How is HIV infection in children diagnosed? HIV infection is difficult to diagnose in children. This is mainly because of two reasons. One, infected babies do not have any symptoms in the first few months and two, they have antibodies to HIV acquired from the mothers for up to eighteen months after birth. The tests [...]

The Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet is a dynamic eating plan that will allow you to eat Low-Carbohydrate Meals and daily Reward Meals in combinations that will help you to greatly reduce your hunger for carbohydrates while you lose weight and permanently maintain the weight that you desire. Each week, you will follow an eating plan that [...]

Despite the controversies swirling around breast cancer treatment, there’s an exciting outlook as the NCI’s Dr. Broder sees it. Researchers are testing new drugs given in new ways. Dr. Larry Norton, director of breast medical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, has tried giving a one-two punch to breast cancer growths. “Conventionally [...]

Not everyone who is addicted to carbohydrates is overweight, and not everyone who is overweight is a carbohydrate addict. If the Carbohydrate Addict’s Test reveals that you are a carbohydrate addict and you are overweight, however, then the chances are better than eight in ten that the Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet can help you to lose [...]

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat grades tell you about the amount of fat in beef: USDA Prime beef has the highest proportion of fat, USDA Choice beef has less fat than Prime, and USDA Select grade has an even lower amount. Even if you closely trim all the fat off the edges of a [...]

Several measures can prevent or reduce EIA. Warm-up periods before exercise reduce the severity of EIA. This is demonstrated by the fact that a second exercise within sixty minutes of the first of ten produces less bronchoconstriction. Individuals engaged in intensive competition, such as the Olympics, are encouraged to do light exercises every thirty to [...]

Butter is a reasonably good weapon in the fight against arthritis. But do not overdo it. Especially if you have a tendency to be overweight. Butter does not contain enough vitamin D to justify having a person indulge in it excessively. Like milk, butter contains the oil soluble vitamins, A and D. The A vitamin [...]

The rationale for this is the same as for not doing rituals. If, for example, you cover your mouth, turn away from people, or use heavy makeup, you won’t learn to tolerate situations without doing these things. So it’s important to stop using camouflage in the exposure situations, unless it allows you to enter the [...]

Nystatin The medication most commonly used to treat candida-related problems is nystatin, which is not absorbed into the body at all but kills Candida on contact on the gut walls. Millions of women have used it, over some decades, with no serious side effects. It can also be taken during pregnancy and does not interact [...]

Many foods contain minute amounts of substances to which some people react. The patient must have detailed lists of foods to use, and foods to avoid. The meal pattern should fit in with the family’s pattern, and must be one that assures nutritional adequacy. An allergy to milk means that another source of calcium, usually [...]