you suffer from low back pain? If so, you?ve got plenty of company. According to government statistics, nearly 4 out of every 5 adults experience significant back pain at least once in their lives, and the ailment is the number one cause of lost productivity for American workers. This article explains [...]
If you’ve watched the TV series “The West Wing”, you are no doubt familiar with the story of President Bartlett keeping from the public that he had multiple sclerosis while he was running for office. The show touched on the basics of the disease and for the most part tried to give us some [...]
So here’s the scenario. It’s Saturday night and I’ve had a long week. I hit the bars and tip back one or two too many. Stumbling out of the last bar, I find I can’t make it past the city park without landing on my nose, so I plop onto a park bench. Slinging an [...]
Cold sores, fever blisters, oral herpes are 3 names for the same thing - a blister or sore on the face - normally occurring on the outer edge of your lip or nose.
“Cold sores” is the most common term used for these hideous, painful and contagious facial sores. Herpes simplex virus type 1 and [...]
Let’s look at the 8 distinct cold sore stages, and what you can do now to lessen the severity, discomfort and length of your cold sore event.
Cold sore stages 2-8 are the active stages and are very contagious during this time. Usually 3 to 4 weeks is the average life-span of a cold sore. [...]
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) where the body’s own immune cells attack the nervous system. In Multiple Sclerosis, inflammation of nervous tissue causes the loss of myelin, a fatty material that acts as a sort of protective insulation for the nerve fibers in the brain and [...]
