Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

It is sepsis awareness month, a time when unknowing people are educated about this life-threatening condition that affects so many. It is estimated that every two minutes, someone dies from sepsis in the U.S.—this is more than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined. Sepsis is a toxic or severe response to an infection that ...click here to read more

September 27th is National Women’s Health and Fitness Day. It is the largest health promotion event for women of all ages, which focuses on the importance of regular physical activity and health awareness. We at Bel Marra want to do our part and inform our female readers about health concerns that affect them or their ...click here to read more

If you live with joint pain, the last thing you want to do is exercise, but exercise can help you improve joint pain along with improving mobility. Our joints help to hold our skeleton together along with supporting any movement we make. Along with pain, joints may feel stiff, swollen, and a decrease in motion ...click here to read more

If you have more than three loose stools a day or less than four stools in total each week, you have irregular bowel movements. Both diarrhea and constipation can be a big problem. Aside from the fact that irregular bowel movements can be uncomfortable, many people are embarrassed about it, especially those who are unable ...click here to read more

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2017, there will be 79,030 new cases of bladder cancer in the U.S. along with 16,870 deaths from bladder cancer. Rates of bladder cancer have been slowly decreasing among men and women, but death rates have remained stable among men. Overall, bladder cancer is the fourth most common ...click here to read more

If you’ve ever heard the phrase, “Carbs are the enemy,” that person was right. When it comes to dieting and losing weight, many of us will reduce or cut carbohydrates from our diet as they are often attributed to weight gain. Technically speaking, our bodies do require some level of carbohydrates as it helps promote ...click here to read more

In previous e-mails, we told you about the benefits of sex, which include burning calories, reducing stress, improving sleep, increasing intimacy, and improving your mood. Well, you can now add boosting brain power to that list too, according to latest research findings. Researchers of the study published in The Journals of Gerontology found that regular ...click here to read more

Although high cholesterol is, no matter what, always a serious health risk, high cholesterol in women may have protective effects against breast cancer. The researchers reviewed over 14 years of data that consisted of over one million people. The researchers found that women with high cholesterol had a lower risk of developing breast cancer compared ...click here to read more