How frustrating is it when you realize that you have to get up and do something, you walk into the next room and completely forget what it is you were doing? For most people this has probably happened at least once or twice a day. So how can people remember things easier without having to [...]
Imagine you are home on a Sunday evening surfing the web and suddenly you come across your name. Curious as to what this might be, you click on the link and shockingly discover that you are staring at your personal health information. According to an article posted by CNN.com, your private health details may be [...]
It has been known for a long time that slow breathing and meditation can dramatically lower blood pressure, which is one of the major risk factors for heart attacks as well as strokes. However, many people tend to rely on a zillion pills or by cutting down on sodium intake and boosting exercise in [...]
In October of 2007, the Kaiser Family Foundation released the results of a poll which showed that more Americans were worried about not being able to afford their health insurance versus being in a terrorist attack, losing their job or losing their house. However, that wasn’t so unreasonable back then and is certainly not [...]
With so many of us working one or more jobs plus trying to balance work with social life, children and family, it is often difficult to find time to eat-let alone eat healthy. Think about how often you go out to eat. Now think about what kinds of food you typically order when [...]
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.-Charles Caleb Colton-
It is no secret that Americans don’t get nearly enough sleep. [...]
If you are like most Americans, chances are you work long hours and seldom find any time for yourself. However, there is growing concern with the rising obesity rate that is making more and more people pay attention to what they’re eating. For some people, they think that simply taking a diet pill [...]
America is getting fatter by the year. If you don’t believe me, check out it out. Why is it that obesity is so out of control in the United States? Some critics might blame the food industry for being at fault. However, the food industry are not necessarily what we should be [...]
Some people marry for love and some marry for money…but some marry for the health insurance. In a Kaiser poll, conducted from April 3-April 13, a nationally represented sample of just over 2,000 adults were surveyed and it was discovered that 7% admitted that they (or someone in their household) decided to get [...]
This just in: coffee can do so much more than provide you with that added energy boost in the morning! In fact, there are a few health benefits to those who are avid coffee drinkers. For example, researchers at the University of Scranton released a study in August of 2005 that stated that [...]
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