Archive for the ‘Health Articles’ Category

A warm shower is a great idea after a hard workout. Warm water helps in improving blood flow to your skin and offers relief to aching muscles, contributing to a relaxing feeling. However, do not completely shun the idea of using cold water when you shower – not only after a workout, but also on [...]

Sadly, even animals are not safe from government and corporate interests. A hidden camera video taken in December 2011 was obtained recently by the animal rights group Mercy for Animals, showing how North Carolina Butterball turkey farm personnel were kicking and stomping on turkeys. The video also showed injured birds with open wounds and exposed [...]

Will sleeping pills really cure sleep deprivation? Recent studies will tell you that you should think twice before filling a prescription for sleeping pills. Not only do they fail to address the reasons for sleep deprivation, they are actually linked to increased risks of cancer and death. Taking Sleeping Pills Can Put Your Life on [...]

Believe it or not, weight management is not the only goal of exercise. Dozens of experts will tell you that this is just a bonus to the wide array of benefits exercise can offer. After reviewing 40 papers between 2006 and 2010, researchers have discovered that regular exercise can help prevent about two dozen conditions, [...]

The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics reports that money spent for cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statin drugs increased by $160 million in 2010, for a total spending of nearly $19 billion in the U.S. Statins have also become the most prescribed type of medication in the country. In 2010 alone, more than 255 million prescriptions [...]