Posts Tagged ‘wellness’

Effects of Endurance Running

Researchers followed runners for 2 months along a 4,500-kilometer course to study how their bodies responded to the high-stress conditions of endurance running
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8380907584_30081d4655_oEndurance running is an activity that greatly promotes good health and well-being. Many individuals are fond of endurance running as their way to keep their body healthy. Others do endurance running to achieve their weight loss goals and...

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Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child’s risk for bipolar disorder

Flu in pregnant mothers has been linked to a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child might develop bipolar disorder in adulthood. The findings add to mounting evidence of possible shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia, which some studies have also linked to prenatal exposure to influenza.
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Flu is brought by viruses that invade a person body; it is commonly due to a weak immune system that makes it easier for viruses to bring flu in your system. Flu is considered to be a common health condition acquired during rainy season or sometimes in...

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Weight Training Program Safe for Pregnant Women

A study has found that a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity weight training program is safe and beneficial.
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Should exercise be a big NO to pregnant women? A slow to moderate exercise is accepted and also important to pregnant women, because they also need to move and sweat around a bit to maintain good physical state during pregnancy. The difference could only be in the...

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Depression In Adulthood May Be Linked To Parental Addictions During Childhood

The offspring of parents who were addicted to drugs or alcohol are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.
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There are different forms of addiction but the most common form is drug and alcohol addiction. Many people are addicted with drugs in different kinds and types, and most of them are mentally, physically and emotionally affected due to drug addiction. Addiction on drugs may start at...

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Blood Pressure Chart

The first or blue section of the blood pressure chart explains the systolic and the diastolic pressure
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Each person especially adults should have a better understanding about blood pressure, its meaning, indication, and ranges. According to an article from webmd.com, blood pressure is explained as the measure of the force of blood pushing against blood vessel walls. The heart pumps blood into the arteries...

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Right Vitamins for Hair Loss

Hair loss can be hereditary. It can also result from stress, environmental factors and certain vitamin deficiencies. One in two men over the age of 50
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There are different reasons why a person experience hair loss. Most hair loss cases happened in older people, which is why early hair loss can be very disturbing to many young people. Hair loss can be because of hereditary reasons, it could also be because of the...

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Yerba mate Tea Prevents Cancer!

Yerbamate tea has long been considered a medicinal brew in South America, and is thenational drink of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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Can cancer be prevented in a natural way? Cancer is a well-known cause of many health complications and death among different countries in the world. Traditional medicine is the basic possible way to prevent, treat or cure different types of cancer. Many people spend too...

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Walk for Weight Loss!

Morningwalk is the best exercise for your body, mind and spirit.
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Can walking really benefit your health? I do believe that walking is a very good form of exercise to keep the body healthy and fit. Walking may be a very simple and easy thing to do, it is also a normal activity for all of us but...

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Foods to Avoid

Current research shows that when looking at the likelihood of developing breast cancer, what you do not eat may be just as important as what you do eat
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Good health and total wellness depend on how we effectively, healthily and perfectly live our life. We basically get nutrients from the foods we eat, when all these nutrients from foods are utilized by the body, optimal health is achieved. It is necessary that you choose the...

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Swimming with asthma

Swimming is beneficial for young people with asthma, researchers have found.
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What is asthma?

An article I have read from medicalnewstoday.com stated that Asthma is a disease affecting the airways that carry air to and from your lungs. People who suffer from this chronic condition (long-lasting or recurrent) are said to be asthmatic. The inside walls...

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