MyRapidMD’s Emergency Service Profile (ESP) maintains your medical history on your cell phone. That’s important because if an emergency strikes or an accident happens, care givers have easy access to the information. All you have to do is hand your phone to responding emergency personnel.
Information that can be stored includes “blood type, allergies, medications, pacemakers; whether you are a diabetic or [...]

If you’ve heard about the super bug Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, often pronounced mersa) you know it is antibiotic resistant and extremely difficult to treat in humans infected by it. MRSA originally occurred primarily in healthcare facilities, but recently, more and more people who seem to be healthy and who have not been hospitalized seem [...]

A new device designed for cold sore treatment, that was researched and developed in the UK, was released in the UK in 2008. Many people consider it a huge breakthrough in cold sore treatment because it was proven in clinical trials to reduce healing time for cold sores by as much as 50 percent. Additionally, it was effective [...]

Herbs seem to offer many health benefits. For instance, many herbalists claim they improve digestion, reduce joint pain, alleviate sleep problems, boost metabolism, and improve eyesight. Moreover, herbs have been used for thousands of years to successfully treat numerous medicinal problems, and, today, skeptics and traditional doctors are beginning to realize there may be health benefits associated with [...]

Many people consider fermented foods one of the healthiest foods in the world, and apple cider vinegar would make this list, as it’s fermented. It’s created from pressed and strained apple pulp, to which yeast is sometimes added to speed up the fermentation process, and, in addition, it can be pasteurized or unpasteurized. Apple cider vinegar has also became known [...]

Medication labels are supposed to be easy to read and understand. Yet, a survey published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found many patients routinely misunderstand prescription labels when taking medications. Investigators who conducted the study “demonstrated a high rate of misunderstanding instructions on prescription labels for 5 common medications. Although the highest rates of misunderstanding across each [...]

There’s nothing like hot sex, but sometimes you have do more than wear a skimpy teddy to get it. Sex is just as much a function of diet as it is desire, and if you’re not eating the right foods, you may not be enjoying those loving feelings. If you want to have an active [...]

Anxiety can mean alot of different things to people as there are many forms of anxiety. These include panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress syndrome, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder. It seems to me, to truly resolve the symptoms of anxiety, holistic changes must be made, which means the mental, physical, [...]

Sesame oil comes from sesame seeds and is often used as a cooking or massage oil. However, it is known as popular folk remedy, and, its healthy properties may be part of the reason for its success as a medicinal remedy. Sesame oil has vitamin E, which is an antioxidant that neutralizes damaging free radicals. It also contains calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, vitamin B6, [...]

Food poisoning is responsible for sickening up to 80 million people worldwide each year, and killing approximately one tenth of those infected. Food poisoning happens everywhere, but tends to occur more frequently at picnics, school cafeterias, and large social functions due to undercooked meats or because foods containing mayonnaise are unrefrigerated too long.