Late one afternoon, a lady was driving home in the rush hour traffic. The last thing she needed was a pounding headache. While she was stopped, she dug in her purse for some aspirin to relieve her headache. She chugged it down with the Pepsi sitting by the seat. Her only worry was to relieve h...

The Grange Family enjoys eating together as a family whenever they can. But an issue for them is the health problems of each of the individual family members, and being able to prepare one dish that is applicable and satisfying to each individuals needs. The goal is to prepare a budget family meal t...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is typically known, is sometimes called the silent killer because a person could have it for years without even knowing it. It can be a very dangerous illness if not treated right away and properly. About fifty million Americans have high blood pressure, b...

Ma Huang (Ephedra) as a Dietary Supplement: The Good, the Bad, the Deadly "Lose weight fast", "thermogenic fat burner", "rapid weight loss", these are just a few of the guarantees that manufacturer's are using to promote the now widely used and highly controversial dietary supplements containing...

Herbs Herbal History The history of herbs date back thousands of years to the times of when doctors didn't have many tools of medicine to cure the ill with. They would use plants, berries, roots, and event the barks of some trees to cure an ailment. In those times there wasn't much...