The Common Cold

The Common Cold

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Author: Jim Martinez Welcome to a new year, and yet another cold season. If you’re like most adults, you’ll likely have a cold two to four times in the next 12 months. Children, especially preschoolers, have it even worse, getting as many as eight to 10 colds annually. Although most…

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What a Sight! Should I Get Bifocals?

What a Sight! Should I Get Bifocals?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

The idea of someone wearing bifocals may conjure the image of a hunched-over elderly person, but that is an antiquated, stereotypical view of the type of person who needs bifocals. Older adults may be more inclined to ask the optometrist, “Should I get bifocals?”  But age is just a number…

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How Dieting Affects Your Skin

How Dieting Affects Your Skin

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

by Eva Perry Did you know that when you are dieting, there are positive and negative effects to your skin? Good nutrition is a key factor in maintaining that healthy glow and elasticity that many people strive to obtain. Healthier food choices are usually made when dieting. This means adding…

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Graves’ Disease Symptoms: Do You Have Them?

Graves’ Disease Symptoms: Do You Have Them?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder and a common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid gland. A person suffering from Graves’ disease has a thyroid that produces too many hormones. These hormones affect different bodily functions and parts of the body, so Graves’ disease symptoms are diverse.  Graves’ disease…

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Preventing Cancer

Preventing Cancer

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

By Kieran Waldron Governments throughout the world rarely tell their populations what the individual can do to prevent a disease occurring in the first instance. While all the emphasis is put on building more hospitals, better equipped hospitals and reducing waiting lists, lowering the need for hospital space by preventing…

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Foods that Beat the Bloat

Foods that Beat the Bloat

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

by Elizabeth Kelly It’s one of the most frustrating feelings a woman can have. You wake up one morning to find that the jeans that looked so good yesterday won’t even zip today. You’ve been exercising and eating right, so that can mean only one thing: the dreaded bloat. And…

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The Health Benefits of Herbs and Spices

The Health Benefits of Herbs and Spices

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Open your spice cabinet and you will find a pharmacopoeia of ancient wisdom. You may also find yourself on the way to the hospital. Herbal medicine is not something to embark upon uninformed. Self-medication, in any form, can be risky. At the same time, there are many herbs and spices…

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