Undergoing surgery is never a particularly pleasant experience. But, it can be even more frustrating when your surgery literally knocks you off your feet for a few weeks or months. If you’ve got an ankle surgery coming up, you might be wondering how you expedite your recovery and minimize the amount of time you have to spend sitting around with our ankle propped up. While … [Read more...]
How to Purify Air from Molds
Molds can be a pesky thing to deal with. If you find some spores or patches of mold in your ceiling or any wooden part of the house, including baseboards and cabinets, odds are there is more to be found in other places too. Mold does spread very quickly, so it’s best to get rid of the problem at once and with full force in order to stop more from growing. Although fighting mold … [Read more...]
How Can Stem Cell Therapy Help Autoimmune Diseases?
Autoimmune diseases are the result of your immune system attacking other areas of your body. When your body begins to attack and damage its own tissues, your body’s ability to fight invaders (bacteria, viruses, germs) decreases making it vulnerable to infections. There are various treatments for some forms of autoimmune diseases, while some diseases still lack a viable … [Read more...]
10 Healthy Hobby Suggestions for Seniors
It’s no secret that the retirement years can be a very lonely and depressing period of a person’s life. You may feel unfulfilled or lacking purpose, your body may not work like it used to, and it might seem like there is nothing but time to kill. Due to isolation, many seniors may also get stuck in a rut and could require a little nudge to get moving. The key here is to … [Read more...]
How to Develop Healthy Dental Hygiene Habits
When it comes to developing healthy habits, the earlier that you start in life the easier it will be. Starting a healthy habit at a young age makes it much easier to maintain the habit throughout life. Healthy oral hygiene habits such as flossing and brushing regularly are best to start when a person is young. Children should establish a dental routine at a young age with the … [Read more...]
How to Reduce Stress and Improve Your Health
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the modern world is a pretty stressful place to live at the moment. Every day the news is full of doom and gloom. If it isn’t political division, it’s the rise of nationalism, once in a lifetime storms, civil wars, climate change or even impending monkey flu epidemics. Eek! That’s the big stuff, we haven’t even got to all the things we have … [Read more...]
Splinter Hemorrhages: Causes and Treatments Options
The causes for splinter hemorrhage can be many. It could be a simple bump on the table where your capillaries break and there’s slight bleeding, or it could be something more ominous, such as endocarditis. In the end, pinpointing the cause is important because it’ll influence the way you deal with the disease. So, in this article, we’ll be covering all the known causes of … [Read more...]
What Hides Behind Snoring?
There are some well-known facts about snoring. For example, people snore more while lying on their back. Everybody snores from time to time. Fatigue and clogged nose are usually the most common causes of snoring in people who don’t usually snore. Men snore twice more than women. Some snorers have difficulty accepting the fact that they snore, even when confronted by their … [Read more...]
The Health Decisions and Habits Men in Their 40s Need to Take Seriously
When a man reaches 40 years of age, he needs to live a healthy lifestyle to minimize the risk of getting diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases and many other illnesses that are common in middle-aged men. Men's health, their interests and responsibilities undergo significant changes during this time. As a man in your 40s, you need to be aware of your good and … [Read more...]
How to Stay Healthy While Doing Shift Work
Are you one of the nearly 15 million Americans who works an irregular schedule? Often referred to as “shift work,” an irregular schedule is essentially any schedule that doesn’t fit the standard 9-5 mold. If you work overnight shifts, rotating shifts, or evening shifts, you’re technically doing shift work. Depending on your career, shift work may be an unavoidable part of … [Read more...]
