Getting In Shape: 10,000 Steps To Terrific Health What if I could show you a completely simple, inexpensive, low risk, foolproof method to lose some weight, get healthy, and get in shape? Sound too good to be true? Well, it is true, and all it takes is a serious commitment and a $15 step-counting pedometerIt has been one full year now since I first strapped on a pedometer and started getting my 10,000 steps in a day I’ll be honest, ...

Menopause Couples Couples going through menopause often have unique struggles when coping with the new changes and challenges it brings to them both as individuals, and as partners It is an inner battle – mentally and physically – for not just women, but men as well For women, it may be hard to get a male partner to understand and be able to empathise with her challenges But both sexes go through a form of menopause, and this transition is ...

Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder tends to focus predominately on children, leaving the ADD adult largely under served Most of the information presented about Attention Deficit Disorder focuses on children, parenting and school issues All but one ADHD medication currently on the market achieved FDA approval for adult Attention Deficit Disorder treatmentAttention Deficit Disorder simply was not in vogue when the adult of today was a child decades ago While today many express concerns of over diagnosis of ...

What Is Adhd? It seems that the "What is ADHD" question is not very easy to answer, despite the plethora of studies, research and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity testing over the past decadesIn asking the question, "What is ADHD," it is easier to answer by describing what ADHD is not Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder testing and research has not proven that ADHD is a medical condition There is no concrete research that supports that Attention Deficit and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ...

Cool Down With Hot Summer First-aid When the temperature tops 90 and the soles of your shoes sizzle on the sidewalk, cold therapy is a necessity for summer first-aid Whether it is ice from your freezer, a bag of frozen vegetables or a convenient commercial cold pack, ice therapy has many more uses than treating bumps and bruisesHere are five summer first-aid tips for cold therapy:Chill heat-related illnessesDuring the hot summer months, heat exhaustion and heat stroke can be a ...

The Truth About Smokers 'concentration Con' Smokers make many excuses for not quitting One of them is the 'concentration con' How many times have you heard a smoker say, 'I'd like to quit, but it helps me concentrate' Maybe you've said it yourself ?In reality, smoking doesn't help concentration from a medical viewpoint So the idea that smoking helps concentration is just a perception, or an imagined positive reason for not quittingIt's true that withdrawal symptoms, starting not long after ...

My High Blood Pressure I have probably had high blood pressure for a long time This is the story of how I found outIn hindsight, I can identify many symptoms of high blood pressure, but I either ignored them or thought they were related to other thingsThe major symptom I had was headaches Most days I would either wake up with a headache or develop one Some of them were real "head splitters" occasionally I would have to lie down ...

How Do I Choose The Best Arthritis Medicine? Are you spending a fortune on prescription arthritis medicines? Are they helping? Are you concerned about side effects? You may think a particular drug is a miraculous godsend Yet, someone you know may take the same dose only to experience little relief and life-threatening side effects All of the choices can be confusingThe best treatment for your arthritis is based on your needs Making the diagnosis of “osteoarthritis” is fairly straightforward, but ...

Arthritis Pain Relief With Acupuncture Arthritis pain has never been easy to treat and arthritis symptoms have often been managed by the use of possibly toxic or unpalatable arthritis medication Acupuncture can result in powerful arthritis pain relief and it can provide an alternative arthritis remedy for many pain sufferers Arthritis treatment by acupuncture is described belowArthritis pain relief with acupuncture - what is acupuncture? Acupuncture has been used for arthritis pain relief in traditional Chinese medicine for many thousands ...

Pharmaceuticals: The Next Frontier In America's War On Drugs America’s war on drugs, which has been fought in the opium fields of Afghanistan and the cocaine plantations of Columbia, will have to reinvent itself to combat what is set to be America’s biggest drug abuse problem, pharmaceuticals One in five American’s, nearly 48 million, have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes at least once in their lives The current past month misuse rate among Americans is 62 million According to a recent white paper by Carnevale Associates, this ...