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The following herbs can help in treating memory loss: Ginkgo biloba: This herb possesses the ability of improving blood circulation and also helps in augmenting oxygen flow towards our brain and other body parts. According to medical experts, ginkgo biloba is extremely beneficial for women experiencing forgetfulness during their perimenopausal or menopausal age. However, one should never consume this herb without consulting a physician; consuming incorrect doses of ginkgo biloba might cause side effects like dizziness, nausea, allergic reactions, headaches and diarrhea. People under the doses of anticoagulants should not consume ginkgo. Ginseng: The herb ginseng is an excellent remedy for memory loss. It is often prescribed to women after they attain menopause. Ginseng not only cures forgetfulness of these women, but also increases their energy levels up to a great extent. According to expert herbalists, ginseng when consumed in combination with ginkgo can treat both short and long-term [...]
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With so much time dedicated towards buffing up external appearances, often the analogous efforts are lagging for chiselling mental muscle for which the expression ‘using it or losing it’ holds particularly true. Alongside functions that could be performed everyday, the brain could even be trained by checking out ‘HAPPYneuron’ on line brain-teasers & adapted brain-fitness programme. The mind consists of 5 key cognitive tasks, namely: Attentiveness/concentration. Verbal communication. Recollection. Optical-spatial proficiency. Decision-making task. Each one of these five regions must be regularly challenged, stimulated & effectually exercise for maintaining mental sharpness as one ages. Here is a guide to some activities & brain exercises which could ably work on the key cognitive tasks of the brain – sparking up neural paths & links within. Concentration Concentration or attention is needed in almost all everyday activities. Superior concentration helps a person [...]
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Majority of the people suffering from headaches have individual ploys for respite – glugging down water, taking aspirin, exercising or possibly napping. However for over twenty-nine million people suffering from migraines, the anguish could be tricky in escaping. Novel study indicates that intravenous intake of aspirin – a migraine therapy that has been largely employed in EU – might be an effectual migraine therapy in the United States. Scientists accessed info of over 160 patients with hospitalization in U.K. for treating continual headache experienced on a daily basis and were offered standard of 5 dosages of aspirin intravenously. As per research finding appearing in the latest edition of the journal ‘American Academy of Neurology’ 2/3rds of the patients cited a lowering in pains post-therapy. Aspirin intake in pill form is effectual in the treatment of severe migraine types. However according to Doctor Peter Goadsby co-authoring the research, administering an additionally [...]
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Stomach migraine is a condition generally presenting itself during childhood however has been widely identified during adolescence and adulthood.
Generally kids afflicted with this condition are those with a kin history of migraine and prevalent prior to pubescence with girls having a greater likelihood of suffering from it as compared to boys.
Stomach Migraine Causes
Stomach migraine arises due to 2 innately occurring chemical forms in the body namely serotonin and histamine whose changes could trigger migraine headaches and stomach pains. The stomach pains might arise because of some psychologically triggering factor. Food forms like chocolates, foods that have undergone processing that have particular chemical presence and intake of excess air might be causal to stomach migraines.
Stomach Migraine Symptoms
Symptoms of abdominal migraine differ from those experienced in case of the typically occurring migraine which majority of the adult populace ail from. These include:
Pains [...]
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Latest study result has shown that aspirin use could now put a halt to the miseries of migraines for scores of sufferers. Researchers have discovered that 3 pills of the pain-allaying medicine could help over half of those ailing from migraines tide through an incapacitating attack.
During an examination of thirteen studies that involved 4,222 entrants, nine hundred to one thousand milligrams of the painkiller medicine assisted in totally curing 1 in 4 migraine sufferers in about 2 hours.
Nearly half of the study entrants experienced their symptoms that ranged in the moderate to acute bracket reduced to mild over an analogous time span thus indicating aspirin to be a potential migraine headache treatment.
Researchers combined aspirin along with packets of anti-emetic medication metoclopramide which was observed to be a superlative means of dealing with nausea and exhibited analogous efficacy as another OTC migraine medication Imigran Recovery also known as sumatriptan.
However, [...]