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Television Poisoning

Television Poisoning

If you think youngsters’ minds are being tainted by the pap on television, you have another worry coming: Their digestive tracts are being as warped as their brain tissue.

Overcrowded Hospitals To Surgical Patients: Get Lost

Overcrowded Hospitals To Surgical Patients: Get Lost

If you’re waiting for service in a busy restaurant, you might expect the chefs and servers to botch some orders. That can make for an unsatisfactory dinner and send you home unsatisfied. Unfortunately, the same dynamics are often at work in a hospital. But it isn’t your appetite that’s at risk, it’s your health.

Alkaline Diet: The Steppingstone To Better Health

Alkaline Diet: The Steppingstone To Better Health

The state of your health starts with the foods you eat. If your meals contain mostly meat, refined and overly processed foods, and simple carbohydrates, your body may become overly acidic. To be truly healthy, you need meals filled with the fruits and vegetables that promote the proper balance of acidity and alkalinity.

Step Into The Doorway To Pain Relief

Step Into The Doorway To Pain Relief

Sudden stiffness and pain can strike any time, any place, anywhere on the body. But you don’t have to suffer without fighting back. The key to quick pain relief: Release the tightness and stretch painful muscles to bring fresh blood to the area and restore range of motion. All you need is a doorway to anchor a few simple stretches.

Jog Your Way To Longer Life

Jog Your Way To Longer Life

Regular jogging produces an impressive list of health benefits including decreased blood pressure and improved heart function. It may also help you live longer.

Natural Relief For Sinusitis And Allergies

Natural Relief For Sinusitis And Allergies

As the spring weather warms, sinuses clog. One of every seven Americans suffers the pain of chronic sinusitis as plants fill the air with allergens. But help is available: Natural therapies not only offer long-term support for sinuses but can improve your overall health, too.

Energy Drinks Permanently Damage Teeth

Energy Drinks Permanently Damage Teeth

About 50 percent of teens consume energy and sports drinks. That can lead to serious problems. Researchers have found that these energy-boosting beverages cause irreversible erosion of tooth enamel.

How To Create SMART Wellness Goals

How To Create SMART Wellness Goals

If you want to feel healthier, more energetic and in control, there’s an effective, simple way to go about the task: Use the goal-setting concept known as SMART. When you make a health-boosting plan that’s Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely, you’ll be amazed at what a difference it can make in your life.

There’s A Baby Born Every Hour In The U.S. Addicted To Opiates

There’s A Baby Born Every Hour In The U.S. Addicted To Opiates

If a baby is born to a mother addicted to opiate drugs, the child goes through drug withdrawal, a condition known as neonatal abstinence syndrome. According to researchers at the University of Michigan, the number of newborns going through this withdrawal has tripled in recent years.

Obese Drivers More Likely To Die In Car Crashes

Obese Drivers More Likely To Die In Car Crashes

If you are very overweight, you are more likely to die in an automobile accident. The reason: Overweight drivers don’t wear their seatbelts often enough.