If they live long enough, almost every woman and most men will suffer from osteoporosis. Women who break their hips from osteoporosis must have a hip replacement immediately. Otherwise, they have a 20 percent chance of dying from complications within a year. A study from Australia shows t…
Nature cure depends for effectiveness on elimination of the toxic substances causing the condition, whereas the more dramatic results of the orthodox physician are more concerned with the suppression of the symptoms. For conditions which have appeared to become serious, self-diagnosis can…
If we had the answer to this one, we'd all be millionaires. But we don't. Because once you have them, stretch marks are forever, although with time, they usually do fade. Stretch marks on your skin, are caused by overextension of the collagen, which is the fiber under the skin. Th…
Why is it that many obese individuals lack the motivation to lose weight? Well there are several that most weight loss schemes miss. Some include the following; 1. Many obese individuals have an emotional investment in remaining obese. They use food as a way of numbing themselves to emoti…
A nicotine vaccine called NicVax appears to be a safe, well-tolerated and potentially effective aid in helping people quit smoking, researchers find. The 38-week study included 68 current smokers who received one of three different doses of the vaccine or a placebo. The study wasn't d…
Good news for those with gum disease. You just have to eat two grapefruits a day to fight the gum disease. BBC Health writes: Eating grapefruit could help fight gum disease, a study suggests. Researchers found people with gum disease who ate two grapefruits a day for a fortnight showed s…
Tee Shiao Eek wrote an article about fat and cancer: Linking Fat to Cancer. It said: The United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that about 3.2% of all new cancers in 2002 were linked to obesity. The US revealed even more alarming statistics in a recent report. An estimat…
From USA Today : Forget "40 is the new 30." Now even twentysomethings are joining the quest for eternal youth by using anti-aging products and wrinkle treatments. Some young adults say they want to reverse the effects the sun has already had on their skin. Others already are fee…
Yes, it is that time again when most of us decide to make some changes in life. These are normally related to our health. Stop smoking, start training, lose some body fat, start eating healthier and so forth. According to a study conducted by GNC, 55% promised to eat healthier, 50% resolv…
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is again warning consumers in Ontario and parts of Quebec to avoid eating mung bean sprouts distributed by Toronto Sun Wah Trading Inc., also known as Hollend Enterprises, because they may be contaminated with salmonella. "We are working to remove …