Buying vitamins? Avoid megadoses

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Prescription Meds - Are the Potential Side Effects Worth the Risk?

Family medicine cabinets are crammed full of prescription medications. With nearly one in three people taking a prescription medication for sleep problems, you can only imagine how many people are taking at least one prescription for some type of ailment. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services� annual check-up on America�s Health reports that the statistic is actually a staggering fifty percent, with one in six people taking three or more prescription medications at once. The recent reports of strange and dangerous side effects associated with leading conventional sleep medications have awakened Americans to the risks of prescription and OTC (over-the-counter) drugs. Drugmakers are now revising the labels on Ambien, Lunesta, and other popular sleep aids to warn that the pills might result in driving, eating, and having sex while sleeping, health officials said last week. Read More

Is There a Connection Between Masturbation and Prostate Health

Masturbation has since long been a taboo and associated with numerous myths. Perhaps it was believed that human beings are not entitled to have sexual pleasure unless some one else gave it to them. With a paradigm shift in perceptions and the acceptance of the biological need for sex, such myths have been cast away. Instead, masturbation as a tool for self stimulation and prostate health has become a subject matter of studies conducted all over the world. While there is an inherent risk of infections and sexually transmitted diseases during sexual intercourse, masturbation is the manual, self-stimulation of the genital organs. It was generally believed that masturbation led to an enlarged prostate. On the contrary, recent studies that have taken into account all types of ejaculation, whether during sexual intercourse, nocturnal emissions or masturbation, point towards a possible link between frequency of ejaculation and good prostate health. Read More

Acupressure for Sciatica - Similar to Acupunture in Many Cases

If acupuncture is a mainstay of sciatica nerve treatment under Traditional Chinese Medicine�s (TCM), then acupressure is closely related to it. The basic principles of acupressure are the same as acupuncture: Identification of cause of sciatica on the basic principles of yin-yang, Earmarking pressure points called meridians, and Unblock what is known as Qi, the vital energy force. Acupressure differs from acupuncture only in the procedure adopted to release Qi. Acupuncture involves insertion of needles at the pressure points. Acupressure attempts to achieve the same results by applying consistent pressure at the same meridians. Read More