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...ordinary folks, biofeedback can be a useful tool in treating dozens of ailments, from asthma to epilepsy, chronic pain to drug addiction. It is perhaps the single most effective treatment for Raynaud's disease, a condition mainly afflicting women, in which the fingers turn white, cold and painful when they are exposed to cold. A series of biofeedback sessions trains sufferers to improve circulation in their hands. Many insurers now cover biofeedback, and even some old-line hospitals offer the therapy...
While the vast majority of chiropractic patients are treated for back, neck and shoulder complaints as well as minor headaches, some 10% seek help for organic diseases of all sorts. Can manipulation help them? The chiropractic literature is replete with examples of astonishing cures of ulcers, hypertension, childhood asthma, blindness and even paraplegia. But individual case histories prove nothing, and organized studies are few and far between. Spinal manipulation has been shown to alter the heartbeat and the acidity of the stomach, says Peter Curtis, a medical professor at the University of North Carolina, who studied the technique, "but whether...
...fish oil. The substance, linolenic acid, may inhibit the body's production of prostaglandins, hormone- like substances that can contribute to the formation of tumors. Tests on animals have been promising, but human trials have not yet been conducted. Linolenic acid could also be a potential weapon against asthma, arthritis and psoriasis. Europeans and Canadians consume lots of flaxseed in their bread and cereals. Few U.S. manufacturers bake with the grain...
...added that Waite had been seriously ill. "He had a very bad problem with his lungs -- asthma," said McCarthy. "They did take him to a doctor and gave him medicine for that, and now I hope that he will be okay until he is released...
Some hospitals have reported a dramatic increase in respiratory cases. Doctors in al-Ahmadi are seeing a rise in bronchitis and three times the usual number of asthma victims. Dr. Edward Beattie, a lung specialist at New York City's Beth Israel Medical Center, says there may also be cases of oil pneumonia, a potentially fatal ailment in which oil smothers the tiny air sacs in the lungs...