If you are one of the 20 million Americans who suffer daily from acid reflux, you have probably tried everything, from special diets to sleeping in a sitting position. While people with mild cases manage their acid reflux with antacids, for a large number of people this does not work. The new implant named The […]
Ambien is a popular sleeping pill used by millions of Americans. It has been around for quite some time “FDA approved it in 2006″ and until recently it was considered safe and effective. But, according to SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA), in the last eight years the number of people […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that one in every 3 adults in the United States has high blood pressure. Dr. Katrin Uhlig from Tufts Medical Center in Boston analyzed 52 studies that followed people monitoring their own blood pressure and those receiving usual care for hypertension. Studies where people used self-blood pressure […]
Anything that is concerned with muscles, ligaments and joints is considered orthopedic. Disorders are ailments, injuries or diseases that cause knee problems, whiplash, dislocated shoulder, torn cartilages, foot pain and fibromyalgia. These are only a few of the known orthopedic disorders. There are as many treatments for orthopedic disorders as there are problems and injuries […]
In Charles Dickens Oliver Twist a starving Oliver states “Please sir, I want some more”. Well with the fast food industry and super sizing sometimes firsts can be too much. In restaurants anymore the portions are so generous we are bringing home more doggie bags than ever.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans advise us to use maximum 2,300 mg of sodium on any day, divided between meals. Most of us take regularly much more than that, and if for any reason we need to cut on salt, we take the maximum recommended amount of 2,300 mg, splitting it between three or four meals, […]
The latest diet craze is the Lemon Detox Diet. Mariah Carey loves it and regularly uses it, Beyonc © lost weight on this diet and celebrities across the world tout its cleansing benefits. Sought after as a quick-weight loss solution, this diet can be purchased in kit form for $150 for a 14-day regime. Is […]
Food Allergy Awareness Week 15 million Americans suffer with food allergies. If you suffer from food allergies or someone in your family does you understand the lifestyle impact that such an allergy causes. There are restaurants that are off limits and shopping turns into a long and laborious process.
Math was definitely not my best subject in school. I loved the logic of algebra but had difficulty memorizing the proofs, and geometry seemed like science fiction with all those planes and lines intersecting in space. But now I wish I had paid more attention.
Listeria is one of several dangerous food-borne bacteria that are threatening us every day we shop for groceries. While it normally affects only about 1,600 Americans yearly, it can be deadly even if treated in time. The challenge for food producers is to eliminate listeria, and other deadly pathogens, from food before they come to […]
