Could your teeth be impacting your fertility? Orthodontists and medical doctors had been suspicious for decades. The suspicion is that there's a connection linking untreated mouth and gum disease, fertility, and pregnancy outcome. Sadly, their suspicions became truth.A woman in Santa Monica, California, gave birth to a full-term stillborn child. The woman battled extreme gum bleeding through the pregnancy.Following screening doctors exposed that...more
Many, many Americans take vitamins today, some take all sorts of pills everyday in an effort to stay as healthy as possible. But are vitamins really necessary to get and stay healthy? Or should we be looking for something else to keep our bodies running better?Today in our world, much of the food we eat is processed and man-made. Which means it contains a lot of chemicals that keep our bodies fighting to stay healthy and not running as...more
Kidney stones have been found throughout history. Scientists found evidence of kidney stones in a 7,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. Kidney stones can also be called renal stones, renal calculi, or by the medical names nephrolithiasis and urolithiasis. Kidney stones (calculi) are solid or semi-solid mineral-like substances occurring in the urinary tract. The urinary tract consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Kidney stones can form anywhere within the urinary tract, within the kidney, within the ureter (the tube draining urine from the kidney), or in the bladder. Kidney stones are crystalline masses that form from minerals and proteins in the urine. Kidney stones form when a change occurs in the normal balance of water, salts, minerals, and other things found in urine. These stones may contain various combination of chemicals. The most common type of stone contains calcium in combination with either oxalate or phosphate.Depending on their composition, they may be smooth, round, jagged, spiky or asymmetrical. In fact, these kidney stones may be as small as a grain of sand or larger than a golf ball. Kidney stones are more likely to form in hot climates or in the...more
It is the most important job we have as parents, to make sure our kids eat the healthy foods they need and not chow down on the junk food that is so easily obtained from fast food restaurants.There are only really three basic food groups that your children should try to eat from as often as possible every day. The first is carbohydrates, which...more
Hemorrhoid PPH is short for Procedure for Prolapse and Hemorrhoids. This is a technique for removal of advanced stage hemorrhoids (grade 2,3,4). In this surgical procedure a circular staples are used to reduce the prolapse, of the tissue by literally repositioning, or lifting up, of the rectal canal tissue causing a reduced blood flow to the...more
Did you know that you don't need to eat and exercise perfectly to lose the weight that's been hanging around on your body? If you ask anyone that is in good shape and knows what they're doing if they eat perfectly, they should tell you the truth, they don't!Obviously no one is perfect, but thinking you need to eat perfectly and exercise on a strict schedule may be the one thing holding you back from losing weight. It's very intimidating to think that you need to learn everything and get a handle on all of it before you even start. But thinking like this will just hold you back.Instead, you must know that you don't need to be perfect, give yourself the freedom to mess up a lot. Just get started! You'll never reach the goal you have if you don't make it and start getting on a path towards it. Here's what you need to do: Learn about your body. Make it a goal to learn a little more each week. Learn about blood sugar, the insulin response, how your body processes food, etc. As you learn each new thing, apply a little of it to your life. Maybe you'll read about insulin next, and realize that you shouldn't eat so many refined carbs. So start slowly taking them out of your diet. Don't try...more
Millions of individuals all over the globe have high blood pressure (otherwise known as hypertension) and for various reasons. It is very important that you know the risk factors and triggers, so that you can carry out the necessary precautions to...more
Uterine fibroids are benign (not cancerous) tumors on a woman's uterus or womb. They are the most common tumors on a woman's uterus and they usually develop within the uterine wall or they attach to the uterine wall. This article discusses fibroid...more
As adults, it is still quite difficult to achieve a change to a more healthy diet containing the additional fruits and vegetables that nutritionists, scientists and the government are telling us, almost daily it seems, is what we must do to ensure...more
From the day the human gain their senses they start thinking of their beauty. They think of making themselves look more beautiful and gorgeous and the most important part of the body that grabs human attention is the face. When you are looking at...more
As soon as it comes locating cures for hemorrhoids, it is not very simple to uncover one that is good for you. You may not know where to start looking. Hemorrhoids can make your life miserable and if you leave them untreated they will continue to get...more
Do not Live with the Problem of Underarm SweatingThough numerous people are affected by excessive underarm perspiration, only very few individuals are taking steps to get rid of underarm sweating due to the worry of social embarrassment. However,...more