The first company that comes up with a effective drug for obesity is bound to make billions.

Prior failures notwithstanding, a trio of small pharmaceutical companies are trying to come up with the next great obesity pill. That means clinical studies are ongoing.

So, what’s it like to participate in such a trial? Ed Susman, a contributing writer at MedPage Today, was involved in one, and chronicled his experiences over the past Read more »

by Stephen Jablonski

What is meditation? Simply stated, it’s a series of exercises and methods used to focus our mind’s awareness. Using meditation, we can learn how to reach new levels of peace and tranquility in our daily lives. And using meditation, we can learn how to achieve true anxiety relief.

Yet meditation often goes unused in the war against panic and anxiety because it’s often considered too mysterious. Read more »

by Celia Spiers

Real relief has been experienced by many patients using natural ibs treatments. Irritable bowel syndrome has uncomfortable symptoms caused by dysfunction in the digestive system. Griping pain along the gastrointestinal tract is caused by the intestines squeezing either too hard or not hard enough. Diarrhea or constipation, feeling unwell and a lack of energy are common symptoms.

It rarely appears before the age of Read more »

by Julieanne van Zyl

Is Mangosteen Juice an effective Antioxidant? With the greatly increasing quest for healthy nutrition supplements, it has become a main priority to find the best available information out there. The benefits of taking both raw and processed goods has become recently emphasized as well as their antioxidant qualities.

In the process of carrying out our daily activities, we produce what is known as free radicals. Read more »