Advantages of Controlling Blood Glucose Your decision to manage your blood glucose could be one of the most important you’ll ever make for your future health and well-being. Some benefits include: Having more energy Feeling and looking better Sleeping better Decreasing stress Lowering risk for hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) Lessening your risk for...
How can parents safeguard their kids from severe depression? Find resources for helping kids develop positive mental health! A teenaged boy recently told me, “Thoughts about suicide are never far away from people my age. They see it as a solution.” I was startled. We look at young people with age and health on...
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a contagious, sometimes fatal respiratory infection. Yearly in the United States an estimated 90,000 infants are admitted to the hospital with the virus and of those hospitalized 4,500 die. According to a recent study conducted by PreemieCare many parents of premature infants are unaware of RSV and the seriousness...
Some of the good things prednisone does Prednisone is a funny drug. It is a cortico-type steroid that does so much, both good and bad. It is prescribed for many things. The list could go on almost endlessly. Some of the good news with prednisone is that you can take a few non-narcotic pills...
The best way to lower your high blood pressure is to cut your calories and exercise. A new study shows doing both has a better effect than either alone. Researchers from Osaka University Medical School in Japan studied 60 overweight men with high blood pressure. The first group consumed a low-calorie diet for 24...
February is Heart Month. Learn what you can do to protect your heart from a known villain. Heart Disease and Inflammation – Is There a Connection? Tip of the Week: Because inflammation has been linked to a number of chronic diseases (including allergies, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer– to name a few) include foods...
Are your friends and family nagging you to quit smoking? Are you tired of spending your hard earned dollars and cents at the drug store on cigarette’s? Has the inside roof of your car lost its whiteness? How about the wallpaper in your house?
Is cows’ milk the perfect food for humans? In a word, ‘No.’ Many nutrition experts and doctors from around the world now agree that milk is neither a useful nor necessary part of anyone’s daily diet. Cows’ milk is for calves. Don’t People Need Milk? Yes, babies and infants need milk. They need mother’s...
People who have mental health problems complicated by Borderline personality disorder might have a lot of health troubles that appear during a lifetime. Mental health problems can cause impulsivity, paranoia, bad self image, angry feelings and dissociation, but there are physical problems that could also be connected to Borderline personality disorder. If you have...