Test Doesn’t Predict Preemies
A test doctors commonly rely on to predict when a woman will deliver a premature baby doesn’t seem to work after all. A study, published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine, finds...
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Making An Activity Plan
What are your goals? Deciding what you want to achieve – for example relaxation, feeling fitter, losing weight, or lowering your blood pressure or cholesterol level – will help you identify the activity that’s...
Choosing a physical activity
What is the best type of activity to help me lose weight? Aerobic activities are the best way to burn calories and lose weight. This includes anything that raises your heart rate and makes...
Option to open clogged arteries safely
A study found a less-invasive stenting procedure is as effective as carotid endarterectomy surgery. Stents are mesh tubes that are used to keep clogged arteries open. Newer stents are coated with materials that prevent...
Stroke Risk Causing Factors
A blood test could reveal which stroke patients are at risk for bleeding in the brain. The new research reveals a cell-regulating protein is higher in patients at a greater risk for this bleeding....
Research on A Risk Factor for Stroke
British researchers attempted to shed some light on an amino acid in the blood long suspected as a risk factor for stroke. The study results suggest people who carry a gene that produces a...
How Fit Are You?
It is a good idea to assess your level of fitness before you start any regular activity. You may be surprised at the amount of activity you already do, or you may feel that...
USANA Sense Skin Care
What is Sense Energizing Shower Gel? USANA Sense Energizing shower gel cleanses and conditions the skin without drying, while also providing gentle exfoliation to help eliminate dead skin cells. Jojoba seed and avocado oils...
USANA healthPak
USANA Vitamins HealthPak Provides the full daily dose of the top-rated USANA Essentials (Mega Antioxidant and Chelated Mineral), includes Active Calcium™, a core USANA Optimizer and USANA’s unique AO Booster™ for added antioxidant protection....
Goldenseal
Goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis), one of today’s most popular herbs, has many different medicinal uses. These uses are derived from its many constituents, including the alkaloids berberine and hydrastine. It is important to note, however,...
Long-term Relief for Back Pain
Researchers say heat may provide long-term relief for one of the nation’s biggest complaints, lower back pain. The application of heat to a sore back has been known to provide temporary relief, but now...
Chronic Pain And The Mind/Body Connection
Pain, depression, anxiety, and insomnia are intimately connected. Patients have found that making behavioral changes to support a healthier lifestyle can dramatically reduce their pain and improve their mood. Changes in diet that result...
Treatment of Chronic Pain
PAIN RELIEF WITH ANESTHESIA NERVE BLOCKS can relieve pain by stopping the impulses that travel along nerves in the body. The physician injects a local anesthetic along the course of the nerve or nerves...
Drug Treatment For Chronic Pain
Medication is the most common choice of treatment for chronic pain in the United States. Drugs treat the symptoms rather than the cause of pain, and therefore offer a short-term solution. Side effects, drug...
What is Chronic Pain and how to treat chronic pain?
More than 75 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Although pain acts as a warning sign of disease or injury, chronic pain is not protective and can be debilitating. In the United States alone,...
Easing Back Pain
Botox, a drug based on the bacteria that causes food poisoning, may be useful in easing low back pain, say researchers. Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., studied 31...
Root Canal Made Easier
There’s good news if you dread going to the dentist. A new fiber optic camera is changing the way root canals are performed. Doctors say the new instrument makes patients less anxious and, in...
What to Eat to Avoid Breast Cancer
More and more research suggests a healthy diet can lower our risk of breast cancer. However, what does “healthy” really mean? Vi Rieck’s backyard is filled with organically grown fruits and vegetables. She and...
Anti-Cancer Onions
“An onion a day keeps the doctor away.” Not exactly the way you remember that phrase? Well, ancient Egyptians believed it. They used the lowly vegetable to treat everything from arthritis to asthma. George...
Total Knee Replacement Surgery Improves Function, Reduces Long-Term Costs
Total knee replacement (TKA) dramatically improves a patient’s quality of life and significantly reduces his/her long-term treatment costs, according to a new study. Total knee replacement is performed on people who have severe functional...
Tips On Avoiding Tendinitis
Sometimes the aches and pains we have may go away when we begin to exercise. That isn’t necessarily good news. Aches that go away with exercise may signal tendinitis, a recurring problem for many...
Sports Nutrition
Sound sports nutrition gives any athlete the winning edge by allowing the body to efficiently make energy, fuel performance, build muscle, and repair injury. The best nutrition for each individual depends on that person’s...
Treatment options for Sleep Apnea
Nasal strips decrease nasal airway resistance by a small degree, which is why some athletes wear them. But if you wear them and are still snoring, that’s a sign you may have sleep apnea....
Eat to beat Prostate Cancer
IS THERE SUCH a thing as a prostate cancer diet? Not exactly, but there’s a long list of nutrients that have been linked to decreasing the risk and/or the progression of cancer, although more...
Obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (apnea means “without breath” in Greek) happens when the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses and closes during sleep, blocking off the airway. Obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] is...
Performance Anxiety in Golf: Beating the Yips
When Greg Norman blew a nine stroke lead in the final round of the 1996 Masters, he did what every athlete has done. He choked. But he did it on a world stage. While...
When An Obsession Takes Over
Imagine being so obsessed with something, you spend much of your life trying to avoid it. It’s called obsessive compulsive disorder and nearly one million Americans live with it. People who suffer from obsessive...
Overcoming Social Phobia
We are all a little shy sometimes and nervous if we have to speak in public, but most of us are able to overcome those insecurities. Millions of Americans never do. They suffer from...
Treatment for children with anxiety disorders
For children with anxiety disorders, playing or even talking to other children can be a struggle. Prescription drugs are often used to treat adolescents, but most drugs haven’t been tested in kids. Now one...
Nervousness, Anxiety Predict Suicide
A bad case of the nerves could spell more trouble for men than women, Swedish researchers find. Their study of more than 34,000 people shows men with high levels of nervousness and anxiety are...