If you have a headache, you’re not alone. 9 out of 10 Americans suffer from headaches. Some are occasional, some frequent, some are dull and throbbing, and some cause debilitating pain and nausea. What do you do when you suffer from a pounding headache? Do you grit your teeth and carry on? Lie down? Pop a pill and hope the pain goes away? There is a much better, longer lasting alternative. New research...
Stale odors in a home can be caused by a wide variety of things including poor ventilation, retained moisture, cooking odors, pet odors, cigarette smoke, old carpeting and untreated mold/mildew. And given that many of us are indoors these days, we may be compounding the problem. Although a home can turn stale any time of the year, it’s more likely to get musty during the winter months, when the house...
Many eyeglass wearers have done it: taken our glasses off and wondered how we can even see through them. They're dirty, smudged, and foggy. Sometimes it seems like no matter how much you clean eyeglasses, they’re still full of fingerprints and smudges. Dirty eyeglasses are more than just annoying, though. Trying to focus through unclean lenses can create headaches and eye strain. The problem is that...
Of course, the first thing you need to determine is if the headaches you’ve been experiencing have a medically detectable etiology (source). Your doctor will use a physical examination, medical imaging and blood work to determine if disease or injury are to blame. These tests may, for example, reveal that you may be suffering from a tumor, TMJ, bruxism, a bone disorder, etc. More likely, though, you...
If you are one of the 12 percent of Americans that get migraine headaches, you may want to think twice before reaching for that medication that seems to work only part of the time. I know, it’s crazy to think that in the midst of one of these episodes that you could even stop and think, but there is good reason to try to respond to these incidents naturally and go for the long-term relief rather than...