Archive for the ‘disease’ Category

Vinyl Chloride: A Common Carcinogen in Our Environment

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Vinyl chloride is a well-known carcinogen determined by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. The government and society only just discovered how dangerous this substance, that is used to make common products, is to people.

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Summer Risks: Heat

Friday, April 24th, 2009

You try your best to keep your kids safe, but sadly, it is either in the form of your kids, or the form of your environment that could very well bring your kids to the brink of danger. It may be something harmless, something inconspicuous, but when it happens, you will be taken in for a big surprise. These dangers are very much existent and prevalent in the outside environment.

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Tips for Summer Festivals

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Going into a summer festival whether day or night, is a very fun and enjoyable experience for the family. It provides a good opportunity for bonding with your kids (or for the kids to bond with their families, who oftentimes do not meet anymore due to constraints in time). So anyway, you decide to spend your time with them in the state fair, or maybe in the state festival. And we do it at night. We don’t want anyone fainting from heat stroke, or getting singed due to sunburn. But there is a hidden threat lurking in the next corner. Or rather, flying around.

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Taking Chromium Supplements with Other Medications

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Did you know that chromium supplements are among the most popular of all nutritional and health supplements to your daily diet? Making up about 5.65% of all the mineral supplements on the market today, chromium is an essential mineral element especially if your physician recommends it to manage type 2 diabetes, provide increased energy levels, help with weight loss, and reduce stress. Chromium is found naturally in many foods like dairy products, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and seafood. Unfortunately, chromium is not well absorbed by the body and supplements may be very beneficial in today’s world of a hectic pace and fast food on the go.

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A Look at Some of the Good Cholesterol Foods

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

What are the good cholesterol foods? Nearly everyone has heard that there is bad and good when it comes to cholesterol. The good type is HDL. The bad is LDL. So, how do we get the good and avoid the bad? That’s a complicated subject, but let me try to simplify it for you.

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