Sweet, silken and fragrant, basil is queen among healing herbs. Native to tropical nations such as India and Iran, it has been used for centuries in combating a staggering range of health problems. I remember my grandmother prescribing it as a panacea for almost every ill, ranging from coughs to cuts to malaria, and everything …
An Adam’s apple a day keeps the doctor away? History is full of bizarre medical remedies, but few are as gruesome as the field of corpse medicine. Many doctors, from ancient times to modern, prescribed concoctions made of human organs, salves of human fat, and the ground-up remains of embalmed corpses to treat a host …
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Milton’s use of Christian tradition is enlightening. I highly recommend him to those who choose a Christian based spiritual path. Preface In his epic Paradise Lost, Milton employs, extends, and deepens the typological scheme that he believes embodied in, and known by a close comparison of, the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. The …
On my Facebook wall someone flipped over the so-called anthropomorphising dog’s feelings. She insisted it is wrong. Period. Then unfriended us when we didn’t agree to let her be our FB final authority. I would say that all animals, including humans, share many emotions in common. Every close observer knows that, although we don’t always …
More than a million Americans are blind. The good news is that all four of the most common causes of vision loss may be prevented with a . See my 2-min. video Preventing Macular Degeneration with Diet for a discussion of the relationship between vision loss and Harvard’s Alternative Healthy Eating Index (Calculate Your Healthy …
Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in this country, and is the only disease among the 10 deadliest that cannot be prevented, slowed or cured. But DIAN investigators say that within a decade there could be a drug that staves off brain destruction and death. More.