'Tis the season to be jolly... but mind your pocket
It's Christmas time again; be jolly but plan and temper your spending. 1 Plan: Make careful preparations. Plan your trips well. Avoid the traffic. Plan your shopping activities. 2 Budget: There is a lot of temptation to spend. The malls are decorated, carols are playing...
I'm still standing - Breast cancer will not defeat me (part 2)
"Since the last article, I thought my life was going as it should - I felt well and I was happy. I even had a plan for facing and fighting life's stresses as they came. I was well on my way to where I thought God was taking me. But 'life' crept up on me.I hadn't mentioned earlier ...
The DASH eating plan stands true
The public is bombarded with many eating plans which aim to help them improve their health. One such plan, which is worth its grain of salt, is the DASH eating plan - the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The final result of the DASH clinical study, published...
Thoughts and emotions change your body
It is important for us to recognise that the healing network within, involves the mind, body and spirit. The body reacts to our thoughts, when the brain decodes the messages in a moment our emotions immediately respond to these messages. It is said, "Whatever the mind conceives the heart...
Add variety to your workout
Beginning and intermediate weight trainers are encouraged to change their training programmes every four to six weeks. This is to ensure that you don't become bored with a set routine; boredom is a major impediment against continued progress. Although there are many exceptions....
Red meat raises lung cancer risk too, study finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters):People who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats have a higher risk of several types of cancer, including lung cancer and colorectal cancer, United States researchers reported yesterday. The work is the first big study to show a link between meat...
Health trends - Self-reported condom use
Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family Health International, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that self-reported consistent condom use is associated with a lowered risk of three common sexually-transmitted...
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