illness

Over the holidays many of us will be boarding planes and spending time in this enclosed space ripe with stagnant air and potential airborne illnesses.  Squished in like sardines you may have the misfortune of being seated near someone with a cold or worse. 

Visiting your doctor on a regular basis is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Early diagnosis on most diseases can save lives, and many times this cannot be done without regular check ups. So how do you make sure you get the most out of your yearly visit? Here are three ways to make sure you get the best out of your doctors visit each and every time.

Surely, most everyone has experienced stress but do you know what it actually is and how it affects the human body?

With Valentines day around the corner, be prepared to be flooded with chocolate. If you are trying to figure out how to avoid all those treats lingering around the house and the office, you may not have to.  There is increasing evidence that chocolate can be part of a healthy diet and is even good for your health.

Dream analysis has been a part of psychotherapy for a number of years but only recently are doctors making the connection between our dreams and physical health. Dreams may be a way that your body uses to warn you of health problems in ways that it cannot when you are awake.

Ginger is a plant that is native to Southeast Asia, and is now also cultivated in Jamaica and other tropical areas. This herb has been used in China for over 2,500 years for cooking and for its medicinal qualities. Ginger is effective in treating numerous ailments such as headaches, stomach aches, colds, menstrual cramps digestive problems, and even cancer.

If you think of sex as purely a recreational hobby then its time to change your way of thinking. Not only is sex fun but studies are showing that there are numerous ways in which it improves your health. Here are five such ways.

With December 1 as World Aids Day, knowledge about the disease is promoted as the number one way of controlling and preventing this terrible disease. Every year thousands of people are diagnosed with AIDS-there is about 4,500 of them in Canada alone diagnosed with HIV. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and it is the virus that actually causes AIDS.