Health Matters
App Alert
May 1st, 2013CineMama
Time-lapse pregnancy slideshows are a trend for expectant mothers these days, and the latest app, CineMama, is using this trend to their advantage. This app is available for iPhone and is a fun way to turn pictures into a video and share it through social media.
Beckford Formula for Weight Loss
Brighten Your Mood with a Bath
May 1st, 2013Aromatherapy can help fight stress, lift your mood, and alleviate aches, pains, burns, and even cellulite. How does it work?
Work Out Without Working Out!
May 1st, 2013Imagining an action and doing it require the same motor and sensory programs in the brain. A recent study showed that people who imagined strength training exercises increased their strength by 22 percent, compared to 30 percent in those who actually did the exercises. If the same way, mentally rehearsing in detail a piano piece will also yield dividends in muscle memory.
Free Yourself
May 1st, 2013Follow these 7 simple steps and you’ll finally be free from harsh chemicals that are destroying your health and the environment.
5 Dangerous & Pervasive Green Myths
May 1st, 20131) Going green, building green, living green is so expensive.
By Gail Groswold-Elwyn, President of Rethink RenovationsThe Amazing Tree
April 1st, 2013Before reading this you took a breath of air, let it fill your lungs and escape back out of your mouth, once the body had used up all its resources. What made this possible? Trees.
Here are the top ten reasons we need trees:
What Do You Know About Hypnotism?
March 1st, 2013A survey conducted last fall by the Morpheus Clinic for Hypnosis in Toronto found that public perception of hypnosis is improving, but that some old myths die hard.
What’s Best for Weight Loss?
March 1st, 2013For those who are short on time, researches from North Carolina have found that aerobic, not resistance, exercise is best when wanting to lose weight and fat. The study, titled “Effects of aerobic and/or resistance training on body mass and fat mass in overweight or obese adults,” is published in the December 2012 edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Early Predictor for Glaucoma
March 1st, 2013A new study finds that certain changes in blood vessels in the retina can be an early warning that a person is at increased risk for glaucoma.
Name That Itch!
March 1st, 2013Winter months can bring on the itch as cold weather and indoor heat dry out the skin. For some people itchy, dry skin is something more: a symptom of atopic dermatitis (eczema), contact dermatitis, or hives. Skin testing by an allergy expert is the best route to long-term skin solutions, but Brian Rotskoff, MD, offers up these general guidelines for understanding your skin condition.
