LASIK Surgery: What are the Risks vs. the Benefits? Every year, 1.3 million Americans undergo LASIK surgery to correct their vision, and most have good results. In fact, only 2 percent to 3 percent of LASIK (which stands for Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis) patients have complications, according to the [...]
Toddler Safety: Eight Important but Overlooked Ways to Keep a Baby Safe in Your Home Accidents are the leading cause of death among toddlers, so keeping your home baby-proof is an essential part of being a parent, grandparent or anyone who has babies and toddlers who visit their [...]
Is Your Crawlspace or Attic Making You Sick? Crawlspaces and attics are dark, dingy and sometimes damp: all ideal conditions for mold, fungus, and other germs to flourish. If your attic is not ventilated properly, mold spores could be congregating. Mold in crawlspaces is extremely common, and may [...]
The Risks of Neotame and How You Can Curb Your Sweet Tooth Neotame is a relatively new artificial sweetener that has yet to become a household name like aspartame (Nutrasweet), sucralose (Splenda) and saccharin (Sweet 'n Low). Neotame, a chemical derivative of aspartame that some experts believe may be [...]
Are You Overlooking the Importance of "Magnesium”" -- the Fourth Most Abundantly Needed Mineral in Your Body? Although magnesium may not be at the top of the list of minerals that first come to your mind as necessary for good health, it is in fact very important to [...]
Are There Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods? For years grocery shoppers have been buying and eating genetically modified foods whether they knew it or not. At first even people who did know they were eating genetically modified food didn't worry about it because they saw no reason to. But [...]
Iodine Deficiency and Breast Cancer: Is a Deficiency in This Vital Mineral the Cause? The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer has been increasing dramatically in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is now the second most common cancer found in [...]
Eight Key Nutrients to Help Prevent Breast Cancer -- and Where to Find Them Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, accounting for one in three of all women cancer cases diagnosed. Annually, more than 211,000 women are diagnosed with the disease, [...]
What to do AFTER a Workout to Get Maximum Benefit From Your Exercise It's somewhat instinctive to warm-up before a workout. You may jog in place a little, shake out your arms, do a few stretches, and some other movements to get your heart pumping and your body [...]
Irritable Desk Syndrome The Surprising Health & Psychological Benefits of a Clean, Uncluttered Desk Despite their best intentions, many workers fall prey to desk clutter. And from behind their towering paper piles, old coffee mugs, outdated manuals and the swarms of unused office supplies, they usually shout out [...]
