Turtle to Turbo Speed: Flu Shot – Will She Or Won’t She?

Four months down and four months to go until marathon day, or as I call it, “when the real suffering begins.” As the marathon draws closer and the countdown to flu season begins, we’ve had many office discussions about whether or not a flu shot is in order when training for a marathon. It’s so easy to get one these days unlike last year when the H1 N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine was in short supply. You can use the iTriage app to find the closest urgent care, retail …

4 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Health in Your 40s

Reaching the age of 40 is a milestone in your life and this is also a transition period for many of them as far as their body and health is concerned. It’s important to make wise choices in terms of nutrient intake and you’ll also have to exercise well to maintain your health in a good condition.

Well, in this article, we have listed out top 4 ways to improve your health in your 40s, which can be followed by both men and women in general.

1. Eat a Healthy …

Both an HIV Vaccine and an HIV Cure Are Needed

Every day there is more and more news coming from HIV research. The HIV pandemic is not over, and some may say it is only just beginning. Thirty-three million are currently infected and there are 7,000 new cases daily. The search for antiretroviral therapy is still on, but for many countries, a drug response just is not enough. The creation of an HIV vaccine is crucial to the eradication of the disease. This would be an injection that when taken, could prevent someone from ever catching the disease. Since prevention …

What Are the Biggest Tetanus Symptoms?

Strangely, most people have only heard of tetanus from the phrase “tetanus shot,” instead of from understanding what it is, or more about tetanus symptoms. If they were more informed, there would be far more attention given to efforts to prevent contracting the deadly disease, and aggressively combating its spread among the general population. Tetanus is a disease caused by a toxin produced by the bacteria called Clostridium tetani. This toxin can be found in soils heavy in manure or other organic material, particularly in tropical or humid regions of the hemisphere. Once the …

Start a Healthy Diet With Foods That Burn Fat

If you want to start a healthy lifestyle, you should pay particular attention to your food choices. Most people fail in the implementation of their diet plans because they have the tendency to have too much intake of the wrong types of food. In order to be guided in your diet, here is a list of foods that burn fat. You should consider shifting your meals to any of these foods:

Oatmeal may not be one of those foods that you would like to munch on, but this is one of …

There may come a time when love in a couple has run out, and the best thing to do is to separate. But what to do when you discover that there is a pregnancy? How to trust someone you don’t love? DNA testing while pregnant emerges as an effective solution to allow couples in conflict to determine if there is a biological relationship between the baby in the womb and the alleged father. Although they must wait until the 7th week of pregnancy to take the test, it is much better than being forced to wait nine months for the …

Tips to Naturally Lose Weight

Long Term Healthy Weight Loss

In the high-tech, fast paced world that we live in everybody seems to be in constant motion, expecting results and information instantaneously. This of course applies to weight loss, but the simple truth is that losing weight is not a quick gimmick solution, especially if you want to keep it off.

The only way to lose weight fast and in a hurry is by going under the knife, pills, or some sort of starvation diet. All of which carry some sort of health risk. Approaching weight loss as a long-term …

How to Prevent and Cure the Flu Naturally Without a Vaccine

“If a doctor treats your flu, it will go away in fourteen days. If you leave it alone, it will go away in two weeks,” said Gloria Silverstein. Drinking water, washing your hands, and getting enough sleep are important, but the most effective thing you can do to prevent any sort of flu is to boost your immune system. When your immune system is functioning properly your risk of contracting the flu is severely reduced.

Immune system boosters include green tea, garlic, green vegetables, and regular exercise and avoid- …

HPV Virus – 6 Reasons You May Be at Risk!

Several factors put you as an individual at greater risk of becoming infected with the HPV virus:

Lack of education – The less you know and understand about the HPV virus and the various ways in which it can be transmitted, the more at risk you are. It is most important to be aware that there are over 250 types (strains) of the virus, and although these strains are all from the same family (human papillomavirus) they do not all behave in the same fashion, nor do they cause the …