Are You Vitamin D Deficient?
Recently the importance of the often forgotten vitamin D have come into the spotlight. Study after study reveals that low levels of vitamin D enable disease progression in the body while adequate levels of this sunshine vitamin not only decrease your risk of disease but also helps to fight off diseases already in place. (There are five […]
How to Protect Your Vision Against Macular Degeneration as You Age
Are you taking all the steps you can to protect your vision as you get older? While macular degeneration may not be as well-known as cataracts and glaucoma, it is the leading cause of significant vision loss for people 50 and older. Because the early stages of this disease often don’t have noticeable symptoms, the […]
Time to Dispose of Unused Medicines
If your medicine cabinet is out of control and prescription drugs seem to be creeping onto countertops and into nooks and crannies around the house, it’s time to take action and safely dispose of your stash of unwanted and unused medicines. You may think unused and outdated medicines are just a nuisance, but they can […]
What Does the New Health Care Reform Bill Mean for Me
Change is scary, especially when the parameters around it are unknown and rather confusing. Health care reform is one of those unnerving changes. The bill will extend insurance coverage to 32 million additional Americans by 2019, but it will certainly affect us all. The question is: how? Highlights: The new bill will place more stringent guidelines […]
Try Tai Chi and See Big Health Benefits
The gentle, 2,000-year-old Chinese practice of tai chi is often described as “meditation in motion.” But the Harvard Women’s Health Watch newsletter suggests a more apt description is “medication in motion.” Tai chi, the most famous branch of Qigong, or exercises that harness the qi (life energy, pronounced “chee”), has been linked to health benefits for virtually […]
Want to Stay Healthy? Don’t (Just) Exercise
You don’t have to train like an Olympic athlete to have a positive influence on your health. How much – or whether – you exercise depends on what you’re hoping to gain. If you’re after buff arms, toting around a toddler or doing housework may help, but it’s not going to get you Jennifer Aniston […]
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 […]
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 […]