Sciatica Sciatic nerve is a largest nerve present in the body that runs from lower part of the back to the leg. Sciatica is a condition affecting the sciatic nerve and can cause pain anywhere from the back to the toes of the feet. Only one side of the body is usually affected. Sciatica is not a disorder by itself but is a symptom of problems involving the sciatic nerve such as herniated disk (disc protrusion) or spinal stenosis (narrowing of ...

A ketogenic diet requires a person to consume a high amount of fat and low carbohydrates, coupled with adequate amounts of protein.  The diet is used by certain healthcare practitioners as a way to control and treat a medical condition called epilepsy (a neurological condition which is marked by abnormal activity in the human brain) in young children and adults. A person on a ketogenic diet will burn fats more quickly than carbohydrates, ...

Colloidal silver has been around for many years and before 1938, the substance was used as both a germicide and disinfectant.  Medical professionals used the solution in eyedrops for ophthalmic issues, various infections and it was sometimes touted as a cure for epilepsy, the common cold, gonorrhea and tropical sprue (malabsorption disorder of tropical origin).  With the revelation of antibiotic medications however, use of colloidal sil ...

In medical school, there is little or no time spent on vitamins, and thousands of hours of instructions spent on pharmaceuticals (drugs).  As a result, most MD’s are “educationally handicapped” about vitamins. In the days of “wooden ships and iron men”, the most dreaded disease was scurvy.  It was the result of a lack of vitamin C.  Captain Cook and others found that a little bit of lemon or lime j ...

Caffeine is the most widely consumed drug in the world. Coffee addicts who switch to decaf for health reasons may not be as free from caffeine's clutches as they think. A study conducted by the researchers of University of Florida put forth that decaffeinated coffee is not entirely caffeine-free. Also, it is important to understand that there are a number of significant chemical compounds present in coffee, other than caffeine, which also have st ...