Trying to get rid of cellulite has been a bane of existence of so many women of all ages. Unsightly skin on thighs or stomach which looks like orange peel makes so many women dread going to the beach or wearing short skirt. There are thousands of remedies, some medical and other mythical: massages, heat […]
One million Americans live with aphasia, and most of us have never heard of it. But, for people with aphasia and their family members, the effects can be devastating: inability to communicate, loss of a job, frustration and often depression. More people in the USA have aphasia than muscular dystrophy or Parkinson”s disease. For that […]
The Vitamin D Dilemma Our bodies are ready to soak up some sun and our system needs to be recharged after a long, cold winter. For generations, we have been told that we need sun to grow healthy bones and to prevent colds. Now we are told that the same sun rays will give us […]
There is nothing in woman”s life that can be compared with the feeling she experiences when she becomes aware that she is carrying a child. Some women claim that they knew the exact moment they conceived, but that is probably just their imagination. While there are many signs of pregnancy that are common and well […]
The US Department of Health declared May as the Mediterranean Diet month. Spring bounty and market stalls full of fresh produce strongly support this government initiative, with colors, smells and flavors that bring to mind hills of Tuscany or coast of Greece. Also of beautiful, thin people in the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, who […]
The worst thing you can do when you want to lose weight is to stop eating. Your body goes in to a defense mode, and slows down metabolism and energy production. As you keep starving yourself, your body needs more energy for basic functions, so it starts burning muscle tissue. As a result, you are […]
Women normally start looking for signs of ovulation when they are working on getting pregnant. The idea is to find the exact day when you are ovulating and then get as much sex in those few days as you can, to increase your chances of making baby. That would be fine idea if we were […]
Becoming suddenly deaf is scary, but according to the National Institute of Health it is not so rare. About 4,000 Americans report sudden hearing loss every year. Since the reason can be anything from infection to circulation problems, doctors are pretty much at a loss how to treat it unless their patient has an idea […]
The first question every woman asks when the doctor confirms that she is pregnant is ‘when is my baby due?’ Most doctors have a colorful wheel, or a calculator, which counts 266 days from the moment of conception, or 280 days from your last period. Other doctors will honestly tell you that this calculation is […]
We are paying the price for convenience. Getting our food ground, packaged, cooked, prepared, frozen and labeled, often means that we have no idea what we are eating. We have been eating pink slime for years, until the two USDA scientists could not stand the fraud and complained to their bosses. Gerald Zirnstein and Carl […]
