What to Expect from Total Knee Replacement Surgery
Your knee pain has gotten so bad that it’s keeping you from doing many of the things you enjoy. You can’t kneel to work in your flower beds or stoop to play catch with your grandkids. And forget walking [more…]
Signs You or a Loved One May Be an Alcoholic
It probably happened slowly and innocently enough: a quick beer with coworkers after a hard day. Or maybe it was just one glass of wine to relax after the kids were tucked into bed. But lately you’ve noticed [more…]
Sorting Out Sunscreens for Healthy Sun Protection
The only thing more blinding than the sun is the number of sunscreens on the market. Trying to make sense of sun protection factors, UVA and UVB blocks, waterproof versus regular, and so on can leave your [more…]
How to Tell whether You’ve Got Allergies or a Cold
You’re sneezing, you can’t breathe, and your nose is runny. You’d like to take some medicine, but you’re not sure what will help because you don’t know what's making you sick. Is it a cold or allergies [more…]
Reading the Eyes for Personal Insights
Eye movements can give subtle clues about what someone is thinking, feeling, or remembering. Everyone moves their eyes according to which internal mental system they’re using – recognising someone’s eye [more…]
Using Your Modalities and Submodalities
Everything you experience is as a result of information that you take in through your senses – visual (what you see), auditory (what you hear), kinaesthetic [more…]
Remembering the NLP Presuppositions
Neuro-Linguistic Programming provides some basic positive assumptions and constructive convictions about the world. A few are listed here, take a look and try playing with these in your mind to see if [more…]
NLP Workbook For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Whether you’re feeling a flat, down, looking for a boost or a remedy to a hectic lifestyle, Neuro-Linguistic Programming is full of practical tips and tricks which can help you to change and improve the [more…]
Health Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Being a nonsmoker is one of the wisest decisions you can make for your health. However, if you’re regularly breathing smoke-filled air because you live or work with people who smoke, you’re not safe from [more…]
What Genetic Testing Can Tell You about You
Genes are the foundation of our physiology. They contain the code that determines what we look like and how our bodies function. Scientists now believe all disease is the result of mutations that occur [more…]
What Is Bad Breath and How Do You Get Halitosis?
About 75 percent of bad breath originates in our mouths. Decaying food caught between our teeth, coupled with dead cells and bacteria sitting on our tongues are the major culprits. Regular flossing and [more…]
What to Expect from Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Maybe you’ve been battling arthritis for years, or your hip has slowly deteriorated since you were in that car accident a few years ago. Pain killers, canes, and walkers aren’t relieving your pain or making [more…]
Remembering Important Rules for Giving Massage
Giving a massage is great, but it’s even better when you take time to remember important massage-giving rules. They help you perform your best work and, most importantly, give your partner the best experience [more…]
Knowing Important Guidelines for Receiving Massage
Receiving massage may seem like a passive activity, but knowing and following a few important guidelines can make you a better massage recipient and help you to get more out of your massage. [more…]
Being Aware of Massage Contraindications to Avoid
Contraindications (conditions that make massage unadvisable) can bring down a great massage for both you and the recipient. If you are aware of the contraindications pertaining to massage, you’ll be a [more…]
Avoiding Vulnerable Massage Areas
Some vulnerable areas of the body are exposed during a massage. Highly trained massage therapists can actually work in these areas, but if you’re not a massage professional yourself, you should stay away [more…]
Massage For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Whether you want to get a massage or find out how to give one, there are some important tips and guidelines to keep in mind. Safety is of the utmost importance, so be sure that you’re aware of contraindications [more…]
How to Treat Summer Colds
Summer colds are just as inconvenient as they are annoying, particularly when they interfere with vacations, weekend getaways, and outdoor activities. When it’s a beautiful outside and you’re stuck inside [more…]
Home Remedies to Treat Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac
Your skin is aflame with a horribly itchy, red rash. Somehow you lost your footing while you were hiking and managed to get tangled up in a poison sumac shrub. Now you’re paying the uncomfortable price [more…]
Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke: Symptoms and Safeguards
The sun and warmth of summer can be so seductive. They lure us to them, persuading us to spend hour upon hour playing sports, riding bikes, gardening, or doing any number of other outdoor activities. Summer [more…]
Preventing Swimmer’s Ear Infection
The health benefits of swimming are well known. Regular dips in the deep improve heart and lung function, strengthen muscles, and increase flexibility — all without putting stress on the joints. So what [more…]
How to Identify Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac
There’s nothing like a long nature hike to relieve stress and invigorate your soul. There’s also nothing like a woodland landscape to put you at risk for coming into contact with one of summer’s greatest [more…]
Sun Poisoning: Recognizing the Signs, Treating the Symptoms
When we think of all the life-sustaining benefits of sunlight, it’s hard to imagine that the sun can be poisonous for some of us. Yet more than 10 percent of Americans are sensitive to the sun’s rays and [more…]
How to Have Silver-Colored Dental Fillings Removed Safely
If you need or want to have amalgam fillings in your teeth removed, you and your dentist should follow these protocols to limit your exposure to the toxic mercury they contain. [more…]
How to Use Color to Shop for Antioxidant-Rich Produce
You can use the colors of fruits and vegetables to help guide your dietary levels of antioxidants, which is extremely important component for your diet. [more…]
