Alexis Looney

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• Research Gives Muscular Dystrophy Patients New Hope

  Regardless of the person’s age, sex, or where they are from, being told that they have a progressive disease like muscular dystrophy is devastating.  It means learning to live with a disease that makes muscles waste away.  For many, one of the coping mechanisms they turn to is to learn as much...

• Is Shingles Contagious? How Do You Get Shingles?

  Shingles is a contagious viral infection that is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. This virus affects a particular nerve section, causing painful rashes on the skin connected to that particular nerve. The rash normally appears in a form of a band on any...

• The Many Benefits of Tea Tree Oil

  You might have noticed that many beauty and health care products such as creams, shampoos, lotions, and face wash formulas have tea tree extracts as their main ingredient. This amazing essential oil is extensively used in many products because of its numerous benefits to the skin, hair, and general...

• Fasting May Be Good for Diabetes, Research Shows

  Intermittent fasting is common nowadays, and recent studies have shown that there are successes involved with this type of fasting. The most success about the fasting involves diabetes, and perhaps, it is the most impressive. Intermittent fasting involves restricting eating to certain times and not...

• Balancing Mental Health and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  There are several misunderstandings about the relationship between mental health and inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. For instance, individuals who know very little about the diseases believe that emotions, such as tension and nervousness, can actually...

• What's the Difference Between Salt and Sodium?

  IntroductionWhen people say salt, they usually mean the common table salt. Salt is a mineral that is mainly composed of sodium chloride (NaCl). To distinguish table salt from a class of chemical compounds called salts, the terms rock salt or the mineral name halite is used. Sodium is also...