Sunday, February 21, 2016

Eight tips for healthy eating

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. It doesn't have to be difficult either. Just follow these eight tips to get started. The key to a healthy diet is to do the following: Eat the right amount...

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

How to Actually Get a Good Workout on the Elliptical Machine

By Alison Feller, Greatist To reap maximum benefits, put away distractions and pick up interval training. Doing the same workout day after day may be effective at first, but it will eventually lead to a fitness plateau. Out of all the cardio machines, the elliptical...

4 Healthy Ways to Make Sex Feel Better Tonight

By Amy Levine, MA, CSE, Special to Health Three simple letters that elicit myriad thoughts and feelings. Sex has the potential to involve all of the senses, turn us on, happen solo or with a partner, allow us the opportunity to give and to receive, and be incredibly...

Saturday, February 13, 2016

5 Reasons Why Skin Cancer Surgery Isn’t So Scary

Get the inside scoop on Mohs surgery, the most popular treatment option for basal and squamous cell carcinomas. Wear a wide-brimmed hat to minimize your sun exposure. Veva Vesper has dealt with more than her fair share of skin cancer in the last 25 years. The 69-year-old...

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Sex Secrets You Should Know

By Dennis Thompson Jr. | Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH Men who want to enjoy a good sex life should know their partner can be the best source of sex secrets. From erection to orgasm, communication is key. Good sex with your partner...

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

80% of heart attacks in men can be prevented through healthy lifestyle behaviors

Due to the results of a recent study, researchers stress that people can save a lot of money and preserve their well-being by living a healthy lifestyle. The study examined various aspects of healthy living as well as the rates by which men experienced myocardial infarction...

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

How Much Sleep Do You Need?

The number of hours of sleep you need to stay healthy and alert differs according to your age. Teenagers need between 8 to 10 hours of sleep, while adults should get 7 to 9 hours. Sure, you’re eating your vegetables and fruits and squeezing in exercise at least 20 minutes...

Monday, February 8, 2016

Are you putting Monsanto in your vagina? 85% of tampons and feminine hygiene products contaminated with cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, over 50 American women were killed by their tampons. Although the FDA and the feminine hygiene industry have gone to tremendous lengths to try to memory hole this true history (and label it just a "rumor"), tampons made from certain non-natural...

Sunday, February 7, 2016

What You Need to Know About Vaginal Dryness

By Laura Berman, PhD A dry vagina is a common problem for women that affects their enjoyment of sex. Although many women are embarrassed to discuss vaginal dryness, the truth is that it is something most of us will grapple with a dry vagina at some point in our lives....

Ask Dr. Berman: Low Self-Esteem Can Plague Your Relationships

By Laura Berman, PhD Does low self-worth negatively impact your relationships? Q: I struggle with maintaining healthy self-esteem in my relationships. Sometimes I don’t feel like my partner really wants to be with me or that I am worth the effort a relationship takes....

Friday, February 5, 2016

Infection-Protection: 10-fun-Ways-to-Boost-Immunity

Several million years ago, it is hypothesized, the first Stone Age human caught the first cold. Ever since then, doctors, nurses, herbalists, shaman and healers of every sort have been confounded by colds and flu. Over the years, these devilish pathogens have been...

Fast-Tracking Drugs Leads to Weaker Post-Market Review, Study Finds

By Susan E. Matthews, Everyday Health Staff Writer New research shows that drugs that are expedited for approval are tested on fewer patients and don't get proper follow-up research. A new paper out in JAMA Internal Medicine questions whether FDA fast-tracking of drugs...

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Train Like an Olympian With Lindsey Vonn's Lower-Body Workout

Lindsey's lower-body workout torches calories and builds muscle in all the right places. Lower-Body Workout-1 1.Tone your legs and thighs by Alison Prato Lower-Body Workout-2 Why not train like an Olympian? Lindsey is sharing her secrets. These moves tone...

Best and Worst Foods for Sex

Libido-boosting foods by Ashley Macha                                                                   ...

Monday, February 1, 2016

Effects of cancer screening on overall mortality overstated, says report

There is insufficient evidence to claim cancer screening saves lives, argue experts in a report published in The BMJ, who call for future studies to assess the impact of cancer screening on overall mortality rather than disease-specific mortality alone. Screening tests...

Zika Update

The virus continues to spread as countries issue pregnancy advisories and drug firms pick up on vaccine development.                 As the mosquito-borne Zika virus has now spread to at least 23 countries in the Americas in recent...

Exercising With Physical Limitations

As Dom Lassonde felt the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis creep into his body, the 40-year-old Vancouver Islander knew he needed a different way to stay fit. The autoimmune disease inflamed his synovial membranes—a connective tissue in joints that produces lubricating fluid...