Symptoms, diagnostic markers, and specialized nutritional protocols are critical components in managing cardiovascular health, organ function, and psychological well-being across the lifespan.
Nearly all children will experience a clogged nose and ears, also referred to as congestion or stuffy nose. Most of the time, these uncomfortable symptoms result from a minor illness or allergies.
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Many Americans have a taste for salty foods. In fact, 90 percent of Americans eat too much sodium, which can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. In the short term, a salty meal can make you feel bloated because your body is retaining water. In this case, drinking more water than normal may help.
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Your immune system forms a barrier against infectious disease. Lymphocytes, a class of white blood cells, play a key role in recognizing and fighting harmful pathogens.
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Garlic bulbs can pick up the bacteria that cause botulism from the soil. Storing garlic or any other low-acid vegetable in oxygen-free conditions at room temperature can encourage the growth of the toxins responsible for food-borne botulism, a dangerous illness.
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Water pills or diuretics are used to treat a number of conditions that affect your body’s ability to properly regulate fluid intake. This includes congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and body swelling known as edema.
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Everyone makes both good and bad lifestyle choices. You may make the choices you do because of learned habits, stress, exhaustion and even timeliness. To live a healthy lifestyle you need to have a nutrient-rich diet, moderate exercise each week, get enough rest and avoid products that can lead to unhealthy habits.
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Progesterone, one of the most important hormones for pregnancy and for regulating menstrual periods, is normally found in synthetic form in birth control pills. Some alternative practitioners advocate taking natural progesterone in addition to birth control pills to counteract some of the common side effects.
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You know garlic as an odorous but flavorful addition to many food dishes. But garlic cloves are packed with potential health benefits because of their natural phytochemicals that may have positive effects on the body.
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Lumps and swelling can stem from a number of maladies. Lumps can apply to a range of skin conditions, including boils, cold sores, breast lumpiness, hemorrhoids and acne. Swelling might refer to those issues, or to a more generalized swelling, as with fluid retention.
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It is common for women to skip a menstrual period occasionally. This condition is known as amenorrhea. Women often find it stressful when they miss a menstrual cycle and experience anxiety waiting for their cycle to return to normal. According to the MayoClinic.
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Avena sativa means “wild oats” in Latin. This plant, also referred to as oat straw or oat extract, was used as a medicine prior to being used as food. This plant may have sparked the phrase, “sowing your wild oats,” due to its effect on sexual stimulation, according to “Prescription for Herbal Healing” by Phyllis A.
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Many strong opinions exist about how and when abortion should happen. There is general agreement, however, that abortion is acceptable when medical issues justify it.
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Surgeons perform an open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy to remove the gallbladder, a pear-shaped organ that sits atop the liver along the upper right side of the body.
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A healthy weight is important at every stage of life for maintaining good health and personal productivity and especially important to the elderly because of the physiological changes that occur in the body as people age.
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Glucose is a sugar that serves as a primary energy source for your body. It also provides fuel for optimal brain and nervous system activity, which may help support cognitive functions such as learning and memory. The human body stores glucose in several forms to meet immediate and future energy requirements.
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The long thoracic nerve is a branch of the cervical or neck nerves that supplies the chest wall muscles known as serratus anterior. The long thoracic nerve and serratus anterior muscle are responsible for forward arm movement like a boxing punch or working your arms overhead.
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Almost 60 percent of the human body is water, which is little wonder when you find out why this fluid is so vital to your body's function. Each day, the body must replace 2.4 liters of water, mostly through drinking water and consuming foods with a high water content.
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Honey-based treatments cough remedies are commonly used across the world. Folk medicine recommends honey for many ailments, and lime has been listed in Indian traditional medicine as a cough treatment. Currently, there are no scientific studies to support the combination honey and lime as a cough remedy.
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Pizza is one of those foods that can either be a healthy treat or violate all of your dietary guidelines. If you're buying pizza from one of the popular fast food chains, you're probably exceeding your daily allotments for fat, saturated fat, sodium and calories.
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The human body is made up of hundreds of muscles that must work together to allow for body movements. Although many of the body's muscles are small, and work in accordance with other muscles for proper movement, there are large muscles, within the body, that are primarily responsible for certain body movements.
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