Packed into a relatively small space is a myriad of complex and coordinated muscles, tendons, ligaments, tissue, fluids, blood vessels, nerve fibers, and glands that bring us immediate information about the world around us; our eyes. How our eyes work and what allows...
Getting a diagnosis of cancer is a life-changing event, to say the least. So getting as many answers as quickly as possible is key. A few answers might come from the complementary and alternative therapy schools of thought. As you work through this time with your...
The brain is one of the most amazing organs in our body. Just thinking about the infinitesimal daily functions it controls on a minute-to-minute basis is mind-boggling. The brain runs the body like your hard drive runs your computer. Electrical and chemical signals...
By RoseMarie Pierce, B.Sc. Experts say that between one-third to three-quarters of North American women of all ages are calcium deficient. Who needs extra calcium? Women who show a definite need for extra calcium include those who are adolescent, pregnant,...
A woman’s life has so many stages and changes; physical maturation in our early teens, marriage, pregnancies, nursing, motherhood, and ultimately watching our daughters go through the same stages. Then we get a “pause”… physically and mentally, when we can review the...
Back pain can be one of the most frustrating things to deal with because your back affects your every move, sitting and standing. And when back pain strikes, you can't do either for long without aggravating it. There are so many ways you can hurt your back, some...
Lupus is included in the category referred to as autoimmune diseases; a disease in which the body's immune system loses focus and begins to attack otherwise normal, healthy, nondescript, harmless tissue. Somewhere between 1.5 and 2 million Americans are thought to...
Introduction From the time a woman is born, her body is geared toward a much different lifetime of experiences than a man's. For this reason, it's important to look at health issues from a woman's perspective. In its infancy, medical science assumed that all health...
Introduction First and foremost, it's important to say that menopause (whichever stage you're speaking of) is not a "condition" that has to be "dealt with" anymore. The "Change" isn't whispered about in darkened back rooms any longer but is spoken about freely and...
Introduction The word is out – heart disease in women is on the rise and the symptoms are very different than a man's. And it's not just older women who should be aware; women who have a family history of heart disease should pay close attention to heart disease risk...
Introduction Women have had an interesting evolution, and fought through a revolution, in the past five decades. We've certainly "come a long way, baby" to a point where a woman is neither chastised nor rebuked for choosing her own life path, be it a career,...
Introduction Breast cancer information is everywhere and is ever-present in the mind of today's woman because of what a diagnosis could mean to her life. Every woman understands the importance of breast self-examinations in order to catch signs of breast cancer in its...