There is a lot of talk these days of Alternative Medicines or Complementary and Alternative Medicine s (CAM, in short). For a common man like me these terms are very confusing. What is alternative medicine? When a medicine prescribed by your doctor is not in stock, the chemist may offer the same formulation of another company, obviously with a different brand name. Is that the alternative medicine we are talking about? If that is so, then why is there all the fuss about it? And we know it is a common practice for pharmaceutical companies to give samples of their medicines to medical practitioners with compliments . Are those the complementary medicines they are talking about? It doesn

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Today there is an increase of awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD, consequently this has led to a better understanding for children and adults who once were considered a family or social problem.

As previously discussed, ADHD children generally have a hard time coping with schooling or adults who have a hard time sticking with a particular job. However, society has grown to understand that such individuals are dealing with serious problems that stem from the condition of ADHD than can be treated. Although, the majority of society does not understand what causes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. What they do understand is that ADHD is a very complicated condition, which stems from many different elements.

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With all the stress in this day and age, it is not uncommon for people to experience periods of depression. To deal with this problem, many are taking anti-depressant medication. Doctors are prescribing these drugs for treating symptoms caused by the epidemic of low serotonin in this country. Before turning to drugs to treat the symptoms of depression, we should treat the underlying problem, low serotonin production.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs such as Prozac and Zoloft) won’t be as effective if you are missing basic nutrients such as a Vitamin B complex, Vitamin D and Magnesium.

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Currently, there is no laboratory or medical test that would give a straightforward conclusion that a person is suffering from bipolar disorder. This makes it difficult to determine if the symptoms (associated with bipolar disorder) that are present to him or her are indeed signs of this mental illness. Meanwhile, it is very important to detect whether or not this person really has bipolar disorder to provide the right treatment.

Furthermore, the symptoms that could be clear indications of bipolar disorder can be related to other identifiable physical or psychological illness. This makes it more difficult to give treatment since the focus is to give relief to the existing physical pain; rather than identifying if the patient is suffering

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What exactly is this Bad Cholesterol ?

Cholesterol is categorized under Lipids or Fats . They form part of the cell membranes and are very important in cellular functions. In the blood the fats are attached to proteins and they form groups of substances called lipoproteins.
* Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
* Very Low Density Lipoproteins (VLDL)
* High Density Lipoproteins (HDL)

Chylomicrons

Of these Low Density Lipoproteins are called Bad Cholesterol . If the blood level of this bad cholesterol increases, it gets deposited along the walls of the blood vessels blocking the flow of blood. If the blood flow to heart is blocked it causes angina and myocardial infarction. If the

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