Category: health

A Powerful Food Can Help Remedy Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

In recent years, more and more studies have found that there is a vegetable that contains hundreds of active substances with unique effects that can alleviate the symptoms of both type I and II diabetic patients and also benefit the glucose metabolism of healthy people: This food is bitter melon. According to the International Diabetes…


Is Walking the New Running?

When you think of fitness walkers, do you conjure images of silver haired seniors getting their daily cardio? Or do you picture a younger person with bulging biceps, six-pack abs, and phone in hand carefully monitoring their step count? It turns out, both images would be representative of the millions of Americans who walk on…


See, Hear, Speak: Are Kids’ Senses Ready for School?

When setting off for kindergarten or first grade, a child may feel prepared with a backpack loaded with crayons, pencils, and paper. But a good start in the classroom depends on more than just school supplies. Healthy hearing, vision, speech, and language are key to success at school. If a child has problems in these…


Age-Related Hearing Loss

What is age-related hearing loss? Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most of us as we grow older. It is one of the most common conditions affecting older and elderly adults. Approximately one in three people in the United States between the ages of 65 and 74 has…


Heart Disease Linked to Common Drug Used by Millions

Pain and coughs are as common as the medication we can prescribe for them, but taking the wrong medicine may induce heart disease. Drugs come with side effects, sometimes toxic, which is why they are advised to be taken under the guidance of a doctor. But some drug usage may come with risks even under…


Are You Ready to Stop Feeling Like a Victim?

A victim, according to Webster’s dictionary, is a person who has been attacked, injured, robbed, killed, cheated, or fooled by someone else, or harmed by an unpleasant event. Everyone gets attacked, injured, cheated, fooled, and harmed during their life — if not physically, then emotionally. And everyone gets harmed by unpleasant events. We’re all victims,…


Easy Southwestern Bean Salad (Recipe)

This salad keeps well for several days, so make a large quantity and store the leftovers in your refrigerator. Diana shows you how to make one of her favorite salads using cooked whole grains: Ingredients 2 cups cooked brown rice or barley 1 16-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed 2 cups frozen corn kernels…


Southwestern Bean Salad (Recipe)

This salad keeps well for several days, so make a large quantity and store the leftovers in your refrigerator. Diana shows you how to make one of her favorite salads using cooked whole grains: Ingredients 2 cups cooked brown rice or barley 1 16-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed 2 cups frozen corn kernels…


Organ Transplant Rejections Following Infection and COVID-19 Injections, Studies Show

Most of us will never need a transplant, but for the people who do, transplants can be lifesaving. After transplant operations, recipients are told to follow a strict drug regimen to make sure their organs are not rejected by their own immune system. Rejection can result in transplant failure and necessitate removal of the donor…


Don’t Believe the Hype: Sugar Alcohols Like Xylitol Are Neither Sugar nor Alcohol and May Increase Your Risk of Breast Cancer

If you are on a healing path for any kind, hands down you want to avoid sugar. For the roughly 9% of the U.S. population suffering from diabetes (and the 40% of the population who are said to be “pre-diabetic”), the case against it is clear. Of course, if you are dealing with cancer, remember…