Heartburn, Is It Ruining Your Life Do you sleep with 3 pillows under your head? After you eat or drink do you moan in agony grasping your chest at the same time? Do you feel like you have swallowed a thousand nails? Then welcome to the world of indigestion and heartburn First, let me clarify myself here Indigestion and heartburn can be caused by many different reasons Today I am writing about heartburn and indigestion caused by life, and NOT by any underlying illness Heartburn or pyrosis is ...

High Blood Pressure Qa Everyone should find out if they have high blood pressure by having your blood pressure checked regularly Most doctors will diagnose a person with high blood pressure on the basis of two or more readings, taken on several occasions A consistent blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher is considered high blood pressure, another term for hypertension There are millions of people who may not even know they have high blood pressure High blood pressure often has no signs or symptoms The only ...

Is There Good And Bad Cholesterol? Copyright 2005 Kristy Haugen Many classify cholesterol as good and bad This is not true Cholesterol is simply cholesterol When thinking of good and bad, many are referring to HDL's and LDL's HDL refers to high density lipoprotein while LDL refers to low density lipoprotein Lipoproteins are merely cholesterol carriers Lipoproteins are part lipid (fats) and part protein The reason for this structure is proteins are soluble in water whereas fats are insoluble in water The protein portion is used to transport ...

Light, Lean, Low - Weight-management Products Americans are forking over $33 billion per year on weight-loss goods and services, and billions more on weight-management products The demand for healthy beverages, snacks and meal options is constantly increasing, so probably super-sized portions will continue to lose ground Americans are forking over $33 billion per year on weight-loss goods and services, and billions more on weight-management products The demand for healthy beverages, snacks and meal options is constantly increasing, so probably super-sized portions will continue to lose ground According to trends, ...

Tips To Stop The Pain From Chronic Headaches Are you suffering from constant chronic headaches? Headaches are a common ailment, but research has developed treatments that may help your problem almost disappear According to the National Headache Foundation (NHF) tension headaches affect nearly 78% of the adult population 13% of the population suffers from migraines Because the cause of migraines varies greatly, what relieves a migraine in one person may trigger an attack in another The suggestions here are guidelines for those who suffer regularly from tension headaches which ...

Health - Foods To Avoid When Stressed Foods to Avoid When Stressed Most people have lives filled with stress Whether it is your job, kids, or school causing you stress there are ways to avoid stress as well as things to avoid in order to keep your stress under control If you are experiencing stress here are some quick tips on the right foods to eat to keep your stress levels from rising If you are completely stressed out keep away from caffeine You don't want to be ...

Change Your Lifestyle Combat Fatigue In my article Give Up Control To Get Control, I talk about ways to get out from under the lengthening to do list and the stress of every day life So, imagine my surprise when I saw a commercial the other day for a new drug on the market to help you combat "fatigue" – once called exhaustion They actually go on to say that this product is a "natural" alternative to caffeine and sugar ...

Abdominal Hysterectomy Recovery Time After Hysterectomy Having an abdominal hysterectomy and the recovery time after hysterectomy are significant events in any woman's life Since an abdominal hysterectomy is an in-patient surgical procedure, you should plan on being away from home and work during the surgery and perhaps during the beginning recovery time after hysterectomy The length of the hospital stay depends on what type of hysterectomy you have, how your surgery goes and what your doctor recommends While the hysterectomy recovery ...

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (gerd) Information Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD, is the medical term for what most people refer to as acid reflux disease Gastroesophageal is a relatively new term for acid reflux disease It has been used for approximately the past 20 years Before that it was just referred to as heartburn But heartburn is just one of the symptoms of GERD Some of the other symptoms of GERD are regurgitation, hoarseness or laryngitis, the feeling of a lump in ...

Whitening Toothpaste There are many ways to achieve the white teeth of your dreams, and hundreds of products to choose from As with most things in life, you get what you pay for The top of the line tooth whitening treatment is an in office laser whitening which will run you about $60000 Expensive for some, but it gives guaranteed and immediate results The cheapest method of tooth whitening is the use of whitening toothpaste This is the cheapest, and ...