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Stomach Bloating: Its Herbal Management  

Your intestines are home to hundreds of good and bad bacteria and in a healthy individual the amounts balance each other out. When you ingest certain foods high in sugar or gas producing ingredients, the bad bacteria multiply at a rapid pace, causing excess gas and bloating. Lack of water intake and exercise also contribute to bloating and gas issues.


 

Colon Cleansing With Yoga 

Colon cleansing is extremely essential in each human being's life however many of us do not even recognize it. Colon cleansing just refers to the cleaning of the large intestine. But it is not enough. The entire organ, that is, including the small intestine has to be cleaned. The colon tends to accumulate a lot of toxic materials than any other part of the body and as a result becomes thicker.

 

Tennis Elbow: an insight into elbow pain.
According to new research from Yale University School of Medicine. Findings show that people who practice yoga and meditation at least three times a week may reduce their blood pressure, pulse and -- most importantly -- their risk of heart disease.

 
 

Yoga to Get Your Heart Healthy
According to new research from Yale University School of Medicine. Findings show that people who practice yoga and meditation at least three times a week may reduce their blood pressure, pulse and -- most importantly -- their risk of heart disease.

 

 

What Your periods speak about your health

Paying attention to the patterns of your menstrual cycle offers a window into your overall health. Abnormal periods aren't just wacky; they may be clues to your health — signaling that you're at higher risk for osteoporosis, heart disease, infertility, or certain cancers.

 

 

Cervical Cancer Vaccine: uncovering the facts

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer. Conventional treatments for cervical cancer such as chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, hysterectomy, or the removal of lymph nodes and ovaries can often leave the woman infertile. Cervical cancer vaccines protect against the virus that causes almost all cervical cancers.

 

 

Cervical Cancer and Pregnancy
Cervical cancer occurring coincident with pregnancy is, fortunately, quite rare, probably less than 1 in 10,000 pregnancies. Pregnancy and cervical cancer can be categorized under two categories for a better understanding. Read on....

 

 

Anemia & Exercise Performance

A drop in athletic performance or a general feeling of fatigue may indicate you are suffering from anemia, a condition in which the production and amount of your red blood cells is below normal. Red blood cells which carry oxygen from the lungs to muscle tissues and organs are synthesized in the bone marrow. Each cell lives for about 120 days in the circulation.

 

 

Managing Thyroid Disorder during Pregnancy

Thyroid disease is present in 2-5 percent of all women and 1-2 percent of women in the reproductive age group. Thyroid problems are common in women who are pregnant. Several of the thyroid disorders which tend to occur during pregnancy are autoimmune in nature.

 

 

Heartburn during Pregnancy
One possible cause  of heartburn  in pregnancy; is the  extra pressure on the stomach (during the third trimester) exerted by the growing baby. Also, during pregnancy, the placenta produces the hormone progesterone, which relaxes the smooth muscles of the uterus. Read on....

 

 

Yoga for heartburn

Heartburn or Gastro esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) means acid indigestion. This occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) does not close properly and the stomach contents reflux or return into the esophagus. This may create a burning sensation in the chest or throat when the refluxed stomach acid touches the lining of the esophagus. The burning sensation is the one called Heartburn.

 

 

Pregnancy and Breast Cancer  

Very few pregnant women are diagnosed with breast cancer. But because more women are choosing to have children later in life, and because the risk of breast cancer increases as women age, there may be more cases in the future. Today about 1 out of 3,000 pregnant women is diagnosed with breast cancer.

 

 

Nutritional Management of Breast Cancer 

The chances of cancer are less on a diet which is vegetarian, raw and free of hydrogenated fat and heated oil. According to researches, diet is a risk factor for the disease.

 

 

Yoga and breast cancer management
A yoga research on 126 women revealed that, the ladies taking yoga exercise experienced a 12% betterment in physical weakness, physical functioning, and quality of living unlike those in the program who didn't take the yoga classes. Yoga lessons had been shown to enhance the stress degrees and sense of well-being of breast cancer patients.

 

 

Influenza vaccination: an essential element of prenatal care

All women who will be pregnant through the influenza season (October - May in the United States) should be vaccinated against influenza, according to recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) and supported by the COP.

 

 

Yoga & Depression

The first thing a depressed person stops doing is moving. Regular exercise becomes intolerable. But Yoga exercise, starting with as few as three poses a day in just a few minutes' time, coupled with correct breath patterns, can become so pleasant to you that soon you will want to do more and more.

 

 

Fighting Genetic Predisposition to Obesity
Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity. Separating these lifestyle factors from genetic ones is often difficult. Still, growing evidence points to heredity as a strong determining factor of obesity.

 

 

Yoga and Cholesterol Management

The practice of yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow around the body which aids in the removal of toxins and waste. For yoga to be truly beneficial to the lowering of your unwanted bad cholesterol it must be practiced on a regular basis.

 

 

Rising Against Osteoporosis

At birth, our 270 bones lack calcium. As we grow, a bone's soft collagen framework rapidly stores calcium.  Bones lengthen at special structures near their ends called growth plates.  Read on....

 

 

Immunization: defense against infections

Immunization by vaccination is a way of provoking the body into producing antibodies to an infection without being submitted to the full-blown infection itself.

 

 

Pregorexia: the pregnant woman's eating disorder
According to some experts, images of svelte celebrity mums-to-be such as Nicoles Kidman and Richie with their “barely-there” bumps are inspiring expectant mothers to diet and exercise to excess to stay slim during pregnancy and speed the departure of those post-baby pounds.

 

 

Dietary Management of Backache

Damage to spinal discs, pressure on nerves, misalignment or inflammation of joints, damaged ligaments, or diseased vertebrae can all lead to backache. A good chiropractor or osteopath should be able to cure most forms of backache, but in the long term a healthy diet may prevent it occurring in the first place.

 

 

Yoga for Headache Management

Headaches can be caused by eyestrain, indigestion, allergies, sinusitis, exhaustion or poor posture. Types of headaches vary according to the cause and so do the remedies. Migraines and cluster headaches can be helped with yoga, but you must have the supervision and approval of your doctor.

 

Exercising with Migraine

Portuguese researchers discovered that sudden heavy physical exertion releases high levels of nitric oxide into the bloodstream of migraine-prone individuals, prompting the dilation of blood vessels and the onset of a migraine headache within the next several hours.

 

Kundali Yoga to fight stress

It is true that positive stressors can be good for us and good for our nervous system. It is only when the stress is too extreme, too prolonged, inappropriate to the challenge or accompanied by strong negative emotions like fear that the stress load gets unmanageable.

 

Yoga for a strong Immune System

If the immune system is weak, the bacteria can go into the lungs and cause bronchitis or pneumonia. Viruses go deeper into the system, causing chills, fever or pain and aching in the joints. Here are 6 yoga postures that should be practiced on a regular basis to build a strong immunity.

 

Yoga For Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive tract whose exact cause is unknown, but it is known that fibroids are fed by hormones and blood. They can be as small as a millet seed or large enough to fill the entire abdominal cavity.

 

Foods for a healthy heart
Any woman looking out for a heart healthy diet should eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and lipids (fatty molecules). Besides a heart healthy diet should promote healthy level of blood pressure and promote maintenance of weight. Read on....

 

Uterine Fibroid Embolization

UFE offers another route for treatment against uterine fibroids while preserving the uterus. Uterine fibroids are also called fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas and usually appear during an adult woman's childbearing years. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths inside the uterus. They affect as many as three out of four women sometime during their lives.

 

Yoga for healing Anemia

Anemia is one of the common conditions affecting human being especially women around the world. In general anemia is considered to be a condition characterized by lack of blood. But medically anemia can be referred as a condition where the iron content or hemoglobin of blood decreases below the normal level.

 

Learning tips to prevent Arthritis

Arthritis is a very common disease seen in the elderly. It is of two types: Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common one and occurs after the age of 40 but rheumatoid arthritis can occur at any age. The latter is more disastrous as it destroys the ligaments and tendons that join the bones and muscles.

 

Herbal  Management of Breast Cancer

Large-scale research projects are underway worldwide in an effort to discover and measure the effectiveness of therapies long-used by non-Western cultures to combat illness and promote health. One of these research projects, taking place in California, is the screening of Chinese herbs and compounds to measure their ability to fight breast cancer cells. Read on....

 

Mastitis

Mastitis is inflammation of tissue in one or both mammary glands inside the breast. Mastitis usually affects lactating women - women who are breastfeeding, producing milk. Hence, it is often referred to as lactation mastitis. The patient feels a hard, sore spot inside the breast. Mastitis can occur as a result of an infection or a blocked milk duct.

 

Weight Training gains in breast cancer survivors

A recent research confirmed weight training benefits in breast cancer survivor. The women who trained with weights had increase in lean muscle mass, compared with those who did not. If you're being treated for breast cancer, try to make exercise (and a healthy diet) part of your daily routine.

 

The Sleep Factor in Muscle Building
Sleep research indicates that the average sleeper will sleep approximately eight hours and fifteen minutes when uninterrupted. During this research, there were no alarm clocks or disturbing noises to interrupt normal sleep patterns. When we deprive ourselves of sleep, there is a delicate cycle that we disrupt.

 

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about Cholesterol
About two in three adults have a cholesterol level that is higher than recommended. Having high cholesterol affects your heart and blood vessels and increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). High cholesterol causes fatty deposits (known as plaques) to build up inside your blood vessels.

 

Cord Blood Stem Cell: an upcoming life saver
Although a wide assortment of methods are used to treat and cure these serious diseases, since the late 1980s, cord blood stem cells have increasingly been used to effectively treat a number of life threatening diseases.

 

 

Headaches during Pregnancy

Headaches may occur at any time during pregnancy, but they tend to be most common during the first and third trimesters. In the first trimester, headaches occur because of hormone changes you experience while in the third trimester, headaches are felt because of your having to carry additional weight and changes in your usual posture.

 

 

Asthma & Diet

Asthma results when triggers cause swelling of the tissues in the air passages of the lung, making it difficult to breathe. Typical symptoms of asthma include wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing. Food triggered asthma is unusual. Although food allergies may trigger asthma in a small number of people.  Check out how diet can affect asthma in different ways.  Read on....

 

 

Swine Flu: a health emergency

The World Health Organization has not declared swine flu to be a pandemic. The WHO wants to learn more about the virus first and see how severe it is and how deeply it takes root.

 

 

Adenovirus-36: a contributing factor in Obesity

Scientists have presented a new study showing infection with the adenovirus-36 (Ad-36) virus, long recognized as a cause of respiratory and eye infections in humans, may be a contributing factor.

 

 

Why don't I Sweat? Finding Answers.

The purpose of sweat is to cool the body by sitting on the surface of the skin and allowing heat to escape from the body. Effective sweating is when someone is glistening as the moisture forms a cooling film over the skin. An abnormal lack of sweat in response to heat may be harmful, because sweating allows heat to be released from the body.

 

 

Stress and Your Skin

While dermatologists are still debating whether stress actually causes skin disorders, they seem to agree that stress definitely triggers or aggravates skin conditions such as acne, hives, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, warts, cold sores and blisters.

 

 

Heart Disease and Aging

Age is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease including heart disease. After menopause, the incidence of heart disease in women rises and eventually virtually mirrors heart disease rates in men. Though heart disease once was regarded as a "man's disease," it is the leading cause of death in both men and women.

 

 

Keratoconus: causes, symptoms and treatment

Keratoconus is a progressive eye disease in which the normally round cornea thins and begins to bulge into a cone-like shape. This cone shape deflects light as it enters the eye on its way to the light-sensitive retina, causing distorted vision. Keratoconus can occur in one or both eyes.

 

 

Yoga for Managing Insomnia
Insomnia is a huge problem in this fast-paced, sugar and caffeine addicted country. But if we can first identify the habits we have that contribute to our sleeplessness and slowly change them, and at the same time add more relaxation and deep breathing to our pre-sleep routine, we will sleep better.

 

 

Dealing with Sleeplessness

A lack of quality sleep may lead to love handles and double chins. Doctors at the University of Chicago found that not getting enough sleep altered basic bodily functions such as regulating blood-sugar levels, storing away energy from food and the production of various hormones.

 

 

Fast Food & Bone Health
Fast food constitutes high content of fat, sodium, and sugar and have been categorized as bone robbers. The main reason that you should avoid fast food is that it doesn't maintain nutritional balance as it is not easy to have control over how they are cooked.

 

 

Dietary Management of Heartburn
Heartburn (Acid Reflux) is a digestive problem: it has nothing to do with your heart. It occurs when small amounts of stomach acid accidentally rise up the esophagus (the food canal running from the mouth to the stomach) causing symptoms like a burning pain in the chest which rises towards the throat. Sufferers may even taste the fluid in the back of the mouth, and this is called acid indigestion.

 

 

Walking: an insurance against crumbling skeleton

Exercise plays an important role in building bone in childhood and adolescence, maintaining bone before 50, and slowing down bone loss after 50. But exercises are not equal. Brisk walking (as if you are late for an appointment) for 30 minutes four days a week can help reduce bone loss before and after menopause.

 

 

Juice Therapy to prevent Cancer

Studies indicate that beta-carotene has potent anti-cancer properties and may actually reverse precancerous conditions such as oral leukoplakia, a pattern of abnormal cell growth that often leads to mouth cancer in people who chew tobacco. Additional studies indicate that other members of the carotene family may have similar cancer-fighting potential.

 

 

Obesity - Cancer Link Uncovered  

The World Cancer Research Fund found a link to obesity in six types of cancers. Women who were overweight were four times more likely to develop cancer of the uterine lining while obesity boosts the risk by six-fold. Obese women also are at greater risk of breast and colon cancer.

 

 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, dedicated to increasing public awareness of early detection and the value of early treatment. Although mammogram rates have risen, it is still crucial to understand the importance of early screening. At Women Fitness you will learn more about breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

 

 

Cholesterol Lowering foods

Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in every human cell. Not only does it help our bodies to make vitamin D, it's necessary for the absorption of essential fatty acids and for the production of sex hormones. 'Good' cholesterol, or high density lipoproteins (HDL), occurs naturally in the blood and disposes of surplus cholesterol, helping to protect us against heart disease.

 

 

Exercise Delays Alzheimer's Symptoms

A little bit of exercise helps people improve their memory and brain function, according to a new study. Exercise is recommended for weight loss, stress relief and energy boosts -- and now, exercise may also be used as a weapon in the fight against Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
 

 

Diet for Managing Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes deformed nails and horrible itchy plaques, primarily on the elbows, knees and scalp. According to studies reported -Diet may be important in the management of psoriasis.

 

 

Diabetic Foot Care

Diabetes can decrease the body's ability to fight infection. When diabetes is not well controlled, damage to the organs and impairment of the immune system is likely. Foot problems commonly develop in people with diabetes and can quickly become serious.

 

 

Managing Insomnia

Trouble sleeping - either falling asleep or staying asleep - is a common problem that affects everyone at some time. There is no "normal" amount of sleep. Some people need ten hours a night, while others do well on as little as four hours of sleep.

 

 

The beauty benefits of Green Tea

Traditionally, many types of make-up, lotions, creams and beauty preparations have used chemical antioxidants, or vitamins A, C and E as preservatives for their products. Now, with research indicating that green tea has even more antioxidant properties than these powerful vitamins, there is a surge in products capitalising on its natural benefits.

 

 

Herbal medicine: how does it work?

Healing with herbs is the oldest therapy in the world and remains the medicine on which many countries, including China and India, largely rely. Herbalists in the western tradition combine the examination methods of conventional medicine with a “mind and body” approach to diagnosis and treatment. The results can be remarkable.

 

 

Obesity: a risk factor for Asthma

Obesity has been rapidly increasing in prevalence over the past two decades—in children as well as in adults. Although obesity is a recognized risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and some forms of cancer, evidence suggests that obesity may also contribute to or even cause asthma.

 

 

Nutrition and Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors

New research finds many cancer survivors are obese and not physically active, which could make it harder to keep their cancer under control. Researchers in Canada analyzed data from more than 114,000 adults.

 

 

Alcohol and Pregnancy

Health experts are calling for women to avoid alcohol completely during pregnancy in the light of a new study has found a little evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms the developing foetus.

 

 

Exercise: another excellent way to combat anxiety 

Anxiety is an emotion everyone has experienced. It is a distressing feeling of apprehension and uneasiness. Being anxious causes changes in your thinking (fear, worry), bodily functions (rapid heart beat, sweating), and behavior (pacing, tapping the table), all of which only reinforce your feelings of distress.

 

 

Red Meat Consumption Linked To Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer, or cancer of the rectum and large intestine (colon), is a major public health problem in every corner of the developed world. Roughly speaking, a diet containing less than 40 grams of animal fat per day conveys one-half the risk of colon cancer of a diet containing 65 grams or more per day.

 

 

Management of Asthma during Pregnancy

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a practice bulletin for management of asthma during pregnancy. The new recommendations appear in the February (2008) issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

 

 

Phytonutrients: Can they prevent disease?

In addition to fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, scientists have discovered that plants also contain substances known as phytonutrients, or phytochemicals. There are literally thousands of these chemicals present in cereals, fruits, and vegetables.


Herbs for Anemia

Anemia is a medical condition in which the blood has a deficiency of red blood cells or of the hemoglobin these cells need to carry oxygen. Nutritionists feel that blood nourishing herbs aid in the absorption of iron as well as providing other benefits to the blood. And with lower doses of iron, the unpleasant side effects can be avoided.

 

Skin Care for Diabetics

Diabetes can affect every part of the body, including the skin. As many as one third of people with diabetes will have a skin disorder caused or affected by diabetes at some time in their lives. In fact, such problems are sometimes the first sign that a person has diabetes. Luckily, most skin conditions can be prevented or easily treated if caught early.

 

Herbal Management of Diabetes

Many studies have been performed on various naturally occurring herbs and other compounds, demonstrating their ability to lower blood sugars. While many of these compounds decrease the blood glucose level by stimulating the pancreas to produce more insulin, one particular herb, Goat's Rue or French Lilac, chemically known as guianidine, is particularly effective in reducing the blood glucose level utilizing a different mechanism.

 

Yoga for Diabetics

Diabetes means that the body does not produce or use insulin properly. Many studies have reported the beneficial effect of the practice of yoga on diabetes. Some studies have mentioned up to 65 percent beneficial effect of yogic therapy for diabetes.

 

Diabetes and Exercise

In a new randomized controlled trial, both aerobic and resistance exercise improved glycemic/blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes. The greatest improvements came from combined aerobic and resistance training.

 

Herbs for Managing Headache

Herbs are very complex, therefore, one thing you need to remember about herb for headache is that, although herbal remedies tend to be gentler than drugs, if you take too much they can not only make your headache worse, but do real harm to your body.

 

Anger: learning to control the volcano within
Anger can be described a consequential behavior  of many causes such as cognitive, social/or behavioral models that we have learned from others, the lack of social skills and problem solving strategies, and several biological factors.  Read on....

 

Nutritional Management of Breast Cancer 

The chances of cancer are less on a diet which is vegetarian, raw and free of hydrogenated fat and heated oil. According to researches, diet is a risk factor for the disease.

 

Exercise and Asthma

Asthma is a lung disease that is usually chronic and can be life-threatening, if not managed properly. With proper management, most people can lead a normal, active life.

 

Spreading Allergy Awareness

Allergists define allergy as a reaction of the body's immune system that take place after the body becomes sensitized to a substance (allergen), usually a protein. Allergic reactions result when allergy-causing proteins combine with antibodies to trigger the release of histamine and other chemicals that can cause skin rashes and various other symptoms

  

Foods for Bronchitis

There are two forms of bronchitis- chronic and acute, the chronic forms is more common in Britain than anywhere else in the world and is often the result of smoking. In the UK it is the second most frequent cause of lost working days—30 million are lost each year. Yet it is known that the condition can be alleviated by giving up smoking and adopting a sensible diet.

 

Nutrition and Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic degenerative inflammatory neurological disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Dietary recommendations for people with MS are similar to those for the general population.

 

Allium Vegetables Linked to Lower Prostate Cancer Risk in Humans
Although evidence of an overall link between allium vegetables and cancer prevention continues to mount, the new JNCI study is one of the first published studies to explore the specific link between allium vegetables and prostate cancer. Read on....

 

Hormone-Related Disorders - Their Symptoms & Treatment
Disorders of the endocrine glands can have wide-ranging effects throughout your body. A malfunctioning gland influences all of the parts of the body that are stimulated or controlled by the hormones which the gland secrete. Read on....

 

Testing For HIV

National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign produced by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA-US) to encourage at-risk individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing.

 

Understanding  Anorexia Nervosa
A disorder characterized by a distorted body image, an extreme fear of getting fat, and a rejection of food, with a relentless pursuit of thinness. To reach an "ideal" weight, a female may follow increasingly restrictive diets, often accompanied by hours of aerobics, weight training, calisthenics, or running. Read on....

 

Colorectal cancer -cancer of the colon or rectum
The colon and the rectum are part of the large intestine, which is part of the digestive system. Because colon cancer and rectal cancers have many features in common, they are sometimes referred to together as colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer includes cancers of both the large intestine (colon), the lower part of your digestive system, and the rectum, the last 8 to 10 inches of the colon.  Read on....

 

Diet to Prevent Thrombosis
A diet that is low in saturated fats, high in fibre and contains plenty of fruit and vegetables helps to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, a form of heart disease, in which fatty deposits build up in the linings of the blood vessels. Read on....

 

Stomach Bloating or Abdominal Distension

A bloated stomach is often caused by a sudden increase in fiber from vegetables, fruits and beans. If this is the cause of your bloating, you might ease up on these foods and reintroduce them more gradually into your diet. Read on....

 

Breast Cancer
Approximately I80, 000 American women are newly diagnosed with breast cancer disease each year, and it is the leading killer of women in midlife (ages forty to fifty– five) . The only cancer that kills more women overall is lung cancer , but breast cancer is actually responsible for more years of life lost because it generally afflicts younger women. Read on....

 

Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Leukemia

Standard medical treatment for leukemia usually involves either chemotherapy, radiation therapy or both. There is no evidence that anything but current medically approved standard therapy can stem the progression of or cure these cancers. Therefore, standard therapy should not be replaced by any unproven remedy.  Read on....

 

Trigeminal Neuralgia : the compression of the nerve  

Severe pain on one side of the face due to compression, inflammation, or damage to the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve transmits sensation from parts of the face to the brain and controls some of the muscles that are involved in chewing.  Read on....

 

Leukemia
From the Greek meaning "white blood". Leukemia is a cancer of a marrow cell. The term refers to a group of closely related malignant conditions affecting the immature blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. so is that certain cells in the body become abnormal. Another is that the body keeps producing large numbers of white cells.   Read on....

 

A Plateful of heart-smart eating

For a long time heart disease has had a reputation of a strictly male malady.  But it has been observed that, once women reach menopause, this advantage quickly dissipates.  In fact, 11 times as many women die from heart disease as from breast cancer. Read on....

 

Healing Your Muscles

Muscles pain is usually not a signs that there is something violent or destructive going on in our muscles. Rather, pain in a result of the massages about substances imbalance being conveyed between, the nerves and the brain. Read on....

 

Food For Diabetics

In people with diabetes the amount of glucose (or sugar) in the blood becomes abnormally high. This is due, either to failure of the pancreas to produce enough of the hormone insulin or to the lack of insulin actions. Read on....

 

For  Lower Cholesterol Make It  A Double
The cardio-protective effects of red wine have been attributed to several polyphenolic antioxidants including resveratrol and proanthocyanidins. Read on....

 

Understanding Cancer
Cancer is a complex disease and much is still unknown about it. But having a good understanding of what cancer is will enable you to take a more active role in your treatment. Read on....

  

Age Spots: Treatment options and prevention

Age spots known medically as lentigos and seborrhoeic keratoses are brown patches which commonly appear on the back of the hands the face and the back. Read on....

 

7 Scary truths about your bones....and simple ways to save them

If you think you’re too young to be worrying about osteoporosis think again. While bones become more fragile with age structural weakening begins much earlier and is invisible. One in two women over fifty will have an osteoporosis related fracture in her life-time and some women might have to face it in their twenties and thirties.  Read on....

 

Glaucoma

A normal, healthy eye is nourished and protected by fluid, which, just like your blood, has pressure. Glaucoma is a condition that results in damage to the optic nerve, which carries images from the eye to the brain when the eye pressure rises to a dangerous level. Read on....

 

Managing heel Pain

Heel pain is generally the result of faulty biomechanics (walking gait abnormalities) that place too much stress on the heel bone and the soft tissues that attach to it. Read on....

  

Finding Ways to fight Heartburn
When large amounts of acidic stomach contents are regurgitated past the stomach's valve and up into the gutter, heartburn occurs. Read on....

 

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)  
Women Fitness (WF) provides this resource on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for the convenience of the public. Read on....

 

Management of Diabetes in Hypertension
Patients with diabetes should have blood pressure levels less than 130/80 mmHg
and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels < 100 mg/dL (2.60 mmol/L). If left uncontrolled, diabetes and hypertension are a dangerous combination. Read on....

 

Identifying appropriate strategies for diabetes prevention
Recent Clinical Practice Recommendations 2003 by American Diabetes Association have indicated that there are now interventions capable of delaying the onset of diabetes. Read on....

 

Anaemia: Still a Problem in 21st Century
Anaemia is a global problem and unless dealt with effectively may prove to be the most hazardous deficiency. We may end up losing many to this disease unless we start fighting it NOW. Read on....

 

An Optimum Diet to manage PMs
Nutrition is undoubtedly a good starting point for the treatment of PMS ; it is safe, relatively cheap, effective and puts the sufferer in control of her own treatment. Read on....

 

Amount of exercise- a key in cutting cholesterol
The best way to lower your high blood cholesterol is to eat foods low in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol, be more physically active, and lose weight, if you are overweight. Read on....

 

Coping with Chondromalacia
The best way to minimize the chances of developing chondromalacia patellae is to warm-up and stretch out before sports, especially your quadriceps and hamstrings. Read on....

 

 

Women and Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body's ability to produce or respond to insulin, a hormone that allows blood glucose (blood sugar) to enter the cells of the body and be used for energy. Read on....

 

Dairy Intake Linked to Diabetes Prevention
For those concerned about weight and health, the first things often cut from the diet are high-fat dairy products. But new research suggests high dairy intake may be healthier than once thought. Read on....

 

Depression: the silent epidemic
Every one of us experiences depressed feelings from time to time; no one can escape the hurtful things in life. Its how we react that matters in the face of adversity. Read on....

 

Reduce the Osteoporosis risk by Weight bearing exercises
The human body is constantly producing two types of bones cells - one that makes new bones and one that reabsorbs bone back into the circulation system. Bone, like any living organism, adapts to its surroundings. Read on....

 

How Far is diet linked with Arthritis?
A good "arthritis diet" is one that helps you maintain a weight appropriate for your age and body type, offsets the effects of your arthritis medications and improve your overall health. Read on....

 

Fighting toxin buildup within body

Diet plays an important part in Phase II of the detoxification process. Follow these practical guidelines to prevent toxic build up within the body and elimination of toxins if present. Read on....

 

Mills Calls on Women to Spread the Word About Beating Arthritis
Actress Donna Mills, best remembered as Abby Cunningham on Knots Landing, stepped forward earlier this year in a new role to raise awareness about arthritis, a condition that is more common for women than for men. Read on....

 

Coping With Chronic Pain In And Out of the Bedroom
Women should consult a doctor if they have joint pain. Your doctor can help you and may recommend the following steps. Read on....

 

Excess weight boost Cancer development

Many cancer scientists now believe this same state of affairs is one reason cancer is more common among the overweight and obese. Read on....

 

Get the cuffs on High blood pressure

Lifestyle changes suggested by WF team of doctors can help the drug work better, or can help keep the dosage down.



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