Women With Undiagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder
Until recently, ADD or ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) was thought to be a boy’s disease. The stereotype of someone with ADD was [...]

Cholesterol Levels in Women
What are HDL and LDL?
HDL and LDL are two different kinds of cholesterol that are measured as an index of a patient’s risk for cardiovascular disease. HDL stands for high-density [...]

10 Ways to Make Staying Healthy Easier
In our busy lives, the quest to stay healthy can all too easily fall to the bottom of the to-do list. To [...]

Sneaky ways to slim down
All you need is a minute to start shedding pounds! Here are dozens of successful strategies to cut calories and burn more fat that take 60 seconds or less. With about [...]

1. Shake your Body!
Every day find new ways to move your body. Use the stairs rather than an escalator or elevator. Walk your dog (or a neighbours’ dog if you don’t have one!) , chase your kids, play ball with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only [...]

Give your feet a break with a good foot massage. You can do it with a partner or try the massage on your own.

Wash the feet thoroughly and adopt a comfortable position that allows you to reach all parts of your foot.
Anoint the feet with a skin lotion for lubrication when carrying out the massage.
Massage [...]

10 Killer Tips To Overcome Sleeplessness Without Addictive Drugs
by Bill Urell
We have all suffered from bouts of sleeplessness at one time in our lives but for many people, sleeplessness has become the norm more than the exception. Sleeplessness causes unnecessary exhaustion and has some serious implications to our health that are hard to ignore.
If [...]

Waking up early to get breakfast is hard enough, especially one without bright packaging screaming with sugar.
“Think fruits or bagels,” said 15-year-old Shayla Foster, who said she avoids sugary cereals and Pop-Tarts.
Shayla used to avoid breakfast entirely, so simply eating breakfast was a goal she developed at BodyWorks, a federally funded program trying to help [...]