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Health Articles
Allergies, Asthma and Sinusitis
Natural Remedies and Treatments for Allergies: Natural allergy remedies come in all forms and are made from many different types of ingredients including herbs, plants, ground up honey bees, and other vitamins and nutrients.
Milk Allergies: Lactose intolerance is explained and how supplements may help.
Nasal Washing Works During The Cold and Flu Season: It has been clearly shown that daily nasal washing will reduce the number of infections a person experiences.
An Age-Old Solution to a Modern Day Problem - Modernized Neti Pot?: Learn how using a modern version of a neti-pot to rinse your sinuses can improve congestion and ease breathing.
Alternative Options for Treating Allergic Rhinitis: ...there are also some effective alternative therapies for allergic rhinitis.
Cutting the High Cost of Allergies: Find out how nasal rinsing can make both your sinuses and your wallet feel better!
How Acid Reflux Can Worsen Your Asthma: Some research indicates that the symptoms of asthma may get worse when you have heartburn or acid reflux.
Overuse of Antibiotics: Consider when to use a wait and see approach with antibiotics, especially for sinus woes.
Wildfires and Record Pollen Levels Create Agony for Sinusitis Sufferers: Cities across the nation are coated with a choking haze of pollen. Wildfires in the South and the West have blanketed those regions with thick, smothering smoke. On a good air quality day, an estimated 38 million plus Americans suffer from sinusitis, or inflammation of the sinuses that can cause excruciating pain, pressure and a seemingly endless stream of thick post-nasal drip.
Check out the most recent Allergy, Asthma and Sinusitis articles.
Alternative Therapies
Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy is the science (and art), of using oils extracted from aromatic plants to enhance health, well-being and beauty.
Cranberry For Urinary Tract Infection: an Alternative to Prescription Drugs: Cranberry juice is a common home remedy for urinary tract infections, but it is only recently that the way in which it works is beginning to be understood.
Home Remedies from the Old Country: When I was growing up my mom had millions of home remedies for everything from a cure for an ear ache to a salve for open wounds. Some of them really worked and some of them I think were just smelly placebos to make you think it was working. Here are some of the remedies my mom used to use to get us better fast when we had a cold.
Check out the most recent Alternative Therapies articles.
Beauty
10 Ways To Feel Absolutely Brilliant: We all feel a little down in the mouth from time to time, but there are things we can do to make ourselves feel full of vim and vigour again, you know. [by Gail Miller]
Homemade Beauty Recipes and Natural Remedies: A collection of homemade remedies.
Check out the most recent Beauty articles.
Child Health & Nutrition
Hearing The Nose: How important clear nasal passages are to your child's hearing. [by Stacey M Kerr MD]
Keeping Kids Healthy: You can help keep kids healthy by teaching them to not only wash their hands, but also their nose! [by Hana R Solomon, MD]
Infant and Childhood Trends in Growth: Would you like to feel more in charge when it comes to knowing how your child should be growing at certain ages? [by Mary Howard, RN]
The Eccentric Eating Habits of Toddlers: Do you worry about your toddler because he or she doesn't seem to eat enough or eats a limited variety? [by Mary Howard, RN]
5 Tips for Parents with Overweight Children: It's a common misconception that growing kids can eat anything and will stay healthy because they naturally enjoy running around and being active.
Check out the most recent Child Health and Nutrition articles.
Cholesterol
Cholesterol Health: High Cholesterol and Your Health, a straightforward explaination. [By Amanda Baker]
Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol: Simple ways you can naturally lower your Cholesterol levels. [By Michael Rupkalvis]
Check out the most recent Cholesterol articles.
Dental and Oral Care
Dental Plans 101: Discount dental plans are designed for individuals, families and groups looking to save money on their dental care needs.
Bad Breath and How to Prevent it: Some tips that may be helpful in fighting bad breath.
Check out the most recent Dental and Oral Care articles.
Eldercare
Support for the Caregiver by Experienced Family Care Providers: It's 2:00 A.M. and you've just been summoned to help your loved one to the bathroom...again. You can't fall asleep and you are about to break under the pressure of responsibility. [by Barbara Mascio]
Check out the most recent Eldercare articles.
Eye Care
Dry Eyes and Contact Lens Wear: Dry eye is a very common disorder of the tear film that is due to a
deficiency of tear volume or excessive tear evaporation. This condition
causes damage to the surface of the eye leading to discomfort and
irritation.
How to Read your Contact Lens Prescription: What all the numbers mean.
Contact Lens Frequently Asked Questions: A list of commonly asked questions about contact lenses.
Thinking about LASIK eye surgery? There's a lot to think about: Humans are essentially visual creatures. The thought of someone interfering with our eyes is difficult to bear for any of us. [by Mike Thompson]
Check out the most recent Eye Care articles.
Fitness
The
Benefits of Home Exercise: We all would like to
lose weight and get in shape with a minimal effort.
Exercise and Romance: Studies show that proper exercise can improve your sex life!
The Secrets to Starting an Exercise Routine: Exercise is something we all know we should do. The trouble is getting ourselves to do it on a regular basis. When approaching exercise, we often think of the work involved and the discomfort we may experience. [by Shawn C. LeBrun, Weight and Fitness Coach]
Are You Working Out Too Much, Too Often?: There is a question that I would like to ask you to ask yourself:
Are you wasting too much of your valuable time by going to the gym to lift weights? [by David Junno Psy.D.]
Living Better Longer: The Mind, Body, Spirit Connection: Can you control your destiny? Well, maybe or maybe not but there are a few things you can do to help it along [by Mary Howard, RN]
Exercise and Breast Cancer: We all know that breast cancer is highly hereditary and that other risk factors include taking hormone replacement therapy, drinking alcohol and undergoing radiation or frequent x-ray therapy, but did you know that exercise can protect against breast cancer? [by Maia Appleby]
Water Exercise: The Coolest Workout You'll Ever Do!: o it's too hot to walk or run outside, you say? Don't feel like riding a bike or playing tennis in the brutal heat? [by Maia Appleby]
Check out the most recent Fitness articles.
Abdominals
How to Develop a Tapered Waistline: Your abdominal area is your visual center. In studies of eye
movement, it is a fact that our eyes are drawn back to the middle
of any object we are looking at. On the human body, this means
that the main focus and visual emphasis is on the abdomen. [by Dr. Robert Osgoodby]
4 Secrets to A Flat Stomach: In order to be successful at thinning your waistline you must have a basic under standing of how the ab muscles function and how your body burns fat. [by Jesse Cannone]
Beer Bellies A Myth?: Are beer bellies caused by an excessive intake of beer? Not according to some scientists, who claim that beer bellies are a myth and not caused by foamy goodness at all. [by Andrea Nichol]
How to Lose Belly Fat with Dairy Products Faster Are you still struggling with abs exercise to lose belly fat without seeing results? Stop for a moment and check your weight loss diet. Are you consuming enough dairy products? [by Anna Overweight NO MORE!]
Get That Flat Stomach Look? Get Rid Of Big Tummy, Pot Belly And Beer Belly Fast: By exercising your Transversus Abdominus Muscle. This is the muscle in your abdomen that holds your stomach in giving you the flat belly look. [by Chris Chew]
Check out the most recent Abdominals articles.
Ellipticals
How Effective are Elliptical Trainers?: An elliptical trainer is really a cross between a treadmill and a stair climber allowing you to efficiently get the best of both worlds in one machine. [by Tim Gorman]
Get in Shape with an Elliptical Trainer: How they work
Benefits Of Elliptical Machines: Why are elliptical machines popular? What do users get from them? There are many benefits that can be enjoyed by using an elliptical machine.
Check out the most recent Elliptical articles.
Exercise Bikes
What to Look for in the Best Exercise Bikes: Exercise bikes are a very popular feature of many fitness gyms, and they are quickly becoming a staple of the home exercise machine industry too.
Check out the most recent Exercise Bike articles.
Treadmills
Exercise Treadmills Are The Most Popular Exercise Equipment: Learn the many advantages to owning your own home gym. [By Jerry Cahill]
Treadmills are #1 for Losing Weight and Getting in Shape!: I'm sure you have all seen the numerous fitness equipment infomercials. The promises are beyond absurdity.
Treadmills - Ideal For Home Exercise: Treadmills are ideal for exercising from home. They can be used on there own or if you are starting a home gym you can use them as an addition to other equipment such as the exercise bike, weight etc.
Treadmills - A Way To Achieve Better Health: So, you've finally decided you have to do "something" to get yourself in better shape. It's a fact that in the United States obesity and overweight have reached epidemic proportions.
6 Features Found in all the Best Treadmills: Are you just plain fed up? If you have spent any time researching online for a treadmill, every site you visit tells you that they have the best treadmills, buy from us...we are the best...blah, blah, blah!!
Cyber
Shopping for a Treadmill: Purchasing fitness
equipment online has grown substantially over the last several years.
Check out the most recent Treadmill articles.
Yoga
Yoga: The Antidote to Modern Stress: The pace of the modern world is breathtaking. Although there are many benefits
of living in this age, people are also noticing the buildup of stress.
Yoga: Reducing Disease, Building Health: As we enter a new millennium, more and more people are seeking lifestyle
changes that foster mental and spiritual well-being as well as physical health
and fitness.
Check out the most recent Yoga articles.
Foods and Nutrition
Acid Reflux and Heartburn Natural Remedies - Part 1: Several natural remedies that help you avoid antacids and their side effects. [by Rudy Silva]
Acid Reflux and Heartburn Natural Remedies - Part 2: More natural remedies that help you avoid antacids and their side effects. [by Rudy Silva]
Fruit Secrets: Fruits, a goldmine of vitamins, minerals and fibre are ideal to consume at least 4-5 servings in a day. [by Susan Hopkins]
The Nutty Truth About Nuts: It was discovered that those who ate nuts a few times per week had a significantly lower risk for developing heart disease. [by Laura S. Garrett, RD, LD]
Berries: Very Nutritious and Very Berry Good: Among 40 other fruits and vegetables, blueberries are the highest in these Antioxidant properties. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Cancer Preventing Super Foods: In 1992, a scientist named Caragay developed a hierarchy of potential cancer preventative foods. [by Dr. John Maher]
Fat: To Eat or Not To Eat: You need some fat in your diet but let's look at how much and what kind is best. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Herbs: To Take or Not to Take: Are they right for you? Are they safe? Are they effective? These are all questions to ask yourself. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Omega Fatty Acids: Getting down to the Grass Roots: Eating the right foods, raised in the right conditions, can make a big difference in the way you feel and the way your body functions. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Soybeans, Anti-Aging Wonder: Looking for a high-protein, low-fat alternative to meat that can actually reduce your cholesterol level, ease menopause and help prevent osteoporosis and even cancer? [by Dr. John Maher]
What is Glucosamine?: Glucosamine works to stimulate joint function and repair. It is most effective in treating osteoarthritis, the most prevalent type of arthritis. [by Sharon Crawford]
New Antioxidant Discovered: Antioxidants are reported to be a major player in health and wellness by scavenging the blood for free radical cells that have entered the bloodstream from pollutants. [by Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A., FACHE]
Check out the most recent Foods and Nutrition articles.
Hair Health
Falling Hair? Don't Buy That Expensive Medicine Yet!: A receding hairline is the most obvious sign of aging, being on the most prominent location. It is like falling leaves when autumn comes. [by Ismael D. Tabije]
Benefits of Laser Hair Removal: bLaser hair removal is considered to be one of the safest methods for permanent hair removal. In this method, a low-energy laser is applied over the unwanted hair growing areas. [By Adam Jackson]
Check out the most recent Allergy, Hair Health articles.
Heart
High Blood Pressure - Natural Solutions: Before analyzing some of the effective solutions for high blood pressure, we must first look at some of the possible causes of this problem. [By Robert Elias Najemy]
Check out the most recent Heart articles.
Holiday Health
Make Holiday Meals Healthier: Eat holiday meals with moderation in mind, don't let one meal set you back from your goals. If you overeat, you will need to get yourself back on track immediately Ð that means fighting the leftovers that call to you from the refrigerator. [By Renee Kennedy]
How to Eat Right During the Holidays: How are you going to handle the gorgeous, fattening foods that inevitably accompany every party, gathering or event? [by Renee Kennedy]
Five Healthy, Easy Party Appetizers: There are a few ingredients within these appetizers that contain fat. However, we've chosen the healthier fats like olive oil with mainly unsaturated fat. [by Renee Kennedy]
Five Low Fat Party Appetizers: Holiday foods are about different kinds of flavors that satisfy your taste buds. Here are some food picks - healthy, low fat, all easy to make: [by Renee Kennedy]
Check out the most recent Holiday Health articles.
Lifestyle
Cold and Flu Prevention and Treatment: If there is a lot of cold and flu sickness going around here are some ways you can help reduce your chances of catching them.
Five things you can do to prevent ANTHRAX, naturally: At Apple-A-Day Clinic we are receiving many calls from people concerned about Anthrax and other terrorist-initiated diseases. [by Dr. Jack Tips]
Relax and Rejuvenate: 10 Natural Ways to Reduce Stress and Strengthen Your Immune System: Learning how to effectively manage stress can mean the difference between being robust and full of life, or becoming susceptible to illness and disease. [by Monique N. Gilbert, B.Sc.]
Check out the most recent Lifestyle articles.
Mental Health
Fight Depression with Vitamin Supplements: Because of the inaccurate beliefs that depression causes, people either may not recognize that they have a treatable disorder or may be discouraged from seeking help or staying on any treatment due to feelings of shame and guilt.
Insomnia - The Symptoms, Affects, and Treatments: Do you lie awake at night spending more time staring at the ceiling than sleeping? You are not alone!
Check out the most recent Mental Health articles.
Skincare
The Aging Process: The aging process begins when we enter the world and the effects of aging are evident in our bodies through out our lives.
Age Spots: Age spots are actually signs that the cells are full of the type of accumulated wastes that slowly destroyes the body's cells. The greatest cause of age spots is from to much exposure to the sun.
Skincare Tips: Don't Forget Your Sunscreen, Indoors Or Out: You can never overdo the sunscreen reminder, say skincare specialists, especially when it comes to keeping both the aging UVA and the burning UVB rays off your face and lips. [by News Canada]
Check out the most recent Skincare articles.
Smoking
Smoking while Pregnant: Nurse Mary gives advice about trying to quit smoking while pregnant. [by Mary Howard]
Stop Smoking Now: Our objective is to learn about smoking. How it affects you. The power of addiction and health implications involved in this habit. Currently it is estimated that over one billion people smoke around the world. [by Paul Hegarty]
Quit Smoking Tips: A step to a better life: Nobody needs to be told the ill-effects of the smoking. Even then, smokers find it very hard to give up smoking permanently. Nicotine, an integral part of cigarette, is an addictive substance. As you try to give up smoking, your way of life changes. [by Jasdeep Singh]
Quit Smoking - Prepare To Succeed: Before you even begin the actual process to quit smoking, you will most likely need some adjustments in your attitude. [by David Olsen]
Check out the most recent Smoking articles.
Supplements
How To Choose A Good Quality Vitamin Supplement For You And Your Family Without Getting Ripped Off: The purpose of this article is to look at several important factors that you should consider when looking for a good quality vitamin and mineral supplement and to provide you with resources where you can learn more. [by Andy Long]
Herbal Supplements - New Technology For Better Products: Herbal supplements have many health benefits. Many of them are potent antioxidants. Some have antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial, and antitumor properties. Some improve general bodily functions such as digestion, mental clarity, circulation, hormonal balance, etc. [by Kwan H Lo]
Effect Of Mineral Supplements In The Human Body: Essential minerals are true to their name, that is, they are essential to the proper functioning of the human body and in maintaining good health. Major minerals and trace minerals support the body in carrying out important bodily functions. [by Miranda Thompsen]
Check out the most recent Supplements articles.
Tools
Calorie Chart: Alphabetical food chart of about 1,000 foods.
Fitness Calculators: Everything from blood pressure to optimum weight.
Weight to Height Charts: In order to determine if you are overweight, underweight or just right, you will first need to know your frame size. Frame sizes come in three different categories: small, medium, and large. [by Renee Kennedy]
Weight loss
Calories
Burn More Calories in Less Time: Increasing your workout's intensity will stimulate your body to burn more calories and induce a greater cardiovascular response. [by Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK]
Two Great Ways to Burn Fat Fast: Everyone knows that proper diet combined with exercise is the only real way to burn fat but there are a couple of things you can do to help speed the process up a bit. [by Jim Oneill]
How To Burn More Calories To Lose Weight?: Everyone knows that we need to burn more calories than we eat to lose weight. But what are calories? Why is it we can lose weight by burning calories? How are calories being burnt? [by Chris Chew]
Check out the most recent Calorie articles.
Miscellaneous Weight Loss
Losing Weight: Seeing Results with Weight Loss and Exercising: Are you seeing and achieving the results you want? I often hear people say they've been following a diet and exercising, yet their weight doesn't always appear to be reducing. [by Wendy Hearn]
Excercise and Weight Loss: If you are serious about your weight loss program, exercise is the key. But how do we get motivated to make such a big change in our life? [by Mary Howard, RN]
Weight Loss Options: If you are one of the many struggling to keep your stomach from overlapping your belt, this information might well be exactly what you're looking for.
A Get Healthy and Fit Plan: Recently people have asked me if I could recommend a dietary plan that works. I have been working on a diet plan and would like to share it with you. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Weight Loss Tips and Tricks: You hear so many tips and trick about weight loss that it may leave you wondering which tips are the best and which tricks are really tricks? [by Mary Howard, RN]
The Habits of Successful Weight Loss: The route to permanent weight loss is to make changes. I've found that when most people want to lose weight, they decide to go on a restrictive diet. This type of dieting calls for many changes at once and although most people are able to stick with this for a short while, they usually find they can't sustain it. [by Wendy Hearn]
What is obesity?: To most people, the term "obesity" means to be very overweight. Health professionals define "overweight" as an excess amount of body weight that includes muscle, bone, fat, and water. [by Mike Dunlop]
10 Ways to Curb Your Snacking Binges: When you're dieting, the thing that can really wreck a healthy eating plan is that awful feeling that comes over you to just grab a huge bag of potato chips and polish it off while watching your favorite sit-com. [by Renee Kennedy]
It's Summer - Why Am I Gaining Weight?: If you are like most of us, your philosophy goes something like this "Oh I don't need to worry about the pounds I've put on during those long, cold sessions with my winter refrigerator. [by Helen Haber]
A New Way of Thinking: Many people jump on the scale everyday and wonder, why am I so heavy? How can I get rid of this extra weight? I want you to consider a new method of thinking. Weight itself is not necessarily what you want to shed, you want to shed extra fat. [by Ken Dennis]
Why We Gain Weight and How to Lose It: Our emotions decide whether we gain or lose weight.
How you feel at any given moment will be the controlling force of your weight loss effort. [by Shawn C. LeBrun, Weight and Fitness Coach]
A Healthy Diet Plan: Losing weight, gaining weight or maintaining a healthy weight can be a difficult task. However, if you learn to eat healthy and exercise regularly, and you train your body to accept that - instead of a daily task, it can become a "way of life." [by Renee Kennedy]
Is Your Weight Loss Program What it Should be?: There are a few things you should consider to be sure the weight loss program you have chosen is as safe and effective as it can be. Also, there are effects that you may see, besides weight loss, while you are on a weight loss program. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Journal Your Way to Weight Loss: I believe that deep inside you, in your heart of hearts, you are the only one who instinctively knows the best way for you to achieve weight loss. [by Wendy Hearn]
Check out the most recent Miscellaneous Health articles.
Women's Health
Weight Training is Important for Women: The benefits of lifting weights - also called weight training, strength training or resistance training - include stronger muscles, a stronger heart, a much leaner physique, a longer life, and a body better able to support your everyday needs and activities. Women, however, still tend to shy away from this beneficial form of exercise. [by Christopher Guerriero]
Patience My Dear: Pregnancy and Beyond: Pregnancy is so much more than having a baby. It involves changes in mind, body and emotions. Hormones rage and emotions flare. Let's look at some things to help your and your spouse understand the natural process of pregnancy and beyond. [by Mary Howard, RN]
PMS: Pre-Misery Symptoms: Pre-Menstrual Syndrome, yes it is real and exists in varying degrees in a large percent of women. We will talk about the symptoms, causes and treatment of this strange burden that women get to carry. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Prenatal Nutrition: Basic Facts and Factors: Eating well is directly related to bearing a child in excellent health and can also prevent certain diseases. This is a great time for new beginnings. [by Mary Howard, RN]
Check out the most recent Women's Health articles.
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