Nothing is worse than getting away on a warm vacation and then being stuck in your hotel room with an upset stomach. Take notes on what to pack in your bag to keep yourself (and your family) healthy.
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Dr. Brad shares tips for promoting skin healing quickly and naturally with first aid at home.
Dr. Brad is always learning, even while teaching.
Learn about how you can help prevent sunburn from the inside out with Dr. Brad's tips.
Overdue it in the sun?
To help reduce the chance of peeling and promote healing:
- The sooner you can get calendula gel on the affected skin the better. - If it's been a day…
Common symptoms of a sinus issue: pressure behind the eyebrows, or on each side of the nose; nasal drainage (it may have a color or clear and dripping).; a sinus headache above the eyebrows or forehead area; feeling fatigued and locked up.
What do you do when you have sinus problems?
Feeling chilly? Ginger is a warming herb. A warm digestive system means fewer digestive issues, less upset stomach, less nausea, less bloating, and more overall support to the immune system.
Listen to Dr. Brad break it down, or if you prefer a read; here you go! Antibiotics can be useful for bacterial infections -not so much for viral infections. That one we can all wrap our heads around.
Sometimes we take an antibiotic even though we are not quite sure what kind of infection we have going on; and we do find relief. Does that mean "it worked?"
Springtime = liver season
Come springtime your liver is hard at work. As the snow melts and the lakes thaw, your body kicks into detoxing. This is good work, but it comes with some symptoms. People can struggle with irritability, headaches, body aches and flu-like symptoms.
Nothing disrupts a fun summer afternoon more than painful sunburns! Your daughter just came home from the beach and her back is looking a little lobster-like. What should you do when you get a sunburn?
Essential oils can be an extremely useful and effective way to support your body. In their very nature, essential oils are extremely pure products. The purer an essential oil is, the more refined it is, which means it begins to act more like a chemical.
Homeopathy works to remind the body how to heal itself. It does this through something we call, a remedy. Since it won’t interfere with medications, homeopathy can be useful to support healing for just about any health condition.
The media and medical community have been making it sound as though everyone ought to get a flu shot. But does it really help? Is it really necessary? If you find yourself asking these questions, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s dive right in.
Sometimes the headache is in the front of your head, sometimes behind your eyes, sometimes on the top of your head. No matter where the headache is, it can really be painful. When you get headaches kids, here are some good things Dr. Brad says you can do to help yourself.
What is strep throat anyway? Strep is a bacteria we all have present in our bodies. When you come down with strep throat it means you have caught a virus which causes an overgrowth of the strep bacteria.
Getting sick is no fun, no fun at all. With such a rough flu season this year, we kids need to stick together! We cornered Dr. Brad yesterday and begged him to give us some free advice for staying healthy this winter. As always, he was happy to help!
Don't let the winter bug get you down this winter. Watch this short video to learn more about how to keep your family healthy this winter.
Pink eye occurs when bacteria are infecting the eye. It’s not uncommon for pink eye to flair up for kids in the first few weeks after going back to school. Why is that? There are many factors to consider...
Statistics show that most ear “infections” aren’t “infections” at all. Instead most are simply ear inflammations. Antibiotics will only clear the inflammation, but antibiotics won’t solve the core problem behind the ear infection.
First, mince fresh garlic into a glass container (old dropper bottles always work well). Fill the container ¾ full of garlic. Next, add just enough olive oil to fully cover the garlic in the bottle.