Up to 8 out of 10 persons will have back pain in their lifetimes. In many cases, such pains are chronic – lasting more than 3 months – and there is no evidence of any injury, disease, or bone problem like a slipped disk. An extensive review of clinical research in a new report from Pain Treatment Topics found that help may be available from a surprising champion of pain relief – Vitamin D.

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, one of the United States’ most eminent heart doctors, died recently at the ripe old age of 99 years. Being the first to develop and perform surgical heart bypass surgery, as well as many other medical innovations, Dr. DeBakey worked and performed surgeries well into his 80’s. Before his death, he was asked about the secret to his longevity. He gave credit to good family genes and having never smoked.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about one-third of all US children are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. In total, about 25 million US children and adolescents are overweight or nearly overweight. These rates among children are increasing at an alarming rate. Parents may coax, bribe and threaten to get children to eat properly, but children are bombarded with exciting advertisements for everything they should not be eating.

Modern lifestyle makes people dependant on all sorts of pleasing and taste-enhancing beverages that are commercially manufactured. However, they cannot be a substitute for water according to a new study titled "Drink To Your Health," conducted by My Product Alert, a Michigan based Consumer Alert Agency.

The Better Business Bureau says that they are receiving a large number of complaints from consumers, complaining about rip-off hypnosis scam artists who promise the consumer that in one brief hypnosis session he or she can lose weight, stop smoking, or make almost any other personal change that the consumer wants to make.

This aromatic herb was used already by the old Egyptians in flavouring food and wine. Peppermint tea is very popular in some Arabic countries until now and it is usually served with lots of sugar. But even without sugar it tastes lovely and fresh. And if you put few leaves of peppermint into your cup of green tea, you will make your common beverage something very special...

Immagine tea of delicious taste, rich of vitamines, minerals and antioxidants, without theine or caffeine that you can drink in unlimited amounts. Such a tea is produced in South Africa and its name is rooibos, known also as red bush. It grows only in a small area in the Western Cape province but thanks to its health benefits it was discovered by many countries in the world.

Omnipresent stinging plant is usually nightmare of gardeners but at the moment you suffer from eczema or arthritis that modern medicine cannot fight properly, this unpopular weed might become your rescuer. Young nettle leaves are rich in vitamines and minerals and can free your organism of uric acid and various toxins. They may be added in salads or consumed as tea.

A Chinese proverb says, honey can treat hundred illnesses and prevent thousand others. Curative effects of honey are well known all over the world. Sir Edmund Hillary took it to his legendary expedition to Mount Everest, Russian ex-president Boris Yeltsin was used to drink milk with honey to fight a cold.