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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
Prevent and Recover Quicker from Injury and Sickness as a Single Parent
Being a single parent means doing double the work most of the time. You don't really get a time out or a breather to take a minute. However, there are some ways you can prepare for issues ahead of time and to speed up recovery time after the fact. Consider these tips to apply to your life.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
Tinnitus
As I sit here in a quiet room, my ears are ringing, a loud hum that I am attempting to ignore. For me and millions of others who suffer from tinnitus, the world is never truly quiet. So, what is tinnitus? Tinnitus is defined as phantom noises that a person hears. In most cases, tinnitus is only heard by the person experiencing it but in rare cases, the tinnitus can be heard by others. The noises range from humming and buzzing to a roaring noise or even chirping sounds. Beethoven, the famous deaf composer, also suffered from tinnitus, telling friends he constantly heard the noise of crickets chirping. The effect of tinnitus can be so severe that it can make people go crazy. Tinnitus is a symptom of many ear related conditions including hearing loss due to noise exposure, ear infections, and Meniere's Disease, a condition that usually includes vertigo and hearing loss along with severe tinnitus.
By Jenny Beck7 years ago in Longevity
Lack of Sleep Will Impact a Person's Health
Many people may have work situations or other things occurring in their life that will cause them to experience insufficient sleep. It has been estimated that over 30 percent of people don't get a sufficient amount of sleep. This often results in more than just an inability to focus or being in a bad mood. Being deprived of sleep over an extended period of time can result in a person experiencing harm to their physical health and more.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
Journeying Towards Silence
Growing up, my life was filled with sound. I loved music and would sing my tiny heart out. I started taking piano lessons when I was 7 and was in the children's choir at church. According to my father, once I started talking, I never stopped. I loved doing voices and imitations of celebrities. When I went to college, I joined the Women's Collegiate Choir and we were good. I sang solos and led sectional rehearsals for my fellow sopranos. I listened to music non-stop. My parents bought me a keyboard for my birthday my first year so I could continue playing the piano in my dorm room. I would even sing along to my music when I worked in the basement stacks of the library. (It was behind closed doors, so I wasn't disturbing any studying.) My ears heard everything and I loved it.
By K. L. Michaels7 years ago in Longevity
Sharing an Allergy with Only 0.6 Percent of the World
This is my story, my story about going through reactions after reactions, over and over, for two years straight, countless doctors appointments, and no answers. Until we turned to our own research and figured out what all my doctors couldn't. But, in order to tell this story, we have to start from the very beginning.
By Jasmine Soliz7 years ago in Longevity
Astonishing Benefits of Ice-Cold Showers
I’m trying to open my eyes in defiance. They are fighting back. Rebellion is the only thing on my mind. My mouth is dry and thirsty. The alarm rings my ears off. My thoughts are commanding me not to move. Muscles lie still, too stiff to move.
By Toni Koraza7 years ago in Longevity
10 Things Not to Say to Someone Allergic to Cold
When I was younger, say 15 or so, I went to a car show with my dad and my friend Rosie. It was the 4th of July—her birthday—and summer. It wasn't the nicest weather, but it wasn't particularly bad. A little windy at most. I was wearing shorts. We were walking around looking at the cars and some of the stalls that were selling shiny things. We sat on the grass and chatted to a stall owner about what she was selling and how she made some of her stuff. The grass was a little damp with morning dew, and there was a bit of a brisk morning wind. We were sat there for about 15-20 minutes. When we stood up, both of my legs were covered in an angry red rash. I had no idea what it was. We went and sat in the car for a bit, and the rash faded. I decided I felt a bit better, so we went outside again, only for the rash to return. We just carried on, perplexed, but otherwise fine.
By Max Fisher7 years ago in Longevity
Carbohydrate Counting
Counting carbohydrates is an easy part of diabetes management. Milk, grains like rice etc., flour, bread from that flour, and corn products are all carbohydrates. So is butternut squash soup, pasta, yogurt, pinto peas, and potatoes in general, whether a sweet potato or a white potato or a yam, it is a carb. Tomatoes also have a carbohydrate count along with peas. Carbohydrates impact your blood glucose in such a way as to raise it. Lettuce, however, has no carbohydrates in it, which lessens the additional impact on blood sugar. Protein also has less impact than carbohydrates. Yogurt is both a protein and a carb.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Longevity
10 Ways to Take Advantage of Being Healthy While You're Still Young
When you are young, you have so much more energy than you are going to have later in life. However, when you are going through your 20's, it can be easy to take this energy for granted. Instead of just squandering away your health when you are in your 20's, here are ten ways to take advantage of being healthy while you're still young.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
Sneezes
Sneezes. That weird thing that everyone does randomly. One of those things that can happen at a very awkward time. The involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth. What is this and why does it happen? That uncomfortable, unwanted, and unnecessary occurrence that happens too often, to too many people. Ever thought of why all of a sudden one's body does this weird breathing fast thing that results in one spraying spit out of their mouth while their eyes are closed and being unable to stop it? Me too. Than there is the awkward slew of "bless you" when the person just sits there checking to see how bad their aim was and where their spit landed.
By Shterna Botnick7 years ago in Longevity
Why Is a Cup of Hot Raw Cocoa Good for Your Health on Every Morning?
In the following paragraphs, I emphasize that you do not need to eat bacon, egg, or oatmeal for breakfast if you do not really have time to prepare ingredients. All you should have for an amazing breakfast is a cup of hot pure cocoa served with a little cane sugar, brown sugar to sweeten it. Do not use refined sugar because it contains unhealthy chemical substances, making you put on weight. Please note: you must choose pure cocoa powder which is totally bitter, not Nestle hot chocolate, neither Milo nor Ovaltine brand. Here are the reasons for my statement.
By EDGAR ANH HOAI NGUYEN7 years ago in Longevity
