If you’re considering laser eye surgery, you’ll already be aware of one of its biggest benefits – you’ll be able to see more clearly. However, there are a number of beneficial add-ons you might not have thought about. We explore some of the lesser-known benefits of laser eye surgery below: …

Diseases like tuberculosis, AIDS, and other illnesses are continuing to wreak havoc in our world today. Millions of people die yearly, posing a threat to areas of Africa, Latin America, Asia and other parts of the globe. Factors that may help improve the health of many would include better nutrition …

As the digital age marches onward and upward, so do the issues that plague the modern healthcare industry. Costs are on the rise with the advancement of medical technology, including pharmaceuticals, the price of which increases commensurately with the cost to deliver such options. Huge amounts of money are being …

Calories tend to be the main focus of most dieters. These individuals worry about eating too many calories and struggling to burn them off. Despite the ubiquitous agreement on the importance of calories, there’s still a lot to learn about them. One way to better understand calories and how they affect …

One compound can be used to treat inflammatory diseases, mental diseases as well as promote overall brain and body health.  You are probably thinking that is too good to be true.  Such a diverse set of health issues must require multiple treatments or medications.  While it is true that there …

How will I be remembered? Is it in my words? My deeds? My character? My integrity? Or all of these – and more? Over the past two decades, I have often wondered about my own legacy: what will I leave behind at the end of a life well lived. As …

My last article A Paradigm Shift to Personal Responsibility set up the premise that the healthcare system is technologically driven and derives its results through partnerships with the insurance industry, government, pharmaceutical industry, medical profession and the hospitals that deliver services to patients. Given the complexity of the system, patients have have to learn to navigate …

I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome twenty years ago, and fibromyalgia a little over ten years ago. Fibromyalgia is a painful and debilitating disease and has a lot of overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome. Clinical research has begun to provide some answers for what has been a largely misunderstood condition. It …

The heart is the key to life as we know it. If it fails we die. Cardiovascular exercise is a life affirming activity because it is focused on the heart. The idea of cardiovascular training is to stress the heart and cardiovascular system so that we bring oxygen and nutrients to …

With the current banting, paleo and gluten free diets being high on the health radar, I can imagine it is easy to assume that any of these are just part of another weight-loss fad. I agree that in some cases it could be. It is probably even more justifiable to …