Tick Bites, Red Meat, and Hives

Ever heard of a sugar contained in red meat called alpha-galactosidase?  I never heard much about it except to know that it existed. If  you haven’t taken and advanced physiology class you probably haven’t heard about it either.
Now, if you haven’t heard about ticks and problems from tick bites, I wonder where you have been [...]

Women, Death, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  The term cancer is scary for all of us and breast cancer causes over 40,000 deaths per year.  Only forms of skin cancer are more prevalent in women and most of them do not cause death. For instance melanoma, the most serious form skin cancer causes 15 cases per [...]

Prostate Cancer - interesting facts

I am a member of the National Wellness Institute and as a result receive lots of wellness information. In their member publication area were some facts about prostate health and prostate cancer.
The tips I took away were these:

Get to an ideal weight through diet and exercise and stay there
Eating foods high in anti-oxidants like green [...]

H1N1 Influenza - What do the experts say about symptoms

Dr. Joe Bresee of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Influenza division talks about the symptoms of Swine (H1N1) Influenza in this YouTube.com video

Another video from Dr. Joe Bresee on how to avoid getting the H1N1 flu. He talks about what individuals and organizations can do to prevent the spread of Swine flu.

Should you Spend $500 to Train Your Brain

There are sites on the Internet selling games to improve your memory, reasoning and processing speed.  These sites charge about $225 per year for Gameboy-type games and/or online games for this intent. The majority of these games are unproven.
There has been one research study Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE), that proved [...]