Biophilia by Dr. Randy Wysong Have you ever wondered what causes that warm glow inside, the sense of peace and exhilaration when walking through the woods or sitting by the ocean and watching the sunset? How about the beauty of a fresh snowfall clinging to trees, the smell and feel of the first warm day in spring, or the vistas of unspoiled prairies or mountain ranges? Watching animals in the wild or even the behavior and antics of our pets can affect us similarly. Virtually everyone is touched by such experiences even ... How Working Out May Dry You Out by Dr. Patrick Flanagan I am Dr Patrick Flanagan, and this is the latest edition of my Dr Health Secrets newsletter. I have worked out regularly for my entire life and from many years of experience, I have put together a little bit of information on working out and keeping hydrated. Shake What Your Genetics Gave You Yes, even I get the Victoria Secret catalog and cringe at the bevy of beauties who are strewn across the pages in napkin-sized underoos. And though I usually opt for walking in nature or doing floor ... Contact Lens Options for Your Pediatric Patients by Steve Cogger Pediatric patients are some of the most special patients we see in any practice. When infants present for contact lenses, we all know it is a medical necessity. The practitioners at my practice believe that contact lenses should not be any more of a burden on the parents than they have to be. And let’s face it, inserting and removing lenses on an infant or a toddler is not an easy task for most. Regardless, every parent or caregiver is instructed on the insertion and removal of their child ... Foldable Reading Glasses by Steve Cogger For those on the go the need for a compact pair of reading glasses can be met by the foldable reading glasses available on the market. These small reading glasses fold down to make them ideal for those who need to easily carry them in a pocket or purse. Foldable reading glasses are designed for easy carrying. Most foldable reading glasses have four hinges located at the ear pieces and nose piece. These hinges allow the glasses to fold down to about a quarter of their original size. A hard ... Protect your reading glasses with the right case. by Steve Cogger Taking good care of your reading classes is important. Storing your reading glasses while not in use is one of the most important parts of reading glasses care. There are many varieties of cases available. Each type of reading glasses has a certain type of case that should be used with them. Protecting your reading glasses by putting them in a case when you are not using them is one major way to prolong their life. By using a reading glasses case you will prevent accidents that could ruin ... Stretch Marks: The Facts! by David Chandler Stretch marks are purplish streaks and scars that normally appear on the buttocks, hips, abdomen, breast, and arms. They are a common side effect of growing too fast. They form when the dermis (the middle elastic layer of your skin) is stretched breaking down the elasticity in your skin. As the elasticity breaks down, the skin tries to reinforce itself with collagen in the over stretched skin, thus causing stretch marks. Factors that contribute to the formation of stretch marks are: ... Dorm Room Exercises Combat College Weight Gain by Diana Keuilian As you have undoubtedly heard, college students around the country are gaining weight at a rapid rate. A recent study by Cornell University found that on average, college freshman gain about 0.5 pounds a week, which is almost 11 times more than the average weight gain among 17-and 18-year olds and almost 20 times more than the average weight gain among American adults. Exercise is a great way to ward off extra pounds, but what college student really has time to visit a gym multiple times each ... Do you think you are Anorexic as Others? by Michael Sanford There are many ways of which to obtain weight loss and some of these techniques are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating. Some people submit themselves to starving – this is what you call anorexia. These are the people who believe that they would be happier and most successful if they were thin. Anorexia is an eating disorder that usually begins in young people around the onset of puberty, mostly for teenage girls, but it can also appear to teenage boys and adult men and women. ... Understanding Diabetes by David Chandler To manage diabetes, it helps to understand how it affects your body. In healthy people, the body turns food into glucose (blood sugar) to use for energy. Insulin, produced by the pancreas, is the hormone responsible for shuttling glucose into the body's cells where it is either used right away or stored for later use. With diabetes, however, high levels of glucose build up in the blood because either the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin or the body can't use the insulin it produces. Y ... How to Lose Weight After Pregnancy by Balaji B Weight control is a prevalent concern for many women after pregnancy. Although common during pregnancy, weight gain is difficult for many women to handle emotionally. Many women are unclear about how to separate fact from fiction concerning this Author's Biography: ... Conquering Heartburn by Michael Sanford Have you ever felt that burning feeling or pressure in the middle of your chest after your meals or after putting your head down or sitting up? If you think that it is a normal feeling, well think twice because you might be experiencing heartburn. Heartburn is pain behind the breastbone which can also be felt at the same level in the mid-line of the back. Some people think that this only happens to pregnant women or elderly, but actually heartburn can happen to anyone at any age. Others also thi ... Combating Obesity by David Chandler So you ask, Author's Biography: ... Weight Loss the Easy Way! by David Chandler With weight loss comes a lot of dedication and change of lifestyle. We can start with exercise, which is vital to all weight loss programs. A healthy body is the result of proper nutrition combined with a regular pattern of physical exercise. You weight loss will depend on how you intend to make it happen. It does not have to be difficult and you do not have to take weight loss supplements or pills. Exercise Exercise improves the tone and quality of muscle tissue and stimulates th ... Beware of Acne Cyst! Take the Precautions Necessary: by Michael Sanford People are exposed in many elements outside and inside their homes. In a world today wherein pollution is abundant, many things arises specially the skin problems. The unhealthy habits usually cause problems in skin. Skin is the largest organ in the body and serve as the protective layer of the system that is why it is a responsibility of each and everyone to take good care of their skin since the skin is one of the first factor that affects your image. During the puberty stages, the common s ... Do Jet Lag Diets Work? by Donald Saunders Anti jet lag diets have been around for some time now, but do they work? Perhaps the best know anti jet lag diet is the Argonne Diet, developed at the Argonne National Laboratory in 1982. Over the years thousands of people have downloaded copies of this diet online and it is reputed to have been used by an impressive list of people including the late President Ronald Regan, the US Secret Service, the CIA and the US Army and Navy. In addition, it is purported to have been used by the Mormon ... Sleep Apnea – A Surprisingly Common Childhood Disorder by Donald Saunders Sleep apnea, and in particular obstructive sleep apnea, is often thought to effect only overweight men from the age of about fifty onwards. In fact, while sleep apnea is perhaps most often seen in this group, it also affects a large number of women and is increasingly being recognized as a very common disorder in children. Perhaps the first reference to sleep apnea in children was made by Charles Dickens in The Pickwick Papers, published in 1837, in which Dickens wrote about a fat boy with a ... Your Weight Loss Problem: How-To Cure It By Watching Movies Or Reading Books! by Beth Scott I don’t know anything about you but if you’re anything like me then you struggle with a weight loss problem. Your weight loss problem consists of you struggling to keep your weight down or struggling to make your weight go down. Most people who see me wouldn’t believe that I have a weight loss problem, but I do. I’ve battled bulimia and constant gains and losses in weight, of ten pounds each time. Thats what I call a big weight loss problem. A lot of women and men with the same or a s ... Do You Have Insomnia, or Just Temporary Sleep Problems? by Candace Rice Very few people can claim to never have difficulty sleeping. But for those who do, it may be a case of wondering do you have insomnia, or just temporary sleep problems? Insomnia is usually a chronic, long term condition, during which a person may have any or all of the following: difficulty getting to sleep, waking up and unable to go back to sleep, early waking patterns, restless leg syndrome. It is classified into two categories: secondary insomnia, which is unrelated to any physical or e ... Bet you didn’t know . . . all waters are not created equal. by K.C. Craichy Water fortifies our systems and our cells. Without it, we couldn't survive. And it has been linked to many health benefits, from removing toxins from the system to improving brain function. Those 8 to 12 glasses of water a day are certainly critical . . . but if the water we drink isn't Author's Biography: ... Atkins Bankruptcy: Your New Decisions To A Healthy Life! by Dr. Annette Colby, RD Atkins Nutritionals filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of August 2005 in light of a decline in the diet’s popularity and profits. Atkins low carbohydrate craze focused on eliminating grains, fruits and vegetables to shed weight, and embraced high-protein diets rich in meat and cheese. As the popularity of the diet grew, stores, restaurants and manufacturers bent over backwards to respond to a new weight-conscious market. Last year, at the height of the Atkins craze, approximately 9 percent ... Find your style of reading glasses to show off your sense of fashion. by Steve Cogger Reading glasses or readers have evolved from those old black granny glasses of the past. Today's reading glasses offer style and glamour making them as fashionable as they are functional. The many varieties of reading glasses available match the many personalities of their wearers. To be fashionable and feel great you need to identify what you need from a pair of reading glasses. Reading glasses come in many types, but the most popular ones are: rimless, plastic, metal, and foldable. Th ... Turn boring reading glasses into fun with color, shape and design! by Steve Cogger There is no use fighting the fact that at some point everyone needs reading glasses. There is no reason to tie yourself to a boring pair. Have fun with funky colors, crazy shapes and rhinestone embellishments. Show off your free spirit with the wide variety of reading glasses that stray from normal neutral colors and rounded shapes. Color is a place to start when jazzing up your reading glasses. Why choose dull black, brown or gray when colors like fuchsia and bright green are available? ... Sleep Apnea – A New Treatment Option For Children by Donald Saunders Sleep apnea is estimated to affect some two to three percent of children today (getting on for two million children in the United States alone) and is particularly seen in children between the ages of about three and six. In the vast majority of cases the main cause of sleep apnea, in this case obstructive sleep apnea, is enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids and the preferred method of treatment is surgery. However, research being carried out at the University of Louisville in Kentucky may well ... The Fundamentals of Pilates by Michael Sanford There are people who are fond of getting an exercise for maintaining their body figure as well as to condition their body so to look healthier and sexy. Some do the swimming or others stay in the gym to get their ideal body figure. We all dream and look forward to an exercise program that will always engage us and that will leaves us refreshed and alert with a feeling of physical and mental being. From famous people down to women who are conscious enough with their body, the Pilates can be a gre ... What You Need To Know About Lung Cancer. by Michael Sanford Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells don’t function right, divide very fast and produce too much tissue that forms a tumor. A leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women is probably lung cancer. This is the number one cause of cancer deaths surpassing breast cancer as the leading cause of deaths in women. Cancers that begin in the lungs are divided into two major types, the non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer depending on how the cells look under a microsc ... |
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