My Story: It is traditional at Passover Dinner for all participants to read. When it came to my turn, I tried to read and couldn’t! Of course I went into immediate denial. “I’m tired from all the cooking” and “I just got a new puppy”. Well that didn’t make a difference. What did was my good friend Judy who yelled at me to “Call the doctor.” “But I was in the middle of a TV show”, I complained. She and my husband wouldn’t leave me alone so I called. Two days later I had an MRI and 4 hours later I was up at Cedars Sinai Hospital with the best neurosurgeon in California. Three days later I was operated on to remove the tumor.

The good news… they got it all… the bad news… it was aggressive and I had to do radiation for 6 weeks and take chemotherapy pills … Read the rest

Of course it doesn’t just happen straight away! Initially plenty of blood, sweat and tears go into getting your fluency technique up and running. After that initial big effort and the stuttering therapy course is done, most people have the experience of truly being in control of their fluency for the very first time.

To say that we all want that feeling to last forever is certainly an understatement. It would be great to say that long-term fluency results are like the ending of a Disney movie, but for the majority they aren’t. To say that many people fall off the fluency wagon at some stage is the truth. More than 70% of stutterers who undertake an intensive stuttering therapy course relapse back into stuttering fairly quickly after therapy.

How can that be? Initial results are all good, and we love it… the feeling, the control, the positivity! What causes … Read the rest

According to the dentists, tooth pain is the most common symptom of root infection. The pain can be mild or severe. That depends on the level of infection. The pain can increase during the day or when biting using the tooth. Some patients with root infection experience tooth sensitivity to hot or cold liquids and foods. The gums can show symptoms of root canal infection too. The gums will become tender and swollen near the infected area. If you experience any of these symptoms, place an ice pack on the jaw. That will assist in reducing the pain. You should then contact or visit a dentist at the earliest opportunity. The dentists have the skills and equipment to prove if the symptoms are caused by root infection.

The treatment process begins with a proper examination of the tooth. An X-Ray will diagnose the problem. The X-Ray images will show the … Read the rest

There are multiple causes of the aforementioned common dental issues. Many causes are things a patient can do something about. Below are the common dental health issue causes:

• Poor dental health and hygiene. Poor dental health as the result of improper or sub-par at-home oral hygiene is the most common cause for the majority of common dental issues. The lack of flossing and inconsistency of teeth brushing can leave decaying food particles in the mouth which cause tooth decay and gum disease which can then lead to additional oral health problems such as bad breath, lost teeth and weakened jaw bones.
• Trauma. Trauma to the teeth or gums as a result of an injury can damage and weaken protective tissue that can make one’s mouth more susceptible to tooth decay, broken or chipped teeth, jaw injury and lost teeth. Most common accidents to the mouth involve the breaking, cracking, chipping

Fish oil has been linked to disease prevention. The US National Institutes of Health has also Recognized the benefits of DHA and EPA and has published Recommended Daily Intakes of fatty acids. They recommend a daily intake of 650 mg of DHA and EPA, and 4.44 g/day of linoleic acid. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have used high doses of fish oil to treat bipolar disorder, with considerable success. In addition, researchers in the United Kingdom have reported positive results in treating schizophrenia with fish oil supplements. Current medical research is also focusing on the use of high doses of fish oil during radiation treatment and chemotherapy, as well as for treating Fibromyalgia.

On the whole, there appears to be consensus that Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish oil promotes a healthy vascular system. Fish oil contains EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), both of which are omega-3 fatty … Read the rest

This particular application of the profile pattern (which was discussed in detail in article 3-12) involves the evaluation of manufactured chemicals and their effect on human health.

The US agriculture department has a copy of all chemicals manufactured in the United States. These would all be acquired and tested for their direct effects on human health as well as certain combinations of chemicals for their synergistic effect.

The volunteer profile pattern tests would not only determine the effect of the chemicals on the human body, but would also establish a specific profile pattern for each chemical, or chemicals combinations, for storage in the computer memory banks for further research and also for use in diagnostic computers.

Most of us have no idea as to how the chemicals in our environment may or may not affect our health, or how they may well be contributing to the excessively high level of … Read the rest