Tag: drugs
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Coping With Anxiety
Anxiety is a feeling of intense worry or distress in the absence of obvious danger. It is a state of inner turmoil accompanied by churning thoughts, nervousness, poor concentration, feelings of dread and loss of control. It is related to, but different from, fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat.…
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‘The only difference between most drugs and poisons is the dose’
‘If you push the understanding of the physiological basis of medicine far enough, you’ll come to a point where you can no longer defend it scientifically, that you must take it on faith.’ Dr Mehmet Oz Few people realise how new drugs are ‘invented’. Many come about by accident by trial and error. Many are…
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Traditionally, healing substances have come from nature
Humans have always ingested substances for healing and good health. Some of these improve the digestion process, such as prunes and high fibre products. But there are others too. Many foods have healing properties, e.g. honey and lemon for colds, garlic as an antiseptic, an apple a day…. Then there are herbs, valued for their…
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The Only Difference is the Dose
Humans have always ingested substances they believe to bring health. E.g. many foods are believed to heal, such as prunes for constipation, honey and lemon for colds, garlic as an antiseptic, and so on. Then there are herbs, valued for their efficacious effects everywhere. In some cultures, they even eat soil for its healing properties.…
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Consciousness and Healing (2)
In a previous blog, I observed that the discovery long ago that we could heal ourselves was a great step forward in human evolution, and the healing methods used at each stage of our advancement are a direct result of the consciousness which prevailed at the time. Healing consciousness is about how we experience healing;…
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Antibiotics are flooding our planet with superbugs!
‘It is folly to attempt to escape disease by attempting to destroy or escape germs.’ Dr H M Shelton (1885-1985) Viruses and bacteria are held responsible for most of the world’s health problems. After all, microbes are deadly, aren’t they? Is it not scientifically proven that every disease has its microbes? The germ theory of…
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Swine Flu: ‘One of greatest medical scandals of the century’
A few years ago the world went into panic over a new strain of influenza labelled Swine Flu. We were told that it could wipe out millions of people, that older people were at great risk and so were our children. In the UK alone, the Chief Medical Officer predicted 65,000 deaths. In response, government…
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Our natural immunity
Our natural immunity: How the body gets rid of unwelcome intruders Science is not entirely clear why some people are prone to serious illness while others carry the same bacteria but have no ill effect. But it must have something to do with each individual’s natural defences against unwanted organisms and toxins – that is,…
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The Shocking Truth About Antibiotics
Today came yet more alarming news on the growing ineffectiveness of antibiotics, especially among children. Some scientists are predicting that it won’t be long before mutating microbes are so resistant to modern antibiotics that there is a real danger of reverting to the situation in the pre-antibiotic age in the 1920s and 30s when some…