Do You Take Birth Control Pills?
Some good news just came in for women on the pill. In a new study, British researchers discovered that those who took birth control pills lived longer than those who didn’t. The study followed 46,000 women for nearly 40 years, most of whom were on the pill for about four years. Experts found that...
Do You Take Birth Control Pills?
Some good news just came in for women on the pill. In a new study, British researchers discovered that those who took birth control pills lived longer than those who didn’t. The study followed 46,000 women for nearly 40 years, most of whom were on the pill for about four years. Experts found that...
Gastro Esophageal Reflux
Gastro Esophageal Reflux Gastro esophageal reflux (GERD) is the disease wherein the mucosa is damaged by the changes that happens in between stomach and esophagus due to relaxation or improper function of the lower esophageal sphincter. image by Seegul This results in expulsion of gastric juices in...
Chronic Diarrhea
Chronic Diarrhea Chronic form of diarrhea is defined as evacuation of stool more than 2 or 3 times a day and long lasting for a period of more than two weeks. image by Evil Erin It goes mild in some people and is very serious in many people. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment is very essential in treating...
Yoga Off the Mat: Tyler’s Fight With Cancer
This story of courage comes from the OnSugar blog yoga off the mat . I’m afraid this is not going to be one of my funny, lighthearted blogs, although I hope it will have a happy ending. Recently I found out that one of my longtime students has been battling cancer for the last few years. We all...
Learn to Love: Broccoli Rabe
Depending on where you live, finding good Winter produce can be difficult - this is especially true on the East Coast. Around this time of year, farmers markets lose a bit of lushness and start resembling outdoor root cellars. However, hidden amongst the piles of potatoes, carrots, and turnips is one...
Green Tea Helps Your Peepers
The term superfood is no joke, especially when it comes to green tea. Besides a little caffeine boost, antioxidant-rich green tea also protects the skin , cuts cancer risk , and delays the aging process . A new study reveals that green tea may also protect the eyes. Talk about an overachiever. The study...
Snack Safe: BPA-Free Lunchables
With the big BPA scare in 2008 with Nalgene bottles, where we learned that the chemical bisphenol A could cause all sorts of health problems including cancer and urinary tract infections, many people made the switch to stainless steel, aluminum, and BPA-free water bottles. But have you thought about...
Home Remedies For Chronic Cough
Chronic Cough Home Remedies Smoking is the only cause that worsens or cause chronic cough . The only way to stop this cough is abruptly quitting the smoking with a program called as cessation which may contain social support, nutrition plan, alternative habit not affecting the health and suitable medications...
Chronic Cough - Causes And Cure
Chronic Cough Causes Cigarette smoking is the major cause of respiratory disease and the recent studies confirm and evaluated the association between the amounts of chronic smoking with chronic cough . image by Richard- All the studies published their result and they concluded that the definite association...
Chronic Cough Symptoms
Chronic Cough Symptoms Rapid and continuous expulsion of air way fluids and mucus are called cough and it is forced by our body’s natural system to clear away the useless and unnecessary materials from the air way or the lungs part. image by YTruly They can be experienced and described in many ways....
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]