Proper diet and exercise is an important factor in your health, and one part of a proper diet besides eating right is knowing how many calories you are taking in compared to how many calories you are burning. If you consume more calories than you burn your body will store those extra calories as fat.
According to stroke.org, less than 20% of hospitals in the United States are stroke certified. The National Stroke Association is an organization that works to assist stroke victims and their families and caregivers with educational programs on care and prevention and stroke awareness. But it seems to this writer that it would be best if […]
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD affects about five percents of all children in the USA. It is not considered a disease, but a behavioral disorder. But, for the children suffering from this puzzling ailment, it means very difficult childhood. Learning disabilities, inability to focus, sleeping problems, hyperactivity and depression often combine to make life […]
When you are all bent with arthritis pain in your joints, the last thing on your mind is lacing your jogging shoes and hitting the trails. All you want to do is curl up in your sofa, rest and wait for the pain to be over. But, all scientific evidence points towards exercise as much […]
After the birth of a child and the severing of the umbilical cord, there is still blood that remains in the blood vessels contained within both the placenta and the remains. After leaving the mothers body, the child no longer needs this amount of blood. The blood left over is referred to umbilical cord blood […]
Physical activity is a basic necessity for good health along with a proper diet, but some persons may have difficulty exercising or even performing normal daily activities due to health or physical limitations.
One of the most used treatments to assist with a sprain or a strain is the “RICE” method. As always, consult a doctor before attempting to do anything yourself if you are not sure of the severity of your strain or sprain. For a sprain or strain that you know is not severe enough to […]
Many people have heard the phrase before and had an ideal of what it meant – an inability for a person to have milk – but do these people actually know exactly what lactose intolerance is? Lactose intolerance is just as the name suggests: It is the very definition of the words, an intolerance to […]
Arthritis is a condition of painful inflammation in the joints and can become debilitating, literally crippling to the individual suffering from its’ effects. To the unknowing, it is difficult to explain the level of pain and suffering one often must endure when affected with this ailment.
In a time that isn’t too far in the past, athletes did not bother with anywhere near the amount of protection that they do today. The players wore some, but what they did wear was mediocre at best, and eyewear specifically to protect the eyes was non-existent. Thus, in a surprise to no one, sports-related […]
