Body odor is such a social embarrassment that you can’t rid yourself of it fast enough. Who wants to clear out a room when they take off their shoes or raise their arms? Not you. Keeping your special fragrance within the bounds of olfactory etiquette is a simple matter of making use of these quick [...]
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and its symptom, heartburn, are the result of a muscle that either relaxed before it was supposed to or is weak to begin with. It’s the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) muscle, and its function is to seal off the stomach and its bubbling, churning contents from the comparatively pristine esophagus. Unfortunately, [...]
If you suffer from lactose intolerance, you’d rather not be a citizen of the Land of Milk and Honey. The honey part is okay but hold the milk, please. It gives you gas, bloating, cramping, diarrhea, nausea, bad breath–things your fellow citizens in this idyllic land can be remarkably intolerant about. Normally, the body produces [...]
German researchers said Thursday that dogs can be trained to sniff out and tell whether a person has lung cancer through patient’s breath. Unfortunately, only trained dogs could actually tell if a person has a lung cancer or not. But studies show that trained dogs identified 71% of the patients who are suffering from cancer [...]
You’re lying there, staring at the clock’s luminous dial. You are trying to sleep, but just can’t. Chances are, you took a late afternoon nap, or maybe you’re stressed out or excited. This kind of insomnia is usually temporary and last about a week to a month. Here’s some ways to make you fall asleep [...]
Vitamin D is very important in keeping your bone healthy. It primarily helps in preventing osteoporosis, fractures and bone thinning. The problem is, it is difficult to include it in your every day diet. One of the sources of this vitamin is the sun. If you sit under the sun in the morning, your body [...]
A 9-year-old boy from Richmond, Virginia died on August 5 due to freshwater amoeba that reached his brain. He is the second child that died of amoeba in the US this year. The boy, Christian Strickland as identified by his family, died after about a week that Courtney Nash, 16, from Florida, died of the [...]
Women who regularly eat dried plums—especially postmenopausal women—have a lower risk developing fractures and osteoporosis compared to women of the same age who do not, according to the Florida State University researchers. The regular intake of dried plums is described as a simple yet proactive solution to further prevent the development of osteoporosis and possibility [...]
One of the most common causes of impaired vision and blindness in people over 50 is a disorder called macular degeneration. The macula lies near the center of the retina at the back of the eye. Because it is the area with the densest concentration of rods and cones (nerve cells that detect color and [...]
Diarrhea is an urge to purge that just won’t quit. It can be nature’s way of ridding the body of undesirable wastes. It can be a message from on low that you ate or drank something you shouldn’t be eating or drinking. Then again, diarrhea may be the most visible sign of irritable bowel syndrome [...]