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Breaking the Cholesterol Myth

Have you seen the latest drug commercial? You know, the one where the guy is walking down a spiral stair case with numbers printed on each step gradually going lower. He’s talking about how your doctors have told you that now you need to get your cholesterol even lower than you did before.

7 Tips To Reduce Menstrual Cramps

Did you know that menstrual cramps are the single greatest cause of lost school and working hours among women? Also known as dysmenorrhea, menstrual cramps are the cause of an estimated 140 million hours of lost school and work. However, you do not have to live in pain.

Sunglasses, More Than Style, Health Matters Too

Believe it or not, the first "sunglasses" were made in China sometime in the 1400's. The purpose of these sunglasses was far from protecting the eye from the sun. It seems that Chinese judges wore these glasses into court in order to hide their eye expressions while listening to cases...

Colon Detoxification - How Detoxification Can Help You Improve Your Life

The colon is one efficient waste elimination system. In the early times, when the majority of foods that people eat are composed of fruits and vegetables, the colon does not really need outside help to function properly in getting rid of toxins and wastes out of the body...

4 Days to Better Health - Let me Show You How

It's possible to learn HOW to better your health in only 4 days and this article will show you how. Each day is a bite-sized nugget of healthy living information you can actually use...

Is A Heart Rate Monitor Right For You?

Exercise equipment, like Bowflex, Body by Jake etc., has advanced dramatically over the last 10 years. With the new technology, you can run on your treadmill at home and then slide it under your bed as a space saver. As a matter of fact, you can go to the, choose a program that will do just about everything for you, except exercise for you...

Acid Reflux and Your Diet

There is an undeniable connection between the occurrence of acid reflux and diet. Everything in your body has a delicate balance. The human body is a miracle of systems that maintains just the right conditions to keep everything running smoothly...

34 Menopause Symptoms - Are You Suffering From One Or More Of These?

34 menopause symptoms? Really? It is a logical question to ask. After all, millions of women are experiencing one or more of the 34 menopause symptoms right now! What is going on? We all remember a grandmother or older aunt, how they made the transition into menopause...

What Is Asthma?

Asthma is a condition that affects the air passages of the lungs. It is a two-step problem: When a person has asthma, the air passages are inflamed, which means that the airways are red and swollen...

What Is Diabetes?

Your doctor may have recently advised you have diabetes. Or you are overweight and you have discovered you may be at risk of diabetes. Others may have a friend or family member who has been diagnosed with the disease. Just what does diabetes mean and how does it affect your lifestyle?

Seven Tips for Coping with Hot Flashes

What do you do when you suffer hot flashes? Ask most women and they will agree that the most common and irritable symptom of menopause are hot flashes. Some women refer to it as a “flash” because women report a flushed feeling about the face and neck. Those feeling usually came together with sweats.

Living Well With Osteoarthritis

When you have arthritis - and nearly 70 million Americans do have some arthritis-related condition - daily life can be filled with many challenges, both physical and mental. Ordinary activities you once took for granted, from driving to climbing stairs to doing laundry, can be difficult and painful when you have arthritis...

Skin Injuries

Although skin is the largest organ of the human body (an adult's skin weighs five to eight pounds), it is also one of the most delicate. It's no wonder then that there are so many ways to injure it...

Osteoarthritis Facts

Osteoarthritis is a chronic condition in which tissue known as cartilage breaks down. When this tissue deteriorates, it leaves the bones to rub against each other, causing pain and stiffness. If you have osteoarthritis, you've probably heard something like this definition from your doctor. The disease may also be referred to as osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis.

Arthritis 101 - How Carotenoids And Multivitamins Can Help

Arthritis symptoms can be different for every patient. In fact, not everyone who suffers from it will have the same degrees or severity of pain and discomfort...

3 Facts Everyone Should Know About Stem Cells

Cord Blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth. Cord Blood is routinely discarded with the placenta and umbilical cord. The blood in the cord is a rich source of stem cells.

Back pain, joint pain, knee pain, arthritis and a host of other pain ailments you never have to suffer again

Before we can answer this question, we need to understand how the body interprets and handles pain. The pain impulse begins at the point of an injury for example a cut, burn, pinched nerve, bruised muscle etc...

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