When an infection strikes the body, it can trigger a certain response like a fever or a sore throat. Often, when a body sustains a blow, it signals an immune response known as inflammation. Most of us know the symptoms:… read more
Tracy Wright
Physical Fitness Throughout Our World’s History
In 2021, physical fitness is often associated with state-of-the-art gyms, Peloton home bike rides and fitness apps. In primitive society, as we evolved as humans, fitness was necessary to survive. The early hunter-gatherer societies needed to move quickly to capture… read more
Guys, Get Up To Date on Your Health Screenings for Men’s Health Month!
June is Men's Health Month! It is a month where we celebrate men around the world, and encourage then to get and stay healthy. One place to start if you are on the path to a healthier life is to… read more
Building Sensational Salads For Health
Salads are often recommended as a healthy meal alternative for people who are trying to lose weight or just eat more balanced, nutritious meals. The problem? Many salads don’t fill people up, leaving them wanting more food. This can often… read more
How to Keep Your Appliances CLEAN!
We rely on our household appliances to keep our homes and ourselves clean. But how do we keep those machines clean? From dishwashers to washing machines to vacuums, we need to ensure that our cleaning machines are sanitary before we… read more
Eye Twitches: When is it Serious?
Who hasn’t been working on a screen too much lately? After a while, you may notice your eye begin to twitch involuntarily. This condition takes on different forms from benign cases to more complicated conditions that can be tied to… read more
Living with OCD
Many people associate obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with actions like excessive hand washing or folding towels in a specific way. While these can be symptoms of OCD, the condition itself is much more complex. It can be truly debilitating to those… read more
National Cereal Day: Choosing a Healthy Cereal
When it comes to busy mornings, nothing is quicker and easier than having a bowl of cereal. A stroll down the cereal aisle suggests that there are many healthy cereal options. Unfortunately, labels are highly misleading—breakfast cereals can be highly… read more
How Can Cooking Help You Relieve Stress?
Sue Arteaga started baking at a young age. As part of a blended family of 9, she remembers baking her first batch of cookies at age 6 with her stepmother who loved to bake and has fond memories of baking… read more
5 Ways to Best Manage Stress
Stress—often an overused word but one that applies to most of us especially in the light of everything that transpired in 2020. Stress is omnipresent in our everyday lives as most of us work to balance career, relationships, children, families,… read more
