How to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Making sure that your children eat nutritious meals can be a daily battle. Children see about 40,000 ads a year on television. Most of these ads are for cereal, candy, soda, and fast food. However, you still have a greater influence on their eating habits than the media does. Follow this advice to lead your kids in the right . . . read more
Body Mass Index
Your BMI is an objective scientific measure, that uses your height and weight. One variable BMI fails to consider is lean body mass. It is possible for a healthy, muscular individual with very low body fat to be classified obese . . . read more
Asthma
Asthma is a disease of the lungs. The airways of people with asthma are extra sensitive to things that they are allergic to and to other irritating things in the air. Asthma symptoms start when allergens or other irritants cause the . . . read more
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance in all parts of the body including the nervous system, skin, muscle, liver, intestines, and heart. It is made by the body and obtained from animal products in the diet. Cholesterol is . . . read more
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence means that you can’t always control when you urine. As a result you wet your pants. This can be embarrassing; but it can be treated. About 12 million adults in the United States have urinary incontinence. . . . read more
Flu and Colds
A cold and the flu have many of the same symptoms. But a cold is generally mild, while the flu tends to be more severe. A cold often starts with feeling tired, sneezing, coughing and a runny nose. You may not have a fever or . . . read more
Hay Fever and Other Allergies
An allergy is when your body overreacts to things that don’t cause problems for most people. These things are called allergens. Sometimes, the term hay fever is used to describe an allergic reaction to allergens in the air. . . . read more
Fitness
Research has shown that regular exercise delivers a mental and emotional boost. It improves your mood, bolsters your self-esteem, and gives you the confidence to handle whatever comes your way. Some studies also suggest that if enhances . . . read more
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful disorder of the wrist and hand. The carpal tunnel is a narrow tunnel formed by the bones and other tissues of your wrist. This tunnel normally protects your median nerve. The median nerve gives you . . . read more
Heartburn
Heartburn is a burning feeling in the lower chest, along with a sour or bitter taste of food in the throat and mouth. It usually occurs after eating a big meal or while lying down. The feeling can last for a few minutes or a couple of . . . read more
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in your rectum or anus. The type of hemorrhoid you have depends on where it occurs. Internal hemorrhoids involve the veins inside your rectum. You can’t feel pain on the inside of you rectum, so you . . . read more
Migraines
Migraine headaches seem to be caused in part by changes in blood vessels in the brain. First, blood vessels shrink and later swell back out again. In people with migraines, this swelling seems to cause pain or other problems in nearby . . . read more
Sprains
A sprain is a stretched or torn ligament. Ligaments connect one bone to another bone at a joint and help keep the bones from moving out of place. The most common site of sprains is the ankle. Signs of an ankle sprain are swelling, . . . read more
Ulcers
Ulcers are sores on the lining of your digestive tract. Most ulcers are located in the duodenum. The duodenum is the first part of the intestine. These ulcers are called duodenal ulcers. Ulcers located in the stomach are called gastric . . . read more
Hypertension
Hypertension is increased or elevated blood pressure, either intermittent or sustained, exceeding 140/90 mmHg (millimeters of mercury). High blood pressure damages your blood vessels. This in turn raises your risk of stroke, kidney . . . read more
Healthy Living
Healthy living. We see the term everywhere. But what does it mean? It is about achieving balance between physical, emotional, nutritional, and spiritual elements in your life. What you do affects your health. All five of the major . . . read more
Hearing Loss
Everyday in the United States, approximately 1 in 1,000 newborns (or 33 babies every day) is born profoundly deaf with another 2-3 out of 1,000 babies born with partial hearing loss, making hearing loss the number one birth defect in . . . read more
Heart Health
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of adults in the United States, responsible for about 960,000 deaths annually. Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than the next seven leading causes of death combined, including . . . read more
Is Your Heart at Risk?
A quiz for women
S core your risk below by selecting the letter that corresponds with the appropriate answer. 1. Your age is: a. 44 or younger b. . . . read more
Men's Resources
Men need quick, trustworthy information to help their bodies and minds remain healthy throughout their lives. A man’s health needs nurturing to live long and well throughout the years. But nurturing your health requires a holistic . . . read more
Oral Hygiene
Maintaining good oral hygiene is one of the most important things you can do for your teeth and gums. Healthy teeth not only enable you to look and feel good, they make it possible to eat and speak properly. Good oral health is important . . . read more
Osteoporsis
Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become thinner. Thin bones can break easily. Most people think of their bones as being solid like a rock. Actually, bone is a living tissue, just like other parts of the body - your heart, . . . read more
Women's Wellness
Women need quick, trustworthy information to help their constantly growing, changing and beautiful bodies and minds. A woman’s health needs nurturing to live long and well throughout the years. But nurturing your health requires a . . . read more
Birth Control
The type of birth control you should use depends on our needs. Some people only need to prevent pregnancy. Other people may also want to protect themselves or their partners from diseases that can be passed by having sex. Does it . . . read more
Smoking
Health concerns usually top the list of reasons people give for quitting smoking. Few people realize the risk factor that smoking is for many kinds of cancer including lung, mouth, voice box, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, . . . read more
Impotence
Impotence is when a man cannot get and keep an erection long enough to have sex. Most men have impotence every once in a while for short periods of time. About 10 to 20 million men in America have impotence regularly. Impotence is most . . . read more
Sexual Health
All too often, sexual health is overlooked or ignored in the health care system. The most common reasons for not providing sexual health care services include anxiety with regard to discussing sexuality with patients, inadequate training . . . read more
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections you can get by having sex with someone who has an infection. These infections are usually passed by having intercourse, but they can also be passed through other types of sex, such as . . . read more
Who Gets Depression?
Depression is an illness that involves feelings of sadness lasting for two weeks or longer, often accompanied by a loss of interest in life, hopelessness, and decreased energy. Among those prone to depression are people: . . . read more
Addiction
Millions of Americans are addicted not only to heroin, morphine, amphetamines, tranquilizers, and cocaine, but also to nicotine, caffeine, sugar, steroids, work, theft, gambling, exercise, and sex. Treatments include psychosurgery, . . . read more
Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common physical complaints among adults – and a chief cause of misery for many. At some point in their lives, most people will experience some sort of back discomfort. Back pain describes pain or . . . read more
Depression
Depression is an illness that involves feelings of sadness lasting for two weeks or longer, often accompanied by a loss of interest in life, hopelessness, and decreased energy. Such distressing feeling can affect one’s ability to . . . read more
Stress Management
Stress is caused by the body’s instinct to defend itself. This instinct is good in emergencies, but it can cause physical symptoms if it goes on for too long. When this happens, your body is working overtime with no place to . . . read more
Emotional Wellness
Emotional well being is the ability to feel and express the entire range of human emotions and to control them. This includes the capacity to manage one’s feelings and related behaviors such as realistic assessments of one’s . . . read more
