January is an international cervical cancer awareness month. It is as good time as any to remind ourselves that every year about 12,000 American women are diagnosed with cancer of the cervix and about 4000 women die from it. This is a staggering number, considering that cervical cancer is almost completely preventable and is successfully treatable if diagnosed early.
Coconut palms bring wonderful memories of our last tropical vacation. Long palm fronds swaying in the balmy breeze, cute local kids climbing tall trees to bring us big, green coconuts with a smile. And we loved the mildly sweet, slightly nutty flavor of the coconut juice. It was refreshing and energizing in the sweltering tropical heat.
If you are one of 57 million Americans who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, you are probably in a state of panic. You must have heard horror stories about serious complications of diabetes – heart attack, blindness, stroke, kidney failure and so many others. But, being diagnosed with pre-diabetes is actually good news. Pre-diabetes is not diabetes and you can stop it from developing.
These days the world moves at a very fast pace, and in order to be successful in anything in life, a person has to have the right attitude and the right tolerance to deal with whatever may come in their path. Whether it means struggling professionally, or struggling with weight loss goals, challenges are being thrown at people at every walk of life. NLP or Neuro-linguistic programming helps a person cope better with such situations by developing their personality and confidence.
When you are at rest, your heart is pumping blood at a rate that is known as the resting heart rate. This rate is almost always constant and its value can determine the health of your heart.
There are many times when you are trying to lose weight, but you are not aware of the amount of body fat present in your body. This is risky because when you embark on a weight loss plan, it is best that you know how much body fat you have, so that you can make sure you are losing fat and not muscle tissue when you start to lose weight.
