What is a deviated septum? Are you have difficulty breathing, nasal congestion, noisy breathing at night and no matter what you do it won’t go away? Your septum is the part between your nostrils that is made up of cartilage and bone. When your septum becomes deviated it is when that part of your nose […]
Eating disorder is something that can be influenced by something as simple as how people feel about their bodies. A positive body image is a great way to keep a better control of our bodies while on the other side, a negative body image can be quite harmful as a person that usually has a […]
Hey Champion, In order to lose weight, we need to take in fewer calories than we burn. Eating protein can help with that, by boosting your metabolic rate (calories out) and reducing your appetite (calories in).
Some research suggests that experiencing brain injuries such as concussions can lead to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s. A study was conducted which looked at over 2100 cases in which a head injury resulted in a loss of consciousness for over 5 minutes. These cases seem to be presenting dementia and its symptoms up to […]
Pillows are a favorite habitat of bugs, fungi and mold. The average pillow is expected to contain over one million fungi spores. This is especially dangerous if you have an immune deficiency disease, or if you suffer from asthma or allergies. But even if not, sleeping on bugs, fungi and mold can still have adverse […]
There are two aspects in our health: biology and environment. Choices in diet and other lifestyle aspects can alter things such as gut flora. Although people have been aware of diet’s aspect on health for many, many years, there is groundbreaking details on exactly how this is achieved. The colon has been difficult to understand […]
A recent study was conducted that looked at typical development of children and children that exhibited symptoms of ASD (Autism spectrum disorder) to see if there was a link between ultrasounds performed during pregnancy and increased rate or risk of the child then developing autism. At Boston Medical Center, 420 patients ultrasound records were examined […]
With tens of thousands of U.S. servicemembers having returned to the States after serving in the long-running conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, much focus has been placed by the medical community on the long-term effects of the experiences and exposure encountered by veterans. One of the most common syndromes affecting a wide swatch of veterans […]
Our lives fall apart without sleep. We all need it to function. But solid and effective sleep isn’t something everyone can explain. What’s good sleep, and what will prevent us from getting it? First and foremost, we need to keep breathing when we’re sleeping. Oxygen is the one thing we need more than regular and […]
We all love that crisp feeling when we’ve just come out of the shower. It’s no different when it comes to our eyes. Contact lens wearers will know this feeling quite well. But some of us let ourselves get inured to the well worn contacts we’ve been using, even as they might leave us feeling […]
