Acupuncture

Using natural remedies such as teas and herbs, dietary and lifestyle changes, counseling, lab work, diagnostic imaging, some emergency medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, and minor surgery natural health has a wide array of treatments unlike medicinal health. Naturopathic doctors are expected to have a bachelor’s, then spend four years in a specified school to learn to treat and teach others. The National University…

Depression’s Best Treatment Depression is a major factor in many people around the world. Depression isn’t sadness as sadness is only a part of the depressive symptoms, and sadness is an everyday human emotion. Depression has much worse of an effect on someone. Anyone with depression lacks the ability to accomplish an everyday task to lacking the ability to react with any emotion. In fact, some people with depression aren’t sad for the most part but just feel like they don’t have much use for…

doctors and are intended to treat the causes of a disease rather than the symptoms, and alternative medicine is defined as: medical treatment using methods that are different from the usual Western scientific methods, for example homeopathy and acupuncture (Macmillan, 2016). An example that comes to mind of using complementary and alternative medicine versus western medicine is a diabetic that drinks herbal teas, uses meditation and prayer before using any insulin or diabetic…

What is African American psychology? African American psychology is defined as “the body of knowledge that is concerned with the understanding of African American life and culture. African American psychology recognizes the commonality of experiences of African people throughout the world” (Fairchild, pg. 93). There are two perspectives in which African American psychology can be presented. The first way in which the reaction of African American psychology to racist attacks on black people by…

The Pros and Cons of Joint Injuries, Joint Trauma, and Joint Conditions Treated with Cortisone Should osteoarthritis, tendinitis, bursitis and other joint conditions be treated with cortisone, and to what extent should treatment take place? Skeletal problems are intertwined in treatment before cortisone treatments are administered. There are several treatments besides cortisone, such as massage, chiropractic, physical therapy, and natural remedies. One can measure quality by how safe it is…

PTSD-GHOST FROM THE PAST In 2015, people of Nepal had to go through two destructive earthquakes. Many people died, and many lost their houses. I survived, but a close friend of mine lost his life. I could feel the pain that his family was going through. It affected his mother the most. After those earthquakes, many aftershocks were shaking the surface of Nepal. I could see his mother shouting his son 's name and asking people for help. The death of her son made her mentally ill. Each of the…

HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTH INEQUALITY IN CANADA According to the 2016 homeless count, a person is classified as homeless if they do not have a place of their own that they could stay for a minimum of 30 days, or if they do not pay rent(Thomson, M., 2016, Pg.7). These is mostly composed of people living without physical shelter on the streets and in other public places, it also includes people living with extended family members or friends and do not pay rent. Homeless people often have a higher…

The Mongols were a nomadic people who grazed their horses and sheep on the vast, treeless plains, of Central Asia. Rival Mongol clans spent much of their time warring with one another. In the early 1200s, however, a brilliant Mongol chieftain united these warring tribes. This chieftain took the name Genghis Khan, meaning “Universal Ruler.” Under his leadership, Mongol armies swept to triumph. In the 13th century CE the Mongols created the largest connected land mass empire in the history of the…

Coining Coining Therapy, also known as Cao Goi was originated by the Southeast Asians, and has been around for many years. This tradition has been a folk remedy in many households due to low economic status and limited health coverage. “Compared with whites, Asian Americans seek health care less frequently, and are less likely to be insured” (Behar, 2012).This alternative treatment has encouraged and spread among the Asian culture in order to relive various types of illnesses. Fever, muscle…

The Power of Mother Nature According to the experts at the World Health Organization, “Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by the year 2020” (para 1). For anyone who is familiar with cancer, it is the uncontrollable mutated cell growth that can either be malignant (bad) or benign (no effect), but also know how hard cancer is to treat. Since cancer rates are predicted to increase dramatically within the next ten years, how on earth are oncologists and scientists going to…