Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in America with more than 19 million of the adult population affected.  Treating anxiety disorders costs the United States approximately $42 billion per year.  More than $22.84 billion of the health care dollars spent are associated with people using health care services to provide relief for the symptoms which can mimic mental illness.  The following outlines the different types of ...

The reason people sweat is to lower the temperature of the body through cooling the skin surface by evaporation and to secrete toxic substances.  Sweating can be called perspiration or transpiration, in hot weather the muscles of the body will warm up and through exertion, sweat is produced.  A person will sweat more when nervous, nauseous or anxious and perspiration decreases when a person is cold or the body is inactive.  Sweat i ...

Ginger, a plant, which is predominately grown in Africa, Caribbean, India, and Southeast Asia; is sometime referred to as ginger root or root ginger and is used medicinally and as a spice.  It also found in items such as ginger ale, which is known to help relieve an upset stomach. Ginger is known for its health benefits as it can help prevent cancer because of the chemical properties that make up the plant and root.  It is noted medi ...

It seems that since the addition of the cooking channel people have begun to recognize how wonderful fresh herbs are when added to homemade recipes.  I know this for a fact as my mother is an addictive cooking show channel person and has since begun growing her own herbs.  She has plenty of garden space to do so, but there are those who live in apartments or in homes where there is no place to grow an actual herb garden.  The s ...

Shark oil is brown or yellow colored oil obtained from the liver of a cold-water dwelling shark, it can be used for leather dressing and as a source of vitamin A.  For many years, shark liver oil has been used by fishermen as a general health remedy.  Most supplements that contain shark liver oil have not been tested to find out if there are contraindications with other drugs, foods or herbal remedies.  Many people have taken s ...