Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness


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Our experts bring you current health and wellness information about the symptoms, medicines, procedures, and remedies to keep you and your family healthy. Check out our writers' latest updates in the fields of women's health, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, autism and asperger's syndrome, disabilities, and other aspects of general medicine and advances in the health field.

If you're already active and healthy but want to maintain weight loss, or recover from an injury by availing yourself of sports medicine facilities, or if you want to eschew pharmaceuticals in favor of natural medicine and mind and body fitness, this is the site for you.

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet Tips

In: Weight Loss

By: Tracy Rose

An anti-inflammatory diet can reduce the risk of heart failure. Knowing which foods to avoid and which are safe to eat is essential for weight loss and a healthy heart. more...

All About Hyperacusis

In: Diseases/Viruses

By: Joanna Karpasea-Jones

Many people have heard of hearing loss, but what if you have the opposite? What if you suddenly hear everything too loudly? This is what happens with hyperacusis. more...

Eating Fewer Nuts is Beneficial for Pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Brenda Lane

The more nuts you eat during pregnancy, the more likely your baby will develop asthma, according to new research conducted in the Netherlands. more...

Monitoring the Spread of West Nile Virus, EEE

In: Diseases/Viruses

By: Mia Carter

West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) are transmitted by mosquitoes, so they're the key to controlling and monitoring these deadly illnesses. more...

Ashwagandha: Cancer Fighter

In: Herbal Properties/Benefits

By: Deborah Mitchell

Researchers continue to find evidence that the herb ashwagandha has the ability to stop the growth of tumors and to kill cancer cells in the laboratory. more...

Pre-eclampsia, Toxemia of Pregnancy

In: Autoimmune Disease

By: Elaine Moore

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical School completed a study that shows pre-eclempsia, a condition of hypertension in pregnancy, may be an autoimmune disease. more...

Women and Writing

In: Women’s Health

By: Jennifer Gerics

Women can benefit from expressing their thoughts and feelings in words. Different forms of writing can bring positive health benefits, including lowered stress levels. more...

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