Each week there are 9 people killed at work in the UK, with one person in 17 having an accident at work each year. The Health and Safety Executive estimates that at any one time there will be 2 million workers in the UK suffering from some kind of occupational ill health, from stress to manual lifting injuries.Schedule 3 of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations covers the law on biological hazards. Bio hazards can be defined...more
If you have been diagnosed with adult onset type II Diabetes, you may be able to control your condition through diet and exercise. Many people have genetic predispositions for adult onset diabetes, but the disease is usually brought on by poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. It can be hard to reverse the damage caused by years of unhealthy living, but by changing the way you eat and exercise, you can help control your disease and can lead a...more
With the lifestyles of many today, nutritional supplements are needed to bridge the gap between our unbalanced diets. Here I address why you should take nutritional supplements.Few things have been as controversial as nutritional supplements have been recently. Depending on who you listen to, they are either the answer to any problem you have or they are the devil incarnate. The truth about nutritional supplements, though, is really somewhere in between.Nutritional supplements are more widely used now than in other time in history. This is because many people have turned to nutritional supplements in order to fill the gaps in what they know to be unhealthy diets that don't meet the minimum daily requirements for many, many necessary vitamins and minerals. Others have turned to nutritional supplements in order to enhance everything from their workout regimes to their memory and mental functions.Considering the controversy over whether it's safe to take nutritional supplements or not, you probably wonder just what you can really expect from taking nutritional supplements. Do they have any real benefit?The fact is that taking nutritional supplements in their recommended dosages...more
A migraine headache is a very bad, throbbing or pulsating headache that tends to recur. It is often associated with nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, sound, and smells. Hands and feet may feel cold and sweaty and unusual odors may be intolerable. Migraines may disrupt your sleep and can cause depression. Moving around can make the headache...more
Buttons for hospitals can be a great way to spread motivation, identify people, and help with the healing process. There are a great many uses and fun projects that hospitals can do utilizing buttons. From Public Relations to patient care, buttons can serve you well in a hospital environment.Any hospital with a children's ward should have a button...more
Does this sound familiar to you? You have goals for your muscle building workouts. You follow a regime that allows you to achieve those goals. You're doing everything right. But, you fall on your butt. Then you find that you get back up and start the whole process working on your muscle building workouts all over again. Only to find that you keep falling down, getting back up again and repeating this over and over. You do this until you think that you are never going to achieve anything here. You think that this training lark isn't for you. So what do you do? Yep, you give up. Why does this happen and what can I do about it? You've probably asked yourself that question many times. But you may have found that you never came up with a real answer. You blame the muscle building workouts and everything that led you to it. So what is the real problem? It seems that you have the right muscle building workouts. You may have goals in mind of what you would like to achieve with that training routine. Maybe you're doing one, or more, of the following: * Having bad, or no, warm up sessions. * Not eating enough. * Not taking enough fluids. * Training too much. * Lifting excessive weights. *...more
Alternative Therapies and alternative medicine has been gaining ground along with conventional treatments. Alternative therapies have been practiced for thousand of years especially in the east commonly known as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese...more
November is a great time to try again to kick the smoking habit.I say "again" because, as a 30-year-smoker who tried to quit for 25 of those years, I'm pretty sure all smokers try to quit again and again.During November, carrying on the work of...more
How To Feel Refreshed All Day and Enjoy Quality Family Time In The Evening!If you're one of the "still" surprisingly many that just can't get the sleep thing right, keep reading! How many times a week do you wake up where you can't figure out if...more
Eyewear consumers most often are concerned about:1. Is there a trick behind the 50% off sale?2. Are 'add-ons' like UV and scratch protection really worth it?3. Is 'Buy one, Get one FREE' possible?4. How do I know I'm getting the right frame for my...more
Author: Renata NyleveThe darkening color of our teeth has always been a problem. This is why a lot of people have been looking for solutions to whiten their teeth. Likewise, a lot of at home teeth whitening products have emerged in an effort to...more
The urgency and reality of a flu pandemic has certainly been explained to us through media, government and our own medical establishment. Is the Avian Flu threat a "real" threat? No one really knows. Many say that it is just hype and maybe so. But...more