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Exercise Melts Body Fat
If you want to reduce your body fat, focus on increasing the amount of exercise you get rather than decreasing your food intake. A recent national study was done using two groups of sedentary men, one group in their 20’s and the other over age 65. A lot was learned from this accumulated data and [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 29th, 2008
To Have a Healthy Skin
With new research, new products and new skin protection advice popping up all the time, it is hard to figure out the best things to do to improve and protect your skin. A skin care program is the combination of skin care products and a routine that will be most beneficial to the skin. You will [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 29th, 2008
New Therapy For Heart Attacks
New drugs can stop or limit the damage of a heart attack, but only if the patient gets help immediately, experts say. Once the flow of blood to a portion of the heart is blocked for several hours, the damage is irreversible. Knowing the symptoms of a heart attack, which can be wide-ranging and confusing, is [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 26th, 2008
Screening and Diagnosis of Anemia
Anemia is a condition in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your tissues. It occurs when the level of healthy red blood cells (RBCs) in the body becomes too low. This can lead to health problems because RBCs contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to the body’s tissues. Anemia [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 16th, 2008
Alcohol and Society Today
There has been a lot of discussion in the last few years about the continuing problem of alcohol and the effect it has on society. Should we treat alcohol as if it were an illicit drug? It’s a fact that excessive drinking can seriously damage one’s health. Those who claim that “alcohol is a drug” want [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 12th, 2008
Facts About Alzheimer Disease
“Alzheimer’s Disease” is the term used to describe a dementing disorder marked by certain brain changes, regardless of the age of onset. Alzheimer’s disease is the exception, rather than the rule, in old age. Only 5 to 6 percent of older people are afflicted by alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia–but this means approximately 3 [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 12th, 2008
Handy First Aid Tips
When someone is injured or suddenly becomes ill, there is usually a critical period before you can get medical treatment and it is this period that is of the utmost importance to the victim. What you do, or what you don’t do, in that interval can mean the difference between life and death. Every household should [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 8th, 2008
Positive Weight Loss Approach
Once you have made up your mind to lose weight, you should make that commitment and go into it with a positive attitude. We all know that losing weight can be quite a challenge. In fact, for some, it can be downright tough. It takes time, practice and support to change lifetime [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 8th, 2008
Fueling Up On Water
Water is our body’s vital fuel. It’s calorie-free, inexpensive and easily obtained. Yet few people follow the old fashioned advice to drink eight glasses of water a day. Most people drink when they are thirsty, but the beverage of choice tends to be some other drink besides water. Americans drink two or three glasses of [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 1st, 2008
Hay Fever, Allergy and Asthma
Hay fever is a chronic condition characterized by sneezing, nasal congestion, runny and itching nose, palate, ears and eyes. If you recognize any of these symptoms chances are, you or some member of your family has experienced hay fever at one time or another. Doctors call it allergic rhinitis. Most people know it as [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • June 1st, 2008
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