What does it feel like to have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?  Imagine the times when you come home exhausted and need to sleep for the next ten hours. Then imagine feeling like that constantly. If you can manage to do that then you have some insight into what it feels like to have chronic fatigue syndrome

What it is integrative medicine? Integrative medicine is the term given to health care that treats the body in a holistic way. It includes remedies beyond those usually considered in traditional western medicine.  Modern medicine has made incredible leaps in the ways we understand the human body. Mainstream health care provides preventions and treatments that

Are you always getting sick in winter? It’s a common scenario, one of the kids comes home from school with a cold and in quick succession the whole family is having their turn in bed with a cough, runny nose and the accompanying fever. It’s a frustrating pastime being sick: an unproductive and lonely business

Vitamin C and Immunity It is common in winter to be sent promptly to the nearest pharmacy by concerned family members when a sniffle turns nasty.  Many people espouse the virtues of Vitamin C and it has long been a recognized remedy for boosting the immune system. What most people don’t know however is that

People with fibromyalgia are perplexed by why they feel so lousy all the time and even more perplexed because many doctors are unable to diagnose or treat their illness. If you have fibromyalgia you are not alone in feeling isolated in your illness and unable to share your discomfort because many in the medical profession

If you are experiencing a variety of symptoms that are baffling you and your usually  reliable and informed GP, this article may prompt you to look a little deeper into finding the cause. If you are struggling with lethargy and fatigue, memory focus and brain function, aches and pains, numbness and tingling, abdominal pain and

Fibromyalgia is unlike any other chronic illness and the pain is incomparable to any other type of chronic pain. Sufferers of fibromyalgia experience extremely tender points that manifest in deep muscle pain, chronic headaches and what feels like never-ending back and neck pain. Pain is the uncomfortable feeling that you get when you know that

If you suffer from fibromyalgia, you will be more than familiar with the debilitating effect  chronic pain, tenderness and fatigue has on your body. For people who aren’t sufferers, getting up and making their way to work is a simple process. For sufferers of fibromyalgia getting to work can be onerous, to say the least.

One of the most important things that you can do to ensure prosperity and health in later life is to do everything you can to reduce, and if possible, prevent the degenerative diseases associated with ageing. Preventative medicine is devoted to detecting, preventing, treating and reversing the symptoms associated with ageing. It is less about

For most people the prospect of travelling fills them with excitement. New adventures in a different city or culture is one of life’s great pleasures. The experiences stay with us forever. There are things that we want to do when travelling that we don’t do when we’re at home. We  walk vast distances just to