Allergy-fighting food to combat seasonal allergies
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Spring is a wonderful time of year with the reawakening of new growth in dormant plants. But for many people it’s also a reawakening and a reminder it’s allergy season.
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Tips for Protecting Yourself From West Nile
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Annual mosquito surveillance has already begun, and although mosquitoes can be a nuisance there are more pressing reasons to protect yourself from these flying pests.
Read MoreThe alarming and disturbing rate of opioid addiction
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Opioids are just like any other medication in that they can come with risks and side effects including the risk of death, particularly if abused or not taken exactly as prescribed by a doctor.
Read MoreZinc’s power to boost immune system in older adults
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Aging causes many maladies but a common one is a weakened immune system making older adults more susceptible to infections.
Read MoreHow To Avoid The Freshman 15
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College for a lot of young adults means freedom to do what you want. Many college kids put on weight by drinking and eating in excess.
Read MoreDiagnosed with H. Pylori Infection: What Do I Do?
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H. Pylori is a bacteria that results in ulcers of the stomach or early small intestines, specifically the duodenum.
Read MoreNew “Biomimetic” Gel Relieves Arthritis Pain
/Approximately 350 million people worldwide have arthritis, with nearly 40 million of them living in the United States.
Read MoreWhat do you know about blood pressure?
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High blood pressure is called the silent killer. Not knowing that you have a high blood pressure, may results in heart attack, stroke or kidney failure. High blood pressure is a systolic blood pressure of 140 or higher or a diastolic pressure of 90 or higher.
Read More5 Ways to Get More Vitamin D
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Vitamin D is arguably the most important vitamin you could take. Vitamin D is actually a hormone; it's not even a vitamin and it affects our entire body. Whenever, you feel fatigued or little energy - it's quite possible you're Vitamin D levels are low. A vitamin D deficiency occurs when the level of vitamin D in your body is too low.
Read MoreIs Drinking Okay After Over-The-Counter Pills Are Taken?
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Everyone worries about this exact question. Over-the-counter pills while easily accessible do have side effects just as prescriptions drugs. Mixing alcohol when taking Tylenol or Ibuprofen isn't something we should do very often. Think of the time you popped a Tylenol to beat a midday headache and then got invited to drinks or it's allergy season and you're taking Claritin to beat those initial symptoms. Having one or two drinks really won't hurt you but it's important to know the specific side effects of each pill. Here's what you need to know.
Read MoreHow Can I Have Better Time Management?
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Time and stress are interconnected in many ways. Perhaps the most shocking fact about stress is that it can affect all parts of your body, not just in one area. Our body responds to stress by altering the secretions of certain hormones and chemicals. Time management and productivity play a huge role especially in today's workplace in how we keep stress at bay and still feel like we've accomplished something.
Read MoreFight Inflammation, Decrease Chronic Disease Risk
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Everything is arguably related to inflammation. It can cause cancer, skin conditions, allergies, muscle pain, joint pain, headaches and painful menstruation. So what exactly is inflammation? It's a combination of heat, pain, redness and swelling that happens externally or inside the body. Childhood obesity, diabetes, rate of cancer is on the rise. Without taking care of diabetes, billions and dollars goes into it, and without fixing our diet lifestyle, behavioral changes, nothing will improve.
Read MoreNew Herb Formula May Relieve Anxiety
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Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time – it is a normal human emotion, after all. We feel nervous or anxious at work, before a big exam or when making crucial decisions in our life. For some, however, anxiety goes beyond being just a passing feeling. Instead, it causes such great distress that affects their ability to live a normal life. This is when anxiety becomes a disorder. Anxiety disorders affect about 18 percent of the American population, making them the most common mental illnesses in the country. That means that at any given time, about 40 million are suffering from some sort of anxiety disorder.
Read MoreHealth Benefits of Fish Oils
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Ahh, fish oils, the never ending debate on how much and how to consume them. Here's the skinny: fish oils come from fatty fish. Yes, specifically the tissue of fatty fish such as trout, mackerel, tuna, herring, sardines and salmons. Nutritionists often favor fish oils because of two main ingredients: DHA and EPA, which are two types of Omeda-3 fatty acids. The fillets alone of oily fish contain 30% oil. White fish only contains high concentrations of oil in the liver and have much less oil. Oily fish are also good sources of vitamins A and D.
Read MoreAcupuncture Treats Modern Ailments
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Interested in acupuncture but still doubtful about it’s healing powers and squeamish about undergoing the process? Many people swear by this method to defeat stress and achieve a relaxed and focused state of mind. A new survey demonstrates increasing acceptance and utilization of acupuncture for treatment and health promotion. The analysis was published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine and looked at utilization rates, demographics and reasons for using acupuncture. Overall, the researchers found that between 2002 and 2007 there was a significant increase in the number of patients using acupuncture.
Read MoreWhy Hangovers Worsen As We Age
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When we're in our twenties, hangovers tend to not be as big of a deal. Two martinis, glass of champagne and a beer to wash it down, sure we can handle that and not be out of commission the next day. Move into your thirties and maybe we start to skip the martinis but then we hit our forties and alcohol might be gone from your life because of its after effects. If this is the case, what can you do to beat that feeling? The good news is the side effects the next day are the result of an accumulation of toxins that occur when we get older, making it more challenging to process and eliminate alcohol. The result-the more toxic we are, the more intense the hangover.
Read MoreVitamin K2 – a little known nutrient with big benefits
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Vitamin K, a fat soluble vitamin discovered in the 1930’s, is best known for its role in blood coagulation or blood clotting. This form is also known as vitamin K1 or phylloquinone. However there is another form of vitamin K that hasn’t received as much attention until the 21st century – vitamin K2. Vitamin K2, also known as menaquinone, is made by our intestinal bacteria and also is found in certain food sources. Deficiencies of vitamin K1 are rare but deficiencies of vitamin K2 are more common. It is the vitamin K2 form that seems to have far-reaching roles that appear to make a meaningful difference in the health of our hearts, bones and of prostate cancer.
Read MoreBad Mood? 5 Tips to Beat It
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We all get in bad moods. The key is knowing how to beat it. A long-term bad mood can have significant repercussions especially on our energy levels. Although it's not always easy to snap out of it. Here's how to beat it and minimize the impact of the inevitable bad mood.
Read More6 Things You Shouldn't Keep From Your Doctor
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When you attend your annual physical, it's important to ask a lot of questions and inquire about your risk factors for diseases that run in the family. Most people (especially men) breeze through the standard blood tests and urine samples and walk out. This could be hurting your health. Even further, do you have pain or ailments that you're not sharing with your doctor? This is extremely dangerous. Even the smallest symptom can be a indicator for a disease. Some people don't want to seem like a hypochondriac but the truth is many symptoms overlap and ignoring symptoms especially after they're sustained over the course of a few weeks, you need to talk to your doctor just to be on the safe side.
Read MoreA Word On All-Natural Sunscreens
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A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology, showed that most people have difficulty picking the right sunscreen. The study consisted of 114 participants and fewer than half could correctly identify how well a sunscreen protected sunburn, premature aging and skin cancer. Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago conducted the study and found only 49& of participants surveyed knew what "SPF" stood for. Just in case you don't, it means "sun protection factor."
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