 Pets are Good for You Old people who refuse to leave their homes because it means parting with much-loved pets are wiser than the social workers who set the rules. Owning a pet is good for you.
Pet-owners are more cheerful, live longer, recover from illness better, and suffer fewer heart attacks than those who do not own pets. A report published recently pointed out that the 'no-pets' rule in many nursing homes caus ... Date added: 17 November '07 |
 What could be done to improve the lives of the elderly? by Cristina Nuta -
For many elderly people the latter part of their lives is not a time to relax and enjoy retirement, but rather a difficult and unhappy period, owing to financial worries, failing health and loneliness. As life expectancy increases, the average person lives well beyond the age of retirement. As a result, the elderly make up an ever-increasing percentage of society, which makes ... Date added: 26 May '07 |
 Shiatsu Exercises Shiatsu is a Japanese healing art. It uses finger pressure to re-energise the body and relieve a variety of health problems, tension and pain.
"Shiatsu technique refers to the use of fingers and palm of one's hand to apply pressure to particular sections on the surface of the body for the purpose of correcting the imbalances of the body, and for maintaining and promoting health. It is also a m ... Date added: 16 November '07 |
 Tai Chi Exercise Tai Chi, popular in China, is based on a series of slow, dance-like movements, usually performed in the open air. It is good for those recovering from physical or emotiomal problems. It aids blood circulation, posture and co-ordination, and helps to improve muscle tone. Here is one basic exercise:
1 Stand with your legs apart and breathe normally. Let your arms hang by your sides and, with your ... Date added: 15 November '07 |
 Early Greek and Roman Medicine by Ana Condor -
Early Greek and Roman medicine
The greek medicine appeared to be a lot more complicated than the tribal medicine . They treasured health and worked hard through examining and observing patients in order to become perfectionists.
From the 6th century BC, the greeks had a famous healing centre at Epidaurus. It was believed that the god Asclepius was the god of healing. Th ... Date added: 11 June '07 |
 About Early Medicine by Ana Condor -
Ancient tribes
5000 years ago, people thought that illnesses are the result of evil living in humans bodies. They also believed that gods and superior spirits are punishing people through diseases. The practice of magic and witchcraft was popular amongst many tribes, through charms, images of gods and spells to drive away the evil spirits. A medicine man's kit would contain ... Date added: 11 June '07 |
 Here is some practical advice which may help you to kick the smoking habit by Cristina Nuta -
There are many smokers who are aware of the health hazards of their habit and want to stop, or have already tried without success. Here is some practical advice which may help you to kick the habit.
One way to stop smoking is to rely on your won will-power. Simply smoke your last cigarette and do not allow yourself to pick up another. However, very few of us are strong-wil ... Date added: 29 May '07 |
 Prevention is Better than Cure by Cristina Nuta -
Many people nowadays are very little concerned about their health and they refuse to go to the doctor’s for a check, periodically. They say that time does not permit them to do this or just because they feel ok and they don’t need to see a doctor.The only moment they see themselves obliged to go to the doctor is when they really feel sick and they don’t have another possib ... Date added: 03 February '07 |
 Say NO! To Cocaine by Cristina Nuta -
Attention! Cocaine is an incentive drug which leads to dependence and which has a direct effect on the brain. It is extremely dangerous to human's body! It is a product obtained from leaves of the vegetable of coca, which can be found generally in South America, especially in Peru and Bolivia. In this area the inhabitants use to chew these leaves in order to diminish tirednes ... Date added: 04 February '07 |
 Money Spent by Governments on space travel would be better spent on Health Programmes and Educational Programmes on Earth by Monique Barb -
We are all aware of the third world. The third world contains countries in Africa, Asia and some countries in the Latin America. These countries are the poorest countries in the whole world. People are dying very day because of the lack of doctors and medicine. They do not feed properly, they have no clothes nor houses. The third world countries have the highest rates of birt ... Date added: 04 February '07 |
 Find Out More About The Flu by Cristina Nuta -
One of the major problems people have to face especially during winter is flu, which can reach the proportions of an epidemic. It spreads rapidly, priority in schools and institutions. The majority of people who are generally healthy recover rapidly, without the need of a doctor, but the ones with a precarious health need to see a doctor.
How does it manifest?
Generall ... Date added: 06 February '07 |
 Natural Ways To Cure Illnesses by Cristina Nuta -
Today, many people use natural ways to cure illnesses that don’t cause side-effects. Acupuncture and biofeedback are two popular methods.
Acupuncture has recently become very popular, but doctors have been using it in China for over two thousands years. Acupuncture involves pushing needles into the skin at special points around the body. Ancient Greece philosophers believe ... Date added: 09 February '07 |
 Prevention is Always Better than Cure by Herminne Tonita -
Going to the doctor's represents one of the worst experiences in our lives: long hours of waiting, the check-out, medicines, diets. The situation goes worse if you have to stay in the hospital. So as to avoid all these awful moments, it's better the prevention and to the cure. Staying healthy in the society we live may become a challenge: all the pollution and the stress ca ... Date added: 26 February '07 |
 AIDS - What is True and What is False About It by Herminne Tonita -
AIDS is the sickness that attacks the body's natural defence system against disease. AIDS itself doesn't kill, but because the body's defence system is damaged, the patient has a reduced ability to fight off many other diseases, including flu or the common cold.
It has been reported that about 10 million people worldwide may have been infected by the virus that causes A ... Date added: 08 March '07 |
 Ministry of health by Cristina Nuta -
Health is the most important thing in our lives, it is more essential than money is for us. Therefore, great attention should be paid to our health centers, to hospitals and the way doctors make their job. Still, there are cases when people do not receive the medical attention they need and great measures should be taken in this respect.
First of all, I would like to point ... Date added: 07 July '07 |
 Feel Better Naturally by Cristina Nuta -
Researchers maintain that we should get most of our nutrients from a well-balanced diet. But they also say that there may be real benefits to some natural remedies. Here we are going to mention some of the promising.
First of all, garlic, a member of the onion family, which has been used as a medical herb since the time of the ancient Egyptians. European studies show that ... Date added: 08 July '07 |
 Spring and the danger of infectious diseases by Cristina Nuta -
For the majority of us, spring is a beautiful season, the time of the year when nature comes to life: all trees are in blossom and emanate an aromatic scent with their flowers. Apart from this beauty of nature, spring is also a dangerous season, from the point of view of some diseases, such as varicella or the chicken pox. This is the moment when there is an outbreak of infec ... Date added: 19 July '07 |
 Take Care of Your Health and Future by Cristina Nuta -
Smoking is known to be one of the greatest single causes of death in our society, but still people forget about this, or simple ignore it. Too little seems to be done, however, to stop people taking up the habit in the first place.
To begin with, cigarettes are openly on sale in many public places and laws governing the minimum age at which they can be bought often seem to ... Date added: 31 July '07 |
 Do Not Use Drugs While Pregnant by Cristina Nuta -
Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs are a serious problem in our society nowadays, because more and more people use them from an early age. Even if they are aware of the dangers in time that these can produce on their minds and bodies, they continue to take them and have no ambition in giving them up, especially when they have reached a point at which it is so difficult to sto ... Date added: 21 November '07 |
 Honey- A Miracle of Nature by Herminne Tonita -
Honey, a wonderful gift of God to mankind is well known since ancient times and it has been used since Antiquity for its benefic effect on our health, being a product full of nutritious elements which our body needs for its development or recovering after a disease.
The content of microelements of this product is similar to that of our blood, that is why it is so well as ... Date added: 04 September '07 |
 Husbands don't agree with their wives' plastic surgeries by Herminne Tonita -
You are determined to have a plastic surgery but your husband is totally against it. What is to be done in this case?
Physical beauty is considered a feminine trait that is why the majority of the persons who choose to have this kind of medical intervention are women. Men wanting to do this are only exceptions. The canons of beauty have changed through out the centuries: ... Date added: 04 September '07 |
 The Sun Makes Us Feel Active And Full Of Life by Herminne Tonita -
We need the sun light as we need the air but the exposure to the ultraviolet beams is not always harmless.
We all are the children of the sun: our state of mind and our body flourish when the sun is shining. The light improves our state of health and makes us active and full of life. But what is benefic can be at the same time quite harmful if you don’t know where to dra ... Date added: 25 September '07 |
 Diets : Friends or Enemies by Herminne Tonita -
Always looking for eternal beauty and a life without death, we all want to be beautiful and healthy our entire life. To achieve this goal we are ready to obey any rule, no matter how harsh it may be. Just because we want to fit the standards of beauty of today's society we give up our small pleasures, because it is trendy today to be as skinny as a stick.
One simple exam ... Date added: 19 September '07 |
