Monthly Archives: October 2011

Mobile Health: 5 Downloadable Applications for iPhone and Other Smartphones

When iPhone came out in the market, there was a flow of applications to feed this gadget. Games, photo editors and music applications used to garner the most download especially among the teens but today, adults in our society who are more wary of their health statuses prefer equipping their devices with health-oriented applications that will not only acquaint them with much needed information on the human body, but a software that will boost their motivation to maintain over-all body health. Here we will list some good 5 downloadable software applications that anybody can use on a regular basis; whether a doctor, a student or an accountant, everybody is sure to pack up knowledge concerning the heath care field. And not only iPhone clients can access these softwares, smartphones now welcome certain applications. Thus, the term mobile health was born. Read more »

Understanding the Benefits of a Drug Free Pain Management System

As a back pain sufferer, I am all too familiar with using medication to feel better. Throughout my life time I have been prescribed everything from flexeril to darvocet to percodan and back. I am happy to say I never became addicted to any of these substances, but I did experience a number of different set backs with a strictly drug based approach.

It was after this time that I began more seriously investigating a non-medicinal approach to management pain. While in my experience this was specific to back pain, this investigation is relevant to other conditions such as fibromyalgia, joint pain, and others, as well as general but persistent muscle and aches pain. Read more »

Healthy Sleep Schedules and How to Interpret Sleep Study Results

Getting the recommended six to nine hours of sleep a night is critical to maintaining a healthy physical and mental condition.  Today’s population is getting less sleep than ever due to busy schedules, deadlines, and also sleep disorders.  It can be hard to figure out whether or not you have a sleep problem.  Some symptoms of insomnia, like being unable to fall asleep or waking up frequently are noticeable first hand, but other disturbances can only be diagnosed through a study. Read more »

Meal Replacement Shakes – Who Should Use Them and How to Make Them?

If there is one thing that really trademarks the bodybuilding world – it is definitely these protein shakes that seem to be taking the world in a huge pace. I find out that many people take these meal replacement shakes for the wrong reasons, foolishly thinking that they will wake up the next day with an Arnold like frame. These shakes have their benefits, that is true, but only when supplemented with a nutrient-dense diet that is enough for you specific goal. Read more »

The Rare Genetic Disease of Homocystinuria

It was an American pathologist; Dr Kilmer MCully who has dedicated his entire life to the science behind the theory that folic acid in our daily diet can reduce chances of developing heart diseases. He became intrigued by two children who had died from a rare genetic disease called homocystinuria. People with this disease have raised levels of a substance called homocysteine in their blood. As well as having severe learning difficulties, many people with this disease tragically never live past their mid-teens, in most cases dying with severely ravaged arteries that have been clogged by the process known as atherosclerosis. Read more »