Healthy Living Articles

Hemolytic anemia is a condition in which red blood cells break down faster than the body can build them. In healthy individuals red blood cells usually live 90-120 days, which means that around 1% of the red blood cells die each day.

The sun can be as harmful as the cold and pet owners should be well aware of these risks and how to prevent their pets from suffering heat stroke, sun burn, and heat exhaustion.

A very interesting study conducted in the 1980’s concluded that there are certain house plants that actually help purify the air. The study was directed by NASA in an attempt to help keep the air purified on extended space expeditions.

Sungazing, also known as solar healing or sun staring, is the term broadly applied to the practice of staring directly at the sun. It basically refers to looking at the sun at sunrise or sunset to receive nourishment from it.

Selecting the right skin care products can be a long and tiring process in the present market where you face hundreds of companies that make exaggerated claims regarding their products.

Each year, more than 3 million people in America are diagnosed with a form stomach ulcer. The statistic works out to be approximately 1 in every 54 people, or around 18.4% of the population in the United States.

The muscle most widely thought to be associated with the development of a stiff neck is the levator scapula muscle. Pain and stiffness in the neck is thus felt to be going down to the shoulder blades. Pain may often be associated with a headache.

Sciatica is pain in the sciatic nerve that radiates from the buttocks down the back of legs to the knee or even to the big toe. The pain is caused by pressure or irritation of the sciatic nerve.

The average American eats close to 600 pounds of dairy products a year, which makes it the single largest component of their diet.

Acid reflux is diagnosed when highly acidic gastric contents reflux back up into the esophagus. We all on the odd occasion suffer acid reflux especially when we over indulge.