by Tracey Loiterton.
What is Cardiovascular disease?Cardiovascular disease is a term used to describe a number of conditions including heart attack, angina, stroke, high blood pressure, blood clotting and other heart or blood vessel disorders.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Australia, with 45,600 deaths attributed to CVD in Australia in 2011. Read more
Getting older involves change, both negative and positive, but you can enjoy aging if you understand what’s going on with your body and take steps to maintain your health.
Many different things happen to your body as you age. Read more
by Joel Delaney.
Never underestimate the power of stress. In my opinion, if there was one single thing you could do to get maximum health benefit it would be to minimize stress. Here are 10 practical and easy ways to minimize the effects of stress.
1. Exercise: The evidence to the benefits of exercise is huge. Read more
Research shows that men are missing out on some key nutrients for their health. Here’s the 411 on what you need — and where you can get it.
You know the rules for healthy living — exercise, eat right, sleep well, relaxation and some stress management strategies — but how many of them do you actually follow? Read more
Two studies show diet can affect mobility of sperm and quality of semen.
For years, nutritionists have rallied around the notion that “you are what you eat.” Now, new research suggests this adage might even extend to the strength and quantity of sperm.
What was found was that diets rich in red meat and processed grains seem to impair the ability of sperm to move about, and diets high in trans fats appear to lower the amount of sperm found in semen. Read more
As you get older, your memory may start slipping. But keeping your brain healthy with mental workouts and simple lifestyle guidelines could help avert something more serious.
Normal age-related memory loss usually affects your recent memory, rather than your remote memory. For example, you might forget the name of a person you just met, or an item your wife wanted you to pick up from the store. Read moreFirstly, taking the time out of a busy schedule to lay down and put yourself in the hands of a massage therapist is already starting the calming process. The feeling that someone cares about you and is taking the time to care for you is a powerful factor towards feeling good about yourself. Read more
Diet can have a huge effect on the way you are feeling. Ever had too much coffee one day? You might have felt edgy and irritated and even a bit panicky, with a weird sense of some kind of impending doom? There’s no doubt that what we eat and how we feel are related, and although anxiety is not necessarily caused by what you eat, that doesn’t mean that millions of people aren’t contributing to their anxiety every day by eating foods that create anxiety symptoms while avoiding foods that may alleviate anxiety. Read more
Although we live in the land of plenty — and for the most part overeat — there are some critical vitamins that Australians tend to be short on, especially women. These include calcium, folic acid, iron, and vitamin D. Despite trying to eat well, we may not get all the nutrients we need since soil quality is much poorer than it used to be, so taking a daily multivitamin is a good idea. Read more
