Bikram Yoga

July 29th, 2009 by Bea
Exercise,Injuries
I recently started taking a Bikram Yoga class in Boston, Massachusetts, because I wanted to try something new. My friend works there, so she told me about the trial period classes, and I thought it would be a fun thing to try! For those of you who do not know, Bikram Yoga, otherwise known as "hot" yoga, is a type of yoga that is done at about 105 degrees Fahrenheit and at about 60% humidity. It is a 90 minute class in which the instructor walks you through twenty-six different poses that are all done twice. The second set of each...

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Ways to Quit Smoking

July 15th, 2009 by Gumer Liston
Addiction,Men's Health,Women's Health
Every smoker is unique physically and mentally, so there is no exact effective method of quitting smoking. Smoking is an addiction, and every addicted individual reacts to the withdrawal symptoms differently.  If one method does not work for you, just try another. Here are some of the tested and proven ways of quitting smoking that may help those who are struggling to end their smoking habit: Set your mind to quit smoking. This is probably the most difficult  of all that is listed here. It is easy to fool one's self that one's mind is set on quitting, but deep...

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Natural Home Remedies for Your Children

July 8th, 2009 by Gumer Liston
Children's Health,Herbal Supplements
We are now in the digital age, but some old-fashioned home remedies still are proving to be good at giving relief to minor health problems that children may have every now and then, like stomach aches, colic, colds, sore throat, or insect bites. Usually these old-fashioned home remedies are common things we find in the house like honey, lemon, ginger, chamomile tea, sugar and baking soda, and even duct tape. What is good about these natural home remedies is that they rarely have side effects, and they are always at home, ready to be put into use any time. For colic, chamomile...

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Dealing with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

July 1st, 2009 by Gumer Liston
Diseases,Exercise,Nutrition,Sleep
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an illness that causes a person to be always in a state of fatigue or tiredness. People suffering from this disease experience fatigue that lasts for about six months and usually complain about headache, muscle pains, sore throat, loss of appetite, inability to sleep, difficulty in concentrating, and many other discomforts that are related to fatigue. Although Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  has no known cause, there are some known ways of treating it, and most of these treatment are directed at relieving the symptoms. There are medicines that can treat some of the symptoms like muscle pains, sleep problems, anxiety...

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