Words: Dr Pankaj AGGARWAL Although our urban lifestyle, more so for women, is often hectic and demanding, it is, indeed, heartening to find that women are excelling in all fields — be it at home, taking care of their family, or work. A woman dons the role of a daughter, wife and mother, at home,
Words: Dr Narayan C DESHPANDE Homeopathy is natural, holistic medicine. It is also, by far, the gentlest, the safest and benevolent form of medical treatment. It aims to treat the whole person rather than just the physical, or apparent, symptoms. Homeopathy is mind/body medicine. It looks at the — Connect betwixt the brain, mind, body,
Words: Dr Manfred MUELLER With Dr Debby BRUCK First, the big question. How safe is the menopausal medication oestrogen, the most widely prescribed drug in the US? Answers may be years away, and yet 1.3 million+ American women who enter menopause each year must decide whether it outweighs possible links to cancer and other illnesses.
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Homeopathy has the ability to treat a wide variety of neurological disorders — from epilepsy to multiple sclerosis [MS] and stroke. As in all other illnesses, homeopathy can address them at all stages of their development. I’d like to focus on stokes, since they are the leading cause of serious long-term
Words: Dr Joette CALABRESE Hey, moms, everywhere… Are you tired of using drugs that just don’t work? And, what’s worse, each medication comes with a slew of detrimental side-effects; all kept on the down low with that teeny, tweeny fine print. We should prick up our ears wherever there’s fine print. That’s where the most
Words: Dr Renita HERRMANN We often hear stories about a traumatic event in a person’s life. It may be an emotional, or mental shock, like the death of a loved one, seeing a violent act, or physical mishap, such as car accident. It may not be evident to the person, yet one can retain the
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Brooding: Sits, wrapped deep in thoughts; as if notices nothing. A person is besieged with ideas that give them no peace. It is a state of sycotic instability with respect to a problem, or something else. The homeopathic Materia Medica contains medicines, or remedies, that exhibit symptoms of what is called
Words: Dr Julian JONAS The outbreak of measles in California, USA, was reported with great alacrity in the mass media. This was a useful punctuation point for a campaign of the national medical and pharmaceutical industries to force multiple mandatory vaccinations nationwide as well as stigmatise those who withstood the pressure to participate. People are
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Homeopathic remedies can be derived from many diverse sources on and outside of our planet. We have medicines made from the plant, mineral and animal kingdoms, the imponderables created from sources, such as sunlight and moonlight, and remedies based from excretions of all kinds. Homeopathy addresses the total symptom-picture, which includes
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV We are right in the midst of the winter flu season and I know it has been traveling around the neighbourhood, visiting my house and my neighbour’s houses. Well, what can we do about it? How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? How do we hasten recovery? Having just
