Without becoming the school geek, there are things you can do to promote exercise and healthy eating at your school. Health Tip: Promote a Healthy School (HealthDay)
An acid reflux diet typically restricts the intake of certain foods that are known to increase stomach acid. Some people even claim that there are foods that “cure” the syndrome. You can currently find for sale acid reflux diet books, alongside other popular diets and cookbooks. One aut…
Doctors have long advised women that are overweight and plan to become pregnant to lose their weight because a number of studies has been conducted and shows that there is a link between obesity and pregnancy complications, such as pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure or hypertension), gest…
New research has proven that there is a connection between acid reflux and esophageal cancer and Barrett's esophagus . Mayo Clinic's gastroenterologists, G. Richard Locke III, M.D., and Yvonne Romero, M.D., say that only five percent of individulas who experience acid reflux will …
LASIK surgery is a very popular eye surgery among people who wear contact lenses or glasses. LASIK eye surgery has been proved to successfully correct common vision problems (myopia or nearsightedness, hyperopia or farsightedness, astigmatism and a combination thereof) in most of LASIK p…
Older adults who expend more energy through any daily activity, including non exercise activity, have a lower rate of death than adults who are less active. Higher Levels of Common Daily Activity Associated With Lower Risk of Death
Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States . In total, the treatment and toll of this progressive disease costs our country about $86 billion per year, a figure expected to rise as Baby Boomers age. Among the many approaches to disease management, exercise has been …
One more way to steer the overweight children toward an active lifestyle is through strength training. ACE Recommends Strength Training to Address Obesity
Cured meats , hmm... delicious! But don't eat cured meats in large portions. R ecent study shows that people who consume large amounts of cured meats have about 3% reduction in lung function compared to those who never eat cured meats . The study conducted by Graham Barr at Columbia U…
FDA is going to ban several counter skin lightening products that contain hydroquinon e because studies on rodents has shown that hydroquinone , a kind of bleaching agent that may cause cancer. While the actual risk of hydroquinone is still unknown, FDA said the products should be restr…