Whether you are overweigh, have heart disease in your family, just plainly stressed or perfectly healthy, you are told time and time again: exercise, exercise, exercise. But, besides having to exercise to lose weight, what other benefits there are of physical activity?
October is National Dental Hygiene month, and although we are nearing the end of the month it’s never too late to raise awareness. The benefits of proper oral hygiene go far beyond a pretty smile and pleasant breath, but also have many more serious advantages. Oral health awareness should be every day though so keep […]
So many people spend their whole life working hard so that they can enjoy life when they retire. And when they retire, they are usually too tired, too sick or too poor to have any fun. Many drop dead soon after retirement because they do not know what to do with themselves without going to […]
Bisphenol or BPA is part of your everyday diet, like it or not. According to the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 93 percent of Americans had detectable amount of BPA in their urine. We mostly get it through food: it is used to line cans and bottles, baby cups and bottles and is […]
If you like tea, you probably drink it for pleasure, not for its health benefits. More than two billion people in the world drink tea. Many acquired a habit to add a bit of milk to their regular cup of tea. It is a matter of taste, but scientists now say that that drop of […]
Being pregnant should be a time of joy. But, for obese women, it is also a time of high anxiety. Not only their existing health issues, such as diabetes or high blood pressure make pregnancy more risky, there is a big possibility that the baby will be predisposed to obesity. But, the new research by […]
October is National healthy lung month, a month that for many people causes multiple problems pertaining to their lungs. Problems that stem from the pollens and mold that are so prevalent this time of the year. There are several pollens that occur in the fall such as ragweed, nettle, mugwort, fat hen and sorrel, which […]
More than 113,000 people every year decide that the only way they can lose weight is through weight loss (bariatric) surgery. For some, it is the last hope. For others, it is a quick fix. But, weight loss surgery has inherent dangers and is useful only in combination with necessary lifestyle changes. It is not […]
If you thought that stress is affecting your health, lack of sleep might be doing the same. According to the findings published in the journal Sleep, lack of sleep has very similar effects on our immune system as stress: it jolts our immune system into a full alert.
Having ‘baby blues’ after your new baby comes home is common. Being responsible for the tiny, helpless life is overwhelming. The amount of work such a tiny creature requires is astonishing. Most women feel at times that the world is on their shoulders and that they are just not good enough to cope with it […]
