Brain-Healthy Spices You Should Be Using
Science and research is a godsend, but it can get so darn confusing and frustrating sometimes. Take Alzheimer’s disease; it’s forever in the news. Brain games help, researchers say. Sleep and diet is important, scientists insist. Genes and exercise count, everyone agrees. It’s hard to keep up with everything; it all changes daily and sometimes, […]
Five Breaking Health Stories You May Have Missed
lots of people are addicted to watching him break down, one piece at a time. Some experts think it’s because with all going on around the world—the crisis in the Middle East, the economy and, now, the heartbreaking destruction from the earthquake in Japan—people welcome a distraction that doesn’t affect them personally. Reported on HealthDay, […]
How a Proficient Physical Therapist Helps you Recover?
How a Proficient Physical TherapistHelps you Recover? If you have been worried about a broken arm or the leg injured in an accident, then you should understand that it might need a lot more care and attention than just taking tablets. Injuries on skin can be cured and if the injury is deeper, and has […]
Hidden Home Dangers They Never Tell You
Hidden Home Dangers They Never Tell You In today’s modern world we feel we are safe because we know it all. At the least we feel we can find out about it all because every piece of modern knowledge is at our fingertips in our phones. But sometimes there are dangers, hidden dangers, right in […]
The Beauty Benefits of Papaya
“What is that mixture you are putting on my face?” I asked my aesthetician D as she slathered on a smooth mask during my facial. “It’s a papaya and yogurt mask,” said D. “The healing enzymes in papaya help exfoliate the dead skin and the yogurt is soothing”a good antiaging remedy.” According to D, papaya […]
Get Active in Midlife: It’s Never Too Late to Start Exercising
A friend of mine, who loved to travel but couldn’t when her children were younger, once told me she made herself feel better by saying, “It’s not my decade.” Once her children grew, she went on a tear around the world. Maybe you’ve been busy raising children or concentrating on your career or the myriad […]
Confronting Surgery and Staying Positive
The day finally arrived when all the imaging tests were completed and I was to get the final results. The news was not good: the cancer was in an advanced stage and invasive. The doctor told me that my bladder would have to be removed, and I would need a radical hysterectomy. Thanks to my […]
Keeping Your Bones Healthy and Strong
Bones play many roles in the body — providing structure, protecting organs, anchoring muscles and storing calcium. While it’s important to build strong and healthy bones during childhood and adolescence, you can take steps during adulthood to protect bone health, too. Why is bone health important? Your bones are continuously changing — new bone is […]
Best of Midlife Matters
In an age where we constantly talk about the ever-changing environment for millennials and technology, we often forget about those who have come before us and how they do life! I’ve had this burning desire to sit down with those who have come before me and just get their take on life at 40 to 65. […]
5 New Uses for Your Eye Moisturizer
In less-than-ideal economic conditions, “luxury” items often succumb to necessities. Commonly, beauty products are thought not to be necessary but this is debatable—especially if your skin has any say in the matter. Yes, you may have to hold off on snatching up the hot new eye shadow color of the season and try mixing your […]
Back-to-School Breakfasts: Keep It Simple and Healthy
On harried, hurried school mornings, it may seem sugary cereal with milk is the easiest breakfast option. The truth: It doesn’t take long to serve a healthy breakfast”and the benefits are well worth the effort. Studies show that kids who eat a healthy breakfast tend to have better school attendance, less tardiness and fewer hunger-induced […]
More on Emotions and Health: How Much Are We Responsible?
One recent post on illness and personality struck lots of readers and elicited many interesting comments. This comment resonated most strongly with me. “This makes good sense to me except that it’s not always a one to one (sort of an obvious comment). I’m thinking of my dear friend struggling with lymphoma right now who […]