Well Being Medical Answers

There are herbal medicines for weight loss that actually work. There's also a confusing morass of definitions and claims that is made even more confusing by a mixture of misunderstandings...

Salmonella food poisoning or salmonellosis is a common bacterial infection of the intestinal tract which causes diarrhea and abdominal pain. Salmonella spreads through contaminated food and water. This infection is usually acquired through...

There are a number of reasons for which a person may decide to get a breast reduction, ranging from physical pain, posture problems, interfering in your everyday activities, attracting unwanted...

Caffeine is probably the world's most popular drug. Legal everywhere (I once had a cup of coffee at the Denny's across from Temple Square in Salt Lake City), caffeine is...

When you work out to build muscle, getting the right kind of protein in the right amount at the right time is essential. Muscles use protein to rebuild the fibers that give them strength. They use glucose (sugar) and water to make the glycogen that "pumps them up" so they become visibly larger. You

I worked in the nutritional supplements and herbal medicines industry for 20 years. I am in favor of vitamins. Vitamins are, after all, vital. That doesn't mean that every vitamin in every dosage is beneficial or even safe. One of the surprising problem vitamins (and one that I get the most push

The question of whether it's a good or bad idea to smoke after exercise is one that most North Americans would find rather odd. People in the US and Canada are told, and most accept, that lighting up a cigarette at any time is unhealthy. However, in other parts of the world, people often smoke

As some of you who follow me on Steady Health know, I'm getting old. I can remember the era before fluoride was added to almost all municipal water supplies in the United States and Canada. However, I had heard about the issues of fluoride and drinking water before that. That's because I grew up in

While one glass of wine per day can have beneficial health effects, moderate and severe alcohol consumption could cause problems related to several organ systems. Some manifestations of alcohol abuse occur only after long-term use, but there are serious side effects that can appear after a single

More than six million children in the US participate in some form of martial arts. These traditions and systems of combat practices are practiced for various reasons, which include physical fitness, self-defense, competition, entertainment, and mental and spiritual development. Martial arts are