We’ve all watched those old TV shows or movies where girls are sent to finishing school to get ” refined.” They walk around with books on their head while a woman with a tight chignon and even tighter pursed lips follows behind with a conductor’s wand. Those books perched on...

While most people are familiar with insomnia far fewer understand its counterpart, hypersomnia. What is hypersomnia? Hypersomnia is a condition where the afflicted individual finds it hard to resist sleep in the daytime. Those afflicted with hypersomnia may drift to sleep at any hour of the day. This...

Can aromatherapy help you get better sleep? Many people think so. In fact, even in today’s modern world lots of folks are using this ancient tradition to let loose the stresses of daily life and get better sleep. Aromatherapy has been used for wellness and health for thousands of years. It’s therapeutic...

With all of the potions and homeopathic medicines out there, many may wonder or hear about natural cures for asthma. But is there really a natural cure for asthma? Unfortunately, there are no natural cures for asthma. While there may not be a cure for asthma, natural or not, but there are non-medical...

We’ve all been there. You go to lift something and feel a pain halfway between the starting point and the destination. Or you were running around hitting a tennis ball, shooting buckets, tossing around a football, or anything you might not do very often? You go out for the pass and your back goes...

When we hear the words “performance anxiety” we often think of men first. After all, one of the most common types of performance anxiety occurs in men, but in reality the fear of being able to perform can affect men and women in a variety of situations. The most familiar type of performance...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Sure, we don’t want to get sick and need a doctor. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t see your doctor regularly. Along with that apple, you should be including routine physical examinations as a part of your overall health care. Doctors are not...

Sleep is a basic need and most of us don’t get enough of it. Not only only is there a direct correlation to sleep and one’s mood, memory and ability to concentrate, it’s also important for folks that are trying to lose a few pounds or maintain a healthy weight. It is true that nearly...

Thyroid disorders are probably more common than anyone knows. It may be a silent epidemic that is the underlying cause of many commonly experienced symptoms generally thought of as the result of living in stressful modern times. Symptoms of thyroid disorder include unexplained weight loss or weight...

Supplements are just what their name implies: an addition to something else. They are not meant to be the main source of nutrients in your body. The majority of the nutrients that the body needs come from outside the body. We can make some amino acids and other building blocks ourselves within the body...