The role of a healthy diet is to provide your body with plenty of vitamins and minerals. If you want to fight disease and stay in good shape, you should stick to a healthy, balanced diet. While eating fresh fruits and vegetables is a good idea to help you meet your nutritional needs, nutritional supplements […]
As teenagers, most of us don’t even care if we’re eating right or beginning to understand the effects of bad eating habits. However, as we age, we begin to notice the effects of improper exercise, bad eating habits, and how they affect our health. Today, as baby boomers retire, health concerns and questions are on […]
Being a woman is more than just having female organs, it’s learning to understand your body at different stages of life and anticipating the little ailments before they become real problems. Your body’s needs as a 17-year-old girl cannot be the same as they were at 57. Regardless of your age, however, your health and […]
They compete in championships. You break records. You win gold in the Olympics. While professional athletes do behind closed doors what most of us can only dream of, many struggle with their mental health. The relationship between athletes and mental health Top athletes are considered sacrosanct when it comes to their physical health, but while […]
A team from Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center prepares to intubate a falling COVID patient. Michael Blumhardt / Asante Hide caption Toggle caption Michael Blumhardt / Asante A team from Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center prepares to intubate a falling COVID patient. Michael Blumhardt / Asante If you live in one of the rural communities […]
The most important thing to take away from this lesson is that you learn the foods that increase estrogen levels. Don’t take the title of this article too literally. Obviously, it’s not like you eat some obscure food and wake up the next morning with gynecomastia. Foods that cause man boobs do this by increasing […]
It’s hard to wake up one morning and be a completely different person. But that’s exactly what we ask ourselves when we make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight at the turn of the year and assume that we’ll start on Monday all To the right. Depending on what your starting point is, that […]
There is a surprising amount of misinformation out there about how to get rid of pimples fast considering acne is one of the most common diseases in the world. Although there are treatment beliefs that are passed down through the generations, many of these are not validated by scientific or medical studies. It is possible […]
Welcome to part 4 of the series on Ayurveda and the botanicals used in this 5,000 year old medical science. In this issue we focus on ginger, the herb that Ayurveda calls “The Universal Medicine” and which has perhaps the oldest botanical tradition in the West. Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) has a long history in both […]
Have you ever wondered what microwaves can do to water, food and your body? Russian researchers have found reduced nutritional value, carcinogenic compounds and brain-damaging radiolytics in virtually all microwaved foods. Eating microwaved meals can also cause memory loss, concentration, emotional instability and a decline in intelligence, according to the study. The Russian scientists also […]