5,196 articles related to "health"

Using Blood Pressure Monitors To Maintain Your Health

Using Blood Pressure Monitors To Maintain Your Health by: Mike YeagerMany people today realize the importance of keeping their blood pressure under control. Blood pressure monitors are now available for home use. It’s a piece of medical equipm...

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10 Essential Food Safety Tips For AIDS Sufferers

10 Essential Food Safety Tips For AIDS Sufferers by: Terry Nicholls Persons with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are especially susceptible to illness from food-borne pathogens. Because they're at higher risk for severe illness or...

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An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure

unce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure by: News Canada (NC)-When her twin daughters Lauren and Candace were born, Nicole Nayman wanted to give them the best start in life. Life revolved around caring for her girls and Nicole was eager to pr...

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Heart Rate Monitors

Heart Rate Monitors (HRMs) come in all shapes, sizes, and prices. Some attach to the earlobe, others around the chest. Some HRMs even use a fingertip sensor on the watch. Prices for HRMs range from under a hundred dollars (for a simple clock and hear...

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10 Reasons To Buy Drugs From An Online Canadian Pharmacy

1. Online Canadian pharmacies offer overall best prices on Canadian drugs, as well as on international drugs. This is due to the fact that there are many online Canadian pharmacies and they lower their prices to increase the sales number.2. Most of t...

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Dietary Sources of Vitamins and Minerals

Whenever possible, we should try to get our antioxidants and other essential vitamins and minerals through our diet. A proper diet is necessary to offset the signs of aging and the foods listed here tend to be healthier than a burger and fries. Howev...

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Don't Blame Me If I'm Fat!

In a culture of blame-shifting we often look for someone to blame for our predicament. Being overweight is no different - who is to blame for obesity?"It's the fast food outlets - supplying us with fatty foods""Our thin-obsessed society is putti...

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Can a Yoga Prop Help 'Prop' Up Your Practice?

Can a Yoga Prop Help 'Prop' Up Your Practice? by: Della Menechella Some people may wonder if using a yoga prop can help them get more out of their practice. My personal opinion is yes. B.K.S. Iyengar introduced the yoga prop as a mean...

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Bextra - Drug History

Bextra was created in the late 1990s by the G.D Searle & Co. division of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals for the handling of arthritis, inflammation, and painful menstrual cramping without the risk of severe stomach irritation. Clinical tests of arthritis pat...

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Toxic Plastic Water Bottles

Toxic Plastic Water Bottles by: Debra Lynn Dadd I recently received a question from one of my readers about the safety of drinking water from clear plastic water bottles. These bottles, made from Lexan polycarbonate resin (a plastic polymer), ar...

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