About 27 million Americans suffer from some type of thyroid disease. The two most common forms are hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Women are 7 times more susceptible to develop thyroid problems than men. Hypothyroidism is where the thyroid doesn’t produce enough of the two key hormones that keeps your body functioning normally and hyperthyroidism is where
How many of you suffer for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? About 12% of people in the United States have IBS. With a population of about 327 million people in the US, that means about 39.2 million Americans suffer from IBS. Numbers are not as high in many countries, but could be even higher in some.
High blood pressure (hypertension) affects about 75 million American adults, about 1 of every 3. Left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can drastically increase a person’s chance of having a heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and eye problems. Sadly, only about 54% of adults with high blood pressure have it under control. There are many factors
Back-to-school shopping season is here, but there’s plenty more for parents to be focusing on than the best “steals and deals” of shopping. Before your child steps into their classroom for the first time in 2019, experts are weighing in on some of the things that you can do now to ensure success throughout the
I’ve seen some nutritionists claim that osteoporosis is a modern phenomenon due to our poor diets and lack of physical activity, but they are so very wrong. Examinations of some Egyptian mummies dating back to around 4,000 years, displayed the telltale signs of osteoporosis including the distinctive dowager’s hump. A dowager’s hump refers to the
Climate change is a highly controversial issue. Many liberals blame it all on mankind and our pollution and there are others who claim that it’s more of a political issue than a true environmental issue. I’ll not get into that debate here, but will say that the climate is changing and it has always changed
The main reason our body can live as long as it does is that many of our cells replicate themselves with new, young cells that replace the old cells. That’s why our skin constantly sloughs off dead skin, which according to many, accumulates and adds many pounds to your mattress. (Some years back, I recall
As we get older, our bodies change and so do our diets. Many of us have dietary habits that we developed as children that we still live by in our later years, but even they are subject to change as we age. We may not eat as much of those favorite foods or we’ve eliminated
First, allow me to clarify the difference between a vegetarian and vegan. A vegetarian does not eat meat, poultry or seafood. Some vegetarians still eat other animal-based foods such as eggs, milk, cheese, real butter, and cheese. A vegan I once knew told me that vegans are hyper-vegetarians. Not only do they not eat meat,
With age comes many changes in our bodies and one of those changes involves our immune system. When we were younger, we often could fight off an illness or work through it. I worked as a laborer outside in Arizona when I had pneumonia and 102º fever. I was younger and stronger and a few
