Category Archives: Health News

Diet can go a long way in maintaining good health along with being a method of treatment for specific health conditions. Case-in-point, consuming the right diet may help offer relief from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms along with contributing to disease management. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the body, contributing to ...click here to read more

We often think of massages as a romantic activity, performed between partners as an intimate gesture. The reality is that massage therapy is just that: a form of therapy that helps to reduce muscle strain and tenderness. Further, massage can be used to treat any number of conditions causing chronic pain, such as arthritis or ...click here to read more

The main reason you should eat chocolate? It’s downright delicious. But in case that wasn’t enough reason for you, we compiled together six health benefits which chocolate can provide that can help justify your chocolate addiction. Although it is true that chocolate contains sugar and should be consumed in moderation, if you stick with the ...click here to read more

A new study has found that type 2 diabetes is related to worsening verbal memory and fluency as patients age. The basis of the study was existing research connecting type 2 diabetes with an increase in their risk of dementia by two times more than patients without diabetes, as well as previous findings that have ...click here to read more

The topic of anti-aging is often centered around skin products and diets, but exercise can go a long way in slowing down the hands of time. A recent study uncovered that endurance training – swimming, biking, or high intensity interval training (HIIT) – is the best type of workout in order to slow down the ...click here to read more

Do you know when digestion really begins? You may think it starts the moment food enters the stomach, but that’s incorrect. You may have heard it begins while chewing. Close, but still wrong. The digestive process actually begins the moment you smell and see food. Once food is presented and you can see and smell ...click here to read more

Tinnitus is a condition that causes ringing, buzzing, and other noises in the ear in different volumes. To some, during the day, these sounds aren’t as noticeable, but by nighttime when you should be sleeping, you are left awake by these sounds – it’s enough to drive you mad. Some of us experience tinnitus temporarily ...click here to read more

Many people are advised to take a daily aspirin as a means of reducing their risk of a cardiovascular event, but that daily aspirin may be offering other health benefits. Researchers have found that taking two or more of the standard dose of aspirin a week was associated with a 49 percent reduced risk of ...click here to read more

It may be routine to simply flush the toilet after urinating and not think twice, but urine can offer important insight into your health. Healthy urine is a pale-yellow color and signals you’re well hydrated. Dark yellow/brown urine means you’re dehydrated, and seeing red is a red flag. Known as hematuria, blood in urine could ...click here to read more

When our hormones are well balanced, our body can work in harmony, but even the slightest imbalance can start presenting changes in health and symptoms. Throughout our lives there are several times when our hormone levels change such as puberty and menopause. During these life stages, we experience changes. Although changing hormones can be a ...click here to read more

With it being so close to Christmas, there are many images of reindeer floating around. And although deer have often been seen as pullers of Santa’s sleigh, their antlers can provide valuable insight into human bone disease. New research findings uncovered specific genes responsible for the growth of deer antlers, which could shed light on ...click here to read more

In our current technological climate, “there is an app for that” has become a common turn of phrase, so it might not surprise you that the new trend sweeping the electronic sphere is internet-based therapy apps. What might come as a shock, however, is that research shows these apps can actually be effective in reducing ...click here to read more

A metabolic syndrome diet can make a difference for those who have one or more of the characteristics of metabolic syndrome. In fact, research suggests that dynamic lifestyle adjustments can delay or prevent the development of life-altering health issues if you have metabolic syndrome or any of its components. Metabolic syndrome is actually a cluster ...click here to read more

If you suffer from pain in your feet, the simplest tasks like walking and moving around can be quite the struggle. There is a wide variety of foot pain one can experience, but one of the most common is heel pain. Many people suffer from heel pain at one point of their lives, and there ...click here to read more