Category: Health & Medicine

Is silver safe as a medicine?

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The short answer to that headline question – based on everything I’ve read of late – is no. It’s not that silver has no medical uses – one form has been used in dressings and bandages as an antiseptic (not, as is sometimes claimed, an antibiotic). Silver nitrate is sometimes used to treat warts and corns. However, the benefits and long-term risks of silver in any form – especially an ingested form – have been not been fully researched. It’s not that colloidal silver – an entirely different product from topical silver – may not have health-related benefits. It’s just that we don’t … click below for more ↓

What do we know about Bell’s Palsy?

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Bell’s Palsy is one of those rare ailments, and one that annoys more than threatens, but can be difficult and socially awkward for sufferers. It’s also one that still baffles researchers as to its cause. And also for an effective treatment. According to facialpalsy.org, The name ‘Bell’s palsy’ comes from 19th-century Scottish anatomist and surgeon Sir Charles Bell, who discovered that severing the seventh cranial (or facial) nerve causes facial paralysis. It has no vaccine, no known method for prevention, and the treatment is still uncertain. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxVHFJs1uJ4] Wikipedia tells us: Bell’s palsy is a form of facial paralysis resulting from … click below for more ↓

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