Health & Fitness

The term “vestibular migraine” is not a real medical classification. A more accurate description would be a migraine with vestibular symptoms. The vestibular system in the inner ear, is one that maintains balance and equilibrium. Therefore vestibular symptoms are dizziness, vertigo (a sense of spinning or motion when at rest), […]

As you get older, you will find your doctor routinely sending you to have blood test assessments to check your… blood sugar, HDL and LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels as part of the “growing older” process. These are tests everyone will have to take care of at one time or […]

According to research data published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, individuals that include regular daily intake of Omega 3 can reduce the risk of heart attack (coronary thrombosis) by up to seventy percent. Such encouraging news has generated a good deal of interest in Omega 3 of late. […]

At the start of every new year many people start a new campaign to get in the best shape of their lives and although the intention is real enough, in reality many give up before the first month has even passed. So why is this the case? Maybe you can […]

You might be wondering why health and fitness is important, the answer to this can be complicated and extensive. However we will discuss a few of the many different reasons why your health and fitness is important. You will find that though health and fitness are important for everyone, there […]

In a recent news piece on ABCnews.com, it was reported that “…..Many of our body’s internal processes are cyclical. There are daily patterns, like waking and sleeping, monthly patterns, like a woman’s menstrual cycle, and even seasonal patterns, like those that cause seasonal-affective disorder (SAD) during the winter months. But […]

Outbreak News Today suggests: “Being able to see well is vitally important to performing everyday activities for most people. Contact lenses can provide many benefits, but they are not risk-free-especially if contact lens wearers take shortcuts and don’t take care of their contact lenses and supplies. Healthy habits mean healthy […]

In tennis you’re often playing off of one leg the majority of the time. This takes incredible balance, strength, & coordination. To improve these aspects of your game, training one leg at a time will allow you to produce power even in the most awkward “off-balance” positions. In most cases […]

Big Puffy Nipples [or areolae in medical terms] are one of the most common manifestations of the condition known as gynecomastia. The word itself is of Greek derivation as a lot of medical and biological terms are:     ‘gyne’= woman     ‘mastos’= breast. It is quite a common in males […]

Poor employee health costs U.S. organizations billions of dollars a year. Decreased work productivity due to health-related absenteeism can have a devastating effect on organizational performance. Preventable disease accounts for the majority of health care costs today. Fortunately, there’s also some good news. There are five steps organizations can take […]