Sleep is very important for the rebuilding and repair of the body and for the restoration of a healthy and balanced mental state. Life’s joys are less obvious in the absence of periods of deep and refreshing sleep.

So what exactly happens in sleep that allows a person to wake up feeling refreshed and how is sleep naturally induced?

by Arjan van Hemert

When you get sick, you go to the doctor. And the doctor will, of course, prescribe medicines. You will go and buy medicines. You take them, and hopefully, you get well.

This is how the health profession goes on nowadays - a cycle of diagnosis and prescription.

If anyone were to give you herbs for medicine, you would probably say that that person was a quack.

But nowadays, studies are being conducted to see if there are really is any merit to what is called natural medicine.

by Howard VanEs

Have you heard about the Gunas? No, they are not Disney characters! According to yoga there are three basic qualities or energies that make up everything. They are, rajas, tamas and sattva.

by Jim Pretin

You may have heard of "homeopathy" but you;re not sure what it is. Simply put, "homeopathy" is a system of medicine that treats a condition with highly diluted natural substances that mimic the symptoms of the condition being treated. This concept seems paradoxical to most.

by Rich Marsiglia

Diabetes occurred due certain metabolic disorder and mal functioning of the pancreas, which leads towards excessive urination, thirst, weakness and restlessness. The Diabetes can be divided into two categories Diabetes mellitus and Diabetes insipidus.

Diabetes mellitus (type one):

In diabetes mellitus body unable to make insulin. Insulin helps the body to convert the sugar from the body into energy source. The patient is insulin dependent. Type one diabetes is very prevalent among young children, young and adults.

by Stephanie Davies