Prolonged Sitting - It doesn’t matter if you go running every morning, or you’re a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting — in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home — you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, [...]
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Red Wine Health Benefits – Alcohol has been called the Jekyll and Hyde of health, which summarizes the age-old dispute about the pros and cons of drinking. As scientists have accumulated information about how alcohol affects the human mind and body, a balanced picture is starting to emerge. A study may add some color to [...]
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The most basic of activities have a profound influence on our well-being. Yet it is these very basic activities that are often accorded second, third or last place in our daily lives. It is time to take a good hard look at our daily routines and re-learn the basics that are essential for health and [...]
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Causes of Acidosis can be caused of our daily diets which are too rich in acids-forming foods. An imbalance of acids and bicarbonate in the body may lead to acidosis: metabolic acidosis and respiratory acidosis. Overproduction of acid or the inability of the kidneys to remove sufficient acid from the body results in metabolic acidosis [...]
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Reasons To Stop Smoking #1: Reduce your risk of lung cancer Lung cancer accounts for 26 percent of cancer deaths among women reports the Lung Cancer Alliance. Just 50 years ago, lung cancer accounted for only three percent. Though smoking is not the only cause of lung cancer, it can greatly increase your risk of [...]
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All of us ‘play doctor’ to ourselves, some more so than others. You are self-medicating when you reach for that Panadol whenever you have a headache, skipping a visit to the doctor in the process. Self-medication is the use of non-prescription medicines by people on their own initiative, according to the International Pharmaceutical Federation. ‘It [...]
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What is Vertigo - Just the other day, I experienced a sudden bout of dizziness. This dizziness was unusual. I saw everything around me spinning round and round. I had to sit down on the ground. I visited a doctor and he told me I had vertigo. What is it? Vertigo is not a disease, [...]
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Exercises For Osteoporosis – The first thing that comes to mind when you talk about bone is calcium. But the journey to good bone health does not stop at getting the right nutrients. Getting the right exercise is also important for strengthening bones. Don’t think that our bones are rigid. In fact, they’re not only [...]
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Dehydration Symptoms In Adults - The human body is a bio-electrical water machine which requires at least a quart for every 50 lbs of body weight daily. The blood itself is made up of a large percentage watery serum. The lymph fluids which transport waste and nutrients (comprising four times the volume of blood in [...]
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Natural Remedies for Erectile Dysfunction - Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is when a man can’t get and keep an erection long enough to have sex on at least 50% of tries. Most men have ED every once in a while or for short periods of time. About 34% of men in Canada have ED regularly. ED [...]
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21. May 2010
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