None of us enjoy gaining weight, but sadly it happens to many of us, all too often. Losing weight is never easy, but it can be done with the right balance of exercise and nutritional foods. Luckily there are specific fruits that can help aid weight loss and also give you the essential vitamins and minerals your body needs to function at its best. In this article we have compiled
Although you already know that exercise is good for you, you probably aren’t aware how it’s good for you. Not only does regular and frequent exercise offer a lot of health benefits, but it also enhances your state of mind and contributes to your general well-being. However, despite knowing this, many people don’t include workouts in their schedules, constantly making up new excuses. If you’re one of them, perhaps the
Have you felt a significant decrease in energy lately along with low sex drive? That could be because there’s something wrong with the levels of estrogen and testosterone in your body. If you are thinking that you are excused from the testosterone part because you’re a woman, you are wrong. Testosterone is the male reproductive hormone but it’s present in everyone – including women. This means that testosterone levels play
The issue of concussion and head injury in sport has become quite prominent in recent times, with a growing number of cases ranging from high-profile NFL athletes to children playing recreationally. There was a time when the stock response would have been to persuade the player to battle on, but with the potential consequences of concussion so severe, you simply cannot take a chance on it. There’s a very good
Some jobs will naturally pose a greater health and injury risk than others, but in reality, all workplaces contain potential safety hazards. Not all of these can be eliminated completely, but employers should do what they can to minimize the level of risk to people within the workplace. This infographic from Union Quay Medical Centre examines the most common health and safety risks that exist in workplaces and outlines the
A technique developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators can detect cancer cells surviving therapy in the most common form of leukemia in adults more sensitively and precisely than traditional microscopic observation. The approach, described in a study published May 16 in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, may forge new ground in developing patient-specific therapies. A highly heterogeneous disease, acute myeloid leukemia is characterized by fast-moving cancer cells traveling
