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Alternative Ways to Relieve PMS

A growing number of women suffering from premenstrual syndrome or PMS are seeking help from both conventional and alternative health practitioners. Studies show that women who opted for alternative therapies usually found them to be effective. As such, the medical community should be accustomed with the efficiency of innumerable evidence-based natural interventions. A recently conducted survey indicates that 42% of women suffering from PMS take prescription or over-the-counter medications to mitigate their symptoms. In this group, about 80% were using OTC medication, mostly to control pain. For years, traditional medicine had provided suggestive treatments for PMS that does not always work. Most doctors are unaware of the latest research on hormone balancing while others never had any training in PMS. Alleviating bloating with diuretics, headaches with painkillers, and anxiety with Valium only mask the underlying imbalance that cause PMS. A lot of these prescribed treatments often h

Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction, a dysfunction also known as impotence, is the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis in order to engage in satisfactory sexual intercourse. This is a rather textbook definition that can be hard on the ears of many people. Basically, erectile dysfunction means that men suffering from it cannot get hard or cannot last enough to actually have sex with their partners. This issue has long been considered unfit for polite conversation, due to its private nature, which turned it into a favorite topic for urban legends and jokes. The situation changed in the 1930s, when doctor John Brinkley began advertising certain so-called cures for male impotence using the popular medium of the day: the radio. The second wave of hype was triggered in the ‘90s by the advertising campaign surrounding the launching of Viagra. The promise of a quick fix that would make impotence history was used to bring erectile dysfunction into the mainstream discourse and to dispel s