Recent studies show that the amount of body fat that a person has can directly influence his or her likelihood of taking up smoking as a habit. Not only can weight effect how likely a person is to start smoking, a person’s excess body fat can also link to how frequent a person smokes. Previous […]
Medications all come with an expiration date, both over the counter pills as well as those that you can only get with a doctor’s prescription. But what does that date actually mean? Will the medication not work, or even become dangerous, once the calendar passes that day and you’re standing in front of the medicine […]
Sleep is essential, and having a partner to sleep with makes it fun. What doesn’t is when your partner snores, keeping you up. Or waking you during the night, as their breathing changes and gets louder, until you’re the one tossing and turning. Snoring doesn’t have to be something you simply suffer through, or a […]
Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging, commonly referred to as a PET scan, might not just be only for situations when a doctor is checking for or monitoring cancer. New research out of South Korea has come up with a new methodology for using PET scans to check for rheumatoid arthritis. The new technique utilizes an imaging […]
It is more likely for middle aged adults to develop mental health problems down the road if they are constantly over stressed from work. There has been a scientific study done in the UK where they collected responses from over 6000 workers. Based on the results, about one third expressed that they could not […]
Many people do not get the recommended amount of vegetables per day, but if you are trying to improve that intake, there’s one vegetable you should start with – broccoli. Broccoli has a number of benefits, including calcium, Vitamin K, fiber, and it is low calorie. It has also been touted for its […]
One of the problems with dementia is your mind, your brain, begins to work differently. And it’s not as simple as memory loss. Sometimes a dementia patient can get confused, or think things that aren’t true. This can cause those with dementia to get themselves into physical danger through simply wandering or walking into areas […]
Last fall, one of the major credit monitoring agencies was hacked and the data and privacy of millions and millions of consumers was breached. While that remains a startling violation of information security, there are some responses to it that are helping consumers. One of them is that, thanks to a provision added to a […]
Everyone hears about how important regular medical check ups are. One of the things routine exams from your doctor can monitor is your vision, especially for the possibility of any problems that might damage or even eliminate your ability to see. Most people would agree that the possibility of vision loss would be a major […]
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or Autism, is a neurological and developmental disorder which begins early in childhood and lasts throughout a person’s life. There are numerous types of autism, caused by different combinations of genetic and environmental influences, distinguished by repetitive and characteristic patterns of behavior and challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, verbal, and […]
