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In our hustle-and-bustle world, it is common to feel stressed and endlessly tired -- even exhausted. In this video, Dr. Oz guest Dr. Tanya Altmann talks about the many causes of constant fatigue. Full Answer

Dehydration in children occurs when chidrens' bodies lose too much water. This can occur if a child stops drinking fluids or loses large amounts of fluid through diarrhea, vomiting or sweating. Dehydration decreases the amount of blood that circulates to... Full Answer

Animals bring a special kind of love and comfort to many people. Hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and healthcare facilities are taking note of a growing body of scientific evidence suggesting animals help patients recover. One study performed at... Full Answer

"Gonadal" means "located in a gonad," which is a reproductive organ in males (testicle) or females (ovary). "Extra" attached to the front of any word means "outside of," so "extragonadal" means "outside of the testicles or ovaries." Gonadal... Full Answer

Wondering if you've ever had an awe-inspiring experience? Answer yes or no to the following questions to find out. Have you ever had an experience when... You had no sense of time or space? You couldn't express it in words? It felt like pure... Full Answer

In our current medical system there appears to be an unnecessary lag between the time when a vitamin or mineral is proved to be effective for preventing or treating a certain health condition and the time it becomes widely accepted and is recommended by... Full Answer

Conventional medicine has been obsessed with killing the infective organism rather than promoting defense against infection. This obsession really began with Louis Pasteur, the nineteenth-century physician and researcher who played a major role in the... Full Answer

The sodium-potassium pump is integral in maintaining the acid-base balance as well as in healthy kidney function. Energy is derived from pumping sodium outside the cell, where it becomes concentrated, wanting to push its way back in. This energy is used... Full Answer

More than 95% of the potassium in the body is found within cells. In contrast, most of the sodium in the body is located outside the cells in the blood and other fluids. How does this happen? Cells actually pump sodium out and potassium in via the... Full Answer

Enzymes are biomolecules that increase the rate of (catalyze) chemical reactions. Almost all enzymes are proteins. Almost all reactions in a biological system need enzymes to proceed at significant rates. Full Answer