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What The Walking Dead Teaches Us About Flu Season

The Walking Dead is a zombie show that pulls heart-strings and causes viewers to jump. Have you ever thought about it as an educational show that teaches people about the dangers of flu season? Season four makes this aspect of the show even clearer by introducing an influenza-like virus that can lead to death. Some Influenza...

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The Best Sports to Improve Your Health and Fitness

Getting fit is something that a lot of people pledge to do each year with their New Year’s resolutions, but never quite manage to see through. Many will sign up for the gym and buy a new pair of trainers with the best intentions in the world to see it through, shedding those unwanted pounds and...

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Achillotenositis – Inflammation, irritation and swelling of the Achilles Heel

Under the term Achillotenositis are grouped different diseases that can affect the Achilles heel. The most frequent are insertional tendonitis, tenosynovitis (injury of the fluid-filled sheath) and tendonosis (tendonitis of the tendon’ body). Treatment patterns for each case do not differ substantially, and its application will depend basically upon the condition of the patient. SYMPTOMS Pain...

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Enough With Fast-Food : Take A Healthy Snack At Work

Many who work from 9 am to 17 pm have a problem to choose a proper diet. They do not know what to eat for a skack at work, but in a way to avoid gaining weight. Here are some snack suggestions that have less than 200 calories, which will fill you up and provide the...

Walking for Good Health

How to Work Out While On the HCG Diet?

Since the HCG diet is a rather unconventional dietary trend, a lot of people are rightly confused about it. Is it safe to exercise while on the HCG diet? If so how much exercise should I do? What kinds of exercises are preferable and which are the ones I should avoid? These are some of the nagging questions...

fiber

10 Health Benefits of Fiber

We’re always being told to eat more fiber. Of course, it’s good for us and we understand this because we’ve been told by people in the know; doctors, our science teacher at school, athletes with lucrative sponsorship deals with makers of breakfast cereals. But where do we find fiber and what does it actually do? Health...

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6 Health Benefits of Flaxseed

The fast paced, grab and go lifestyles that we live today can often put a strain on our health, mind and body. Desperate to stay fit, healthy and happy we search for miracle aids that will counteract the damage caused by the modern way of life, improve our nutrition and leave us looking fabulous. Thankfully there...

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Health Benefits of Green Tea

Tea drinking has been an integral part of many a cultures across the world for over 4000 years. Traditionally, the perspective of drinking tea has been different in the West and the Orient. But in the recent years, one type of tea – Green tea has been gaining popularity equally among all. Green tea is made...