MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm Maureen Cavanaugh. You're listening to These Days on KPBS. People have been taking pills to treat physical problems for many years. It's only been in the past 20 years or so that pills and prescriptions for emotional and mental conditions have become widespread.

Scientific research published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) reports on a study of genetic variants that influence human susceptibility to peripheral arterial disease (PAD), made possible by leveraging electronic medical records (EMRs; also called EHRs or electronic health records)...

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Controlling stress, although not always easy, may be the most powerful natural treatment to bring down your blood pressure. Blood pressure increases when a ...

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One of the reasons for this is that people think NHPs are safer than conventional medication. After all, NHPs are made from natural ingredients so they must ...

To have a lasting effect, you need to rely on medication that actually aid in healing your body and curing your pains and aches, not ones that simply mask ...

There is probably nothing more debilitating than chronic pain. Defined as pain lasting for six months or longer. Chronic pain afflicts millions of.

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Natural medicine for hives is cool compress, application of milk of magnesia and intake of peppermint or passionflower using stinging nettles.

Treating an ovarian cyst can be done in one of three ways: surgery, medication, and natural remedies. For lasting relief from recurring.

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