GALLSTONES – GENERAL INFORMATION

Pure cholesterol stones make up only about six per cent and are usually large, either occurring singly or, at the most, in groups of two or three. Stones made from bile pigments comprise about 12 per cent of the total. They are black and vary from multiple minute particles (biliary mud) to irregular larger stones [...]

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An excessive activity of these male hormones is also the main cause of acne which is often associated with an excess of body or facial hair. But don’t think that every woman with a fine moustache is about to develop muscles and a deep voice. For most women, an excess of hair is the only [...]

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Your doctor may tell you that you have stable disease. This means that the cancer has not changed in size since you started treatment—it hasn’t got bigger but it hasn’t got smaller either. It is most unlikely that continuing this treatment will bring you any real advantage. You would just be experiencing the side effects [...]

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Is it genetic? Is it hormonal? Is it our environment? Is it a psychological problem? Or is it due to an abnormal metabolism? Consider the energy balance paradox that exists in our bodies. For most of us, even without much conscious effort, our bodies maintain a constant weight. This is despite huge variations in how [...]

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In a comprehensive review of the issue in 1991, Dr Andrew Prentice and his associates at the Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre in Cambridge, identified the physiological outcomes of slimming. These included: energy sparing adaptations, alterations in fat and lean body mass, altered energy substrate handling, changes in appetite, health related outcomes such as fitness and [...]

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Fat makes up between 13-30 per cent of total body mass in the average female and around 12-25 per cent in the average male. Conversely, men have more lean body mass (mainly muscle) and more body water than women. These proportions change with age, degree of muscularity, fitness levels and a range of other factors, [...]

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Use a small wooden barrel, or a large earthenware pot. Possibly a large stainless steel pail or a glass jar could be used, but under no circumstances use an aluminum utensil. Cut white cabbage heads into narrow strips with a large knife or grater, and place in a barrel. When the layer of cabbage is [...]

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In addition to the positive factors named above for the prevention of baldness and for the stimulation of hair growth, here are some negative ones. Avoid the following: salt; white sugar and white flour; excessive amounts of animal fats; alcohol and smoking; prolonged emotional stress. Experiments conducted in Sweden indicate that cutting down salt in [...]

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One must not omit to look at the kidney areas, since lungs and kidneys have close connections with each other. 1. Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs): in the muscle zone of the lung areas are seen distinct white clouds or wisps. 2. Emphysema (dilation of the lung): the lung area is dark and shows commencing [...]

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TROUBLESOME MISERIES-FORGETFULNESS AND FATIGUE You may find that the miseries affect your memory. This wouldn’t matter too much if it were not that so much teaching still requires you to learn by ‘committing to memory’. One of the difficulties is that many teachers still persist in setting homework that has to be completed that same [...]

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