Healthy articles

During pregnancy, when a woman’s body undergoes a lot of hormonal changes, insomnia and anxiety often becomes a common problem. In many cases, the insomnia does not subside even when the pregnant female is free of all the other pregnancy symptoms.

A Consumer Reports study found that more than half of Americans believe the drug prescriptions their doctors write is influenced by kickbacks their doctors receive.

What do marbled eggs served in Chinese restaurants and flu medicine have in common? Licorice-scented Chinese herb aka star anise. The aroma of star anise is also what you smell when you open a bottle of the common American flu remedy Nyquil.

The native American herb echinacea has been a favorite for fighting winter respiratory infections for hundreds of years. Used in teas, tinctures, and capsules, this prairie plant has true believers and fierce defenders. What about science?

Excessive sweating can be a cause of embarrassment. This condition normally begins with the onset of puberty when one becomes all the more conscious of his or her appearance and wants to present his very best in the public.

A very common myth doing the rounds, these days, is that it is the metabolism which contributes to a healthy body. But there are a number of healthy food items that can prove this statement to be entirely false.

You may be surprised by the following statistics, which indicate just how large a problem the consumption of alcohol and alcoholism is in the United States and how it affects families and society as a whole.

Addiction is a disease—that is one of the first things you need to understand. This does NOT give anyone the right to behave badly or to hurt anyone, but it is important for you to know that while you have a disease, the disease does not have YOU.

In many ways any season is a difficult season for people drinking problems, but the end of year holidays pose special problems. One of the most important things anyone who addicted to alcohol has to do any time of year is to avoid sugar.

As we age, we also tend to produce fewer of the digestive enzymes we need, so supplementing with digestive enzymes can benefit us. High levels of stress can also decrease the amount of enzymes we produce ourselves- and lead to a need to supplement.