Life can get pretty annoying when you’re sick. From a cold to a stomach bug, when we’re laid up with something nasty, it can turn the easiest of everyday activities into a struggle of Herculean proportions, including the most basic…
Losing excess fat around your body leads to a number of health benefits. For those who shed a few extra pounds, they can expect lower blood pressure, less risk of heart disease, improved mobility and reduced pain, a better sex…
The thyroid is a gland that helps regulate your metabolism, body temperature, and heart rate. Located directly underneath the Adam’s apple, the thyroid produces hormones triiodothryonine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) that greatly affect your health, explains MayoClinic. Because the thyroid…
Tired of persistent coughing during the night? It can be so frustrating and really wreck a good night’s sleep! Nighttime coughing (aka nocturnal cough) is usually a symptom of an underlying disease such as asthma, bronchitis, or a respiratory infection,…
In the US, there’s an alarmingly high prevalence of neck and shoulder pain issues. According to the statistics shared on Practical Pain Management, every year 30% of the American adults report neck pain problems. Experts fear that the number of…
Some of the things that contribute to snoring, you can’t do anything about. Being male and being middle-aged, statistically speaking, are a couple of examples. Still, there are plenty of things you can try to minimize or eliminate snoring on other…
Per the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), about 12% of the American population will experience a phobia or an unexplainable fear of a particular thing or practice which is usually harmless. Some people experience sleep anxiety, which may become so…
A significant proportion of the world’s population consists of active smokers. Statistica reveals that about 19% of the global adults are currently tobacco smokers. However, the good news is that this number is gradually decreasing because of the increasing awareness about…
Sleep is absolutely essential to our overall health and functioning, as the Sleep Foundation points out. Most people are aware of the side effects of not getting enough sleep — generally not feeling well, trouble concentrating, mood swings, an inability…
New statistics provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 3 in their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicate there has been a startling rise in melatonin poisonings in children. In fact, over the past decade,…