How Silver Nitrate Was Discovered The use of silver to retard bacterial growth dates clear back to the Greeks and Romans who stored their perishables in silver vessels. It was not until 1881 that French surgeon Dr. Carl Credé used silver nitrate to reduce neonatal eye infections. He was one of the first surgeons to use …
Today we are seeing a resurgence of interest in low-carbohydrate diets. It was at the end of the 20th century that Robert C Atkins promoted the first low-carb revolution. Not only is this type of diet beneficial for weight loss but also shows promise for cancer. Eight mice studies have shown that low-carb diets, ones …
1. It doesn’t have to be a secret. Some think it only works if you don’t know you’re taking it. But people with irritable bowel syndrome who knowingly receive a placebo do better than those left untreated. 2. It works better if it’s expensive. A placebo pill’s pain-killing power is greater among people told they are …
Breast-feeding babies changes their lives for the better. Bernardo Horta published an unusual study in Lancet Global Health. Unusual in that he looks at adults rather than children and teenagers. He found those who had been breast-fed for more than a year compared to those breast fed for less than a month had a 3.76 …
Psychologist Peter Halligan of the UK assessed how common delusions were in the UK. He found that more than 90% of people held at least one delusion. None of his subjects were troubled by their strange beliefs. Below are the top 10 delusion-like beliefs that he found: Your body, or part of your body is …
“How can I summarize a miracle in so few words? Well, this is our story: On May 9th 2014, my son, Andrew was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. By the end of May, we brought him home, unable to walk properly, partially blind and deaf, he was just 29 years old. That day my struggle started, …
If you are experiencing anxiety, loss of sleep and fatigue then your body might not have enough of the “mother hormone” pregnenolone. Pregnenolone is often referred to as the “master hormone” or “mother hormone” as it is used by the body to make estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and cortisol. The following are functions pregnenolone performs …
Most of us know at least one person with Alzheimer’s. Currently one in nine older Americans suffer from this debilitating disease and the projections are that the prevalence with only increase. Dr. Edward. Friedman , in his book “The New Testosterone Treatment: How You and Your Doctor Can Fight Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Alzheimer’s …
Over 90% of American homes have microwave ovens used for meal preparation. Because microwave ovens are so convenient and energy efficient compared to conventional oven, very few homes or restaurants are without them. In general, people believe that whatever a microwave oven does to foods cooked in it doesn’t have any negative effects on the food. …
Vulvadynia (vul-va-din’i-a) Chronic vulvar discomfort or pain, characterized by burning, stinging, irritation or rawness of the female genitalia. Kathy, who is in her early 20’s, discovered that she had vulvadynia the night of her honeymoon. She described her symptoms as “having lots of burning with knife like pains during intercourse, and afterwards a burning sensation …