Alzheimer’s disease :: Sage & Lemon extracts improve memory & behavior
Extracts of sage and lemon balm may help to improve memory and behavioral problems in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.
Brain
Chocolate may keep the heart running longer and stronger
Chocolates – perhaps the world’s favourite confectionery – may keep the heart running longer and stronger.
Schizophrenia :: Schizophrenia – a major mental problem
The word schizophrenia originated from Greek word Schiz(o) – means division, divided. phrenia – means mental disorder.
Infarction :: Case of CVA due to paraventricular infarction
Mr. K. C. Pal, 67 years, Serampore, District – Hooghly, West Bengal, I visited him on 2nd July, 2003. The patient was lying on a plastic sheet. Sleeping. Unconsciously folding and straightening his left legs. A pipe was inserted in his nasal cavity for giving food juice. Catheter had been arranged.
Dementia :: Differentiating dementias – Alzheimer’s disease, normal aging
U.S. researchers recently reported that the specific changes in alertness and cognition are reliable indicators for distinguishing Alzheimer’s disease from dementia and normal aging.
Alcoholism :: Alcoholism in the eye of homoeopathy
By nature all the creatures fall prey easily to the temptations. The man is not an exemption. So, human beings have an enormous capacity to damage themselves in pursuit of pleasure, whether through alcohol, drugs, fast driving, smoking heavily, etc. But this pursuit of pleasure does them immense harm. Generally when one realizes the harm after becoming addict to some intoxicant, it becomes very difficult to abstain. This applies in case of addiction to alcohol too. After falling prey to the drinking habit, if one desires to stop it, it become extremely difficult to stop the habit because the insidious effect of alcohol diminishes the will power, which is essential to stop the habit of drinking.
Aging, Old age – aspects, diseases and the remedies
Social aspect – Till few decades ago joint family system was in vogue in our country. Most of the younger generation used to adopt and continue the family profession. In the joint family system it was the tradition that the eldest person in the family used to be the head of the family and used to have the governance of the whole family in his control.
Dementia :: Low blood pressure may cause Dementia
A low blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of dementia in people over 75 years of age, according to a new report. This risk seems to pertain only to Alzheimer’s type dementia and is highest in subjects with persistently low pressures.
CT scan :: CT scan and intellectual development
CT scans, used increasingly in hospital on children with head injuries, may damage their intellectual development, according to new research on the effects of low doses of ionising radiation on the brain.
Eye :: Retinal Detachment and Homoeopathy
I have a few cases of retinal detachment running into the OPD of our hospital. I have seen a marvelous role of Naphthalinum in this line. The potency most frequently used in these cases is 3x, the next one being 30c. some other remedies of choice have been Digitalis, Aur met, Jaborandi and Ruta. To understand it well, we should make a study on retinal detachment first.