Menopause
After 45-50 years of age, you can feel certain natural changes of health state: from well-known vasomotor disorders to essentially affecting the life quality and potential reasons of serious health problems (cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis). At the same time, women of mature age have got their life experience and they have reached their career top, […]
Atherosclerosis Overview
What Is Atherosclerosis? Atherosclerosis — hardening and narrowing of the arteries — silently and slowly blocks arteries, putting blood flow at risk. It’s the usual cause of heart attacks, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease — what together are called cardiovascular disease. How does atherosclerosisdevelop? Who gets it, and why? This deadly process is preventable and treatable. Arteries carry blood from the heart to the rest of the […]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Overview Experts suggest that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects an estimated 8 percent of school-aged children, and about two-thirds of children diagnosed with ADHD continue to show signs of the disorder into adulthood. ADHD interferes with your ability to regulate motor activity (hyperactivity), control key behaviors (impulsivity) and focus on tasks (inattention). When the […]
More Ways Your Dog Can Keep You Healthy
Being that this past weekend was Father’s Day, it got me thinking about my late father, whom I’m quite sure I will never stop missing. My father liked to say there were two kinds of people in the world: dog lovers and non-dog lovers. You can guess the ones he preferred to hang out with. […]
Why I Hope The FDA Approves “Female Viagra”
Why I Hope The FDA Approves “Female Viagra” The US Food and Drug Administration has now approved the first drug in the United States to treat a low libido in women. Nicknamed the “female Viagra,” flibanserin is said to treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or a persistent lack of sexual desire in premenopausal women. (Despite the nickname, […]
7 Ways To Fall Off The Exercise Wagon
We’re approaching the time of year where, despite our best efforts, schedules and obligations start to crowd out common sense. There are shorter days with less sunlight. Once 5 p.m. comes around, we take the sun’s retreat to heart and feel like curling up and calling it a night. There’s Thanksgiving planning and cooking, cleaning […]
Summer Time Brings Warmer Weather And Body Image Worries
With the arrival of summer, our thoughts turn to poolside get-togethers, beach outings and barbecues. For some, summer is a more relaxed time of year, one where we enjoy the company of family and friends in the outdoors. For others, this time of year brings pressures to slim down or tone up in preparation for […]
The Awesome Pregnancy Perk A Start-Up Company Offers
With so many American companies offering splashy office perks and work benefits to recruit and retain top talent, it’s surprising we’re still the only developed country in the world that hasn’t made paid parental leave a standard benefit. In fact, most startups that fall below the threshold of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) […]
About Diet Pills
Obesity epidemic has a huge impact both on the health of the individual person and the health of the whole society. Rapid growth in the number of diagnosed cases of adolescent obesity has been observed in the last ten years. Adolescent obesity develops due to the fact that children adopt eating habits of their parents, […]
Health Massages That Work On Dating Info
Is it better to tell people about the harms of certain health decisions or about the benefits of positive health related decisions? Studies that delve into this very question have differing results. However, a new paper just published by the Cornell Food & Brand Lab in Nutrition Reviews, finds that the type of health messaging that is most effective might vary depending […]
You Need To Add This Pain Reliever To Your Wardrobe
No one will ever know you’re enjoying a massage except for you. Wahl has come out with a Pulsing Massage Patch that you can wear on-the-go and under your clothes. Hands-free pain relief in a stick-on gel pad. Genius I don’t know who first uttered, “If we’re not in pain, we’re not alive,” but lately […]
It’s Men’s Health Week: Time To Tend To Your Man’s Health
Men’s Health Week Men’s Health Week, celebrated annually during the week ending on Father’s Day as recognized in the USA, honors the importance of the health and wellness of boys and men. Father’s Day was chosen as the anchor to make use of the extra attention paid to male family members near that holiday. Men’s […]