Scan and X-ray information
Having any hospital scans or tests can be daunting. However, it doesn't need to be once you know all the facts. So, here's a quick run down of everything you need to know about X-ray and scans. ...
Crashes Are Interesting
Crashing your bicycle is painful. Aside from the physical pain, the deepest wounds associated with a severe bicycle crash may be the insecurity and fear of actually riding again. The scars resulting ...
Catching Some Rays? Don't Forget About Your Eyes!
Many of us are good about using sunscreen; I never forget because it's already in my moisturizer. But if you're going to be in the sun, including just walking or driving, always wear a good pair of s ...
Heels With Wheels Cause Crashes
Injuries from trendy roller shoes such as ?Heelys? turn out to be more numerous than previously thought, contributing to about 1,600 emergency room visits last year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety C ...
Nutrition Quiz
I spotted this on CNN.com-a great resource for information on good nutrition. I was especially interested in the "Serving Size Specifics" portion.
Nutritional Yeast
What's so nutritional about it? My boyfriend swears on putting it on everything...salads especially. I admit, it does taste pretty good on a salad, and I know how to make a fantastic vegan cheese sa ...
Super Nutrition
I love sample packs of vitamins, creams and so on. Especially, natural food or holistic health products. I was given a sample pack of Super Nutrition, Easy-Swallow, Opti-Pack, which is antioxidant-ric ...
Nutrition in pregnancy
mothers are urged to eat a more balanced diet (with the right amounts of protein and vitamins) during pregnancy. However, if the fetus is under-nourished in the womb, the long-term effects can still b ...
Nutritional mythbusters
Don?t eat at night or you?ll get fat. Avoid shrimp if you?ve got high cholesterol. Eat grapefruit to help burn fat.
We?ve all heard things like that. But what's real and what's myth.
Christine G ...
Irradiated Food
If you see a symbol with a flower in the middle and a circle of dotted lines around it in the grocery store it means that food has been irradiated. Irradiation is the use of gamma rays or X-rays to k ...