Diseases conditions and symptoms

Indigestion (dyspepsia) - causes, symptoms and treatment

Indigestion or in medical terminology - dyspepsia [ref. 1], manifests itself as burning pain in the upper half of the stomach, which subsides and intensifies regularly, but still most of the time it is there.

All About Type 1 Diabetes - What You Need to Know About the Disease

Type 1 diabetes mellitus, also known by the outdated names insulin-dependent or childhood diabetes, is due to the inability of the pancreas to produce enough of the hormone insulin. Type 1 is the main form of diabetes, which usually occurs in childhood or adolescent (very rarely in the elderly) and is responsible for 5% to 10% of all cases of diabetes mellitus.

9 herbs China uses in the fight coronavirus (COVID-19)

As we have stated earlier, 85% of those infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and infected with COVID-19 in China received not only conventional treatment, but also therapy with herbs from Chinese traditional medicine. In this article, we will look separately at each of the herbs that have been used and what the science of them has to tell us. It's a pandemic, and hope lurks everywhere. :)

Exercise for eyes tired of looking at screens during the pandemic

For many of us, everyday life passes in front of the computer screen. There are very few people who don't have a vision problem at the end of the working day. Often the discomfort is evident after a busier day, when we play a movie with subtitles and it turns out that we see the text slightly blurry.

What you need to know about type 2 diabetes - risk factors, causes, conventional and alternative treatment

Almost half a billion patients have been reported to have diabetes as of 2019, representing as many as 9.3% of the world's population. Diabetes has three most common varieties: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes (in pregnancy). In this article, we will consider type 2 diabetes in more detail - causes, symptoms, treatment, lifestyle.

Traditional Chinese medicine and the treatment of COVID-19

According to a study published by Chinese scientists in the International Journal of Biological Sciences, 85% of coronavirus patients in China are also given traditional Chinese medicine, which includes components of natural origin. One of the beneficial effects of this method is associated with relieving the severe side effects of conventional treatment of the disease.

New treatments of multiple sclerosis in Europe. Bonus: herbal remedies

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the central nervous system - the brain and spinal cord. Тhe immune system attacks and destroys the protective myelin sheath of the nerves, and this in turn disrupts the communication between the brain and the other parts of the body.

15 immunity booster foods and herbs

It is best to take vitamins in a natural way - with food. A change in diet can strengthen a person's immunity. It is no coincidence that there are specific diets for people with diabetes, hypertension, some diseases associated with immunodeficiency.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - causes, symptoms and treatment

The term spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) refers to a group of genetic diseases that affect motor neurons and lead to progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. The first cases were described as early as 1891 by two scientists independently of each other. For this reason, the disease is named after them and can be found as Wernick-Hoffmann disease. It is worth noting that under this name is usually understood the most severe form of the disease, since the cases described at the time were precisely such. It was not until the 1950s that lighter forms of the disease were discovered and described.

What is thalassemia - types, symptoms and treatment

Thalassemia is a rare genetic inherited blood disease in which the body does not produce enough of the hemoglobin protein. It is an essential part of red blood cells and is responsible for the transfer of oxygen between individual tissues in the body.