(NC)—How do you go from 0 to 60 in the morning? Dove (www.dove.ca) shares the secrets of early birds and night owls for an energized morning.
Many sleep experts recommend a combination of two strategies for maximum sleep enjoyment. First, go to bed when you’re tired and your body tells you to. Second, wake up at [...]

When someone is faced with diabetes, it is important that they are able to reach out and gain support from doctors, friends, and family, as this is something that not everyone can manage alone. While there is not currently a cure for this illness, there are many diabetes treatment options that can be explored in [...]

With diabetes on the rise in this country, it is no wonder that many more people are starting to take a better look at the way they live their life, even right down to what foods they eat. Eating the right foods and using different types of diabetes recipes is not only good for those [...]

Most of us have taken a prescription medication for one condition or another at some point. While we may get a brief explanation from our doctor about the drug, most people will not take the extra steps to ensure they are using the medication as safely or effectively as they can be. In fact, by [...]

As if there are not enough medical issues to worry about, diabetes prevention has become a hot topic among many people in the nation, as there has been a rise in the amount of adults and even children who are being diagnosed with diabetes everyday. Diabetes prevention has become such a hot topic that there [...]

Appropriate diabetes meal plans can help diabetes patients control the effects of this chronic disease. To understand the relationship between diet and diabetes, a brief definition of what diabetes is may be helpful. Of course, diabetics should not make a drastic change in their diet without first consulting their physicians.
What Is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic [...]

Healthy Hearts Need More Than a Great Romance
(ARA) - February traditionally means Valentine’s Day, and a time to celebrate that special someone. But love isn’t the only thing that can make a heart happy. Consider the physical state of your heart this February, which is also American Heart Month.
With heart disease being the leading cause [...]

Give a Gift from the Heart . . . for the Heart!
(ARA) - Passion. Romance. Love. In this season when we celebrate the feelings of the heart, it’s also fitting that we should celebrate heart health. This is especially true for women. Sadly, heart disease is the number one killer of women over the age [...]

There are many people out there such as doctors, researchers, and patients who are longing for the day when the news press makes the announcement that a cure for diabetes has been found. That day will surely be a day that will hold a lot of celebration as there are millions of adults and children [...]

Health experts say that making small changes to your lifestyle is the most effective way to achieve long-term good health. Rather than taking on big goals that are difficult to reach and often result in frustration, integrating slight but key adjustments into a daily routine can create lasting improvements in fitness and well-being.
“What many people [...]

pH may be one of those things everyone learned in chemistry and thought, “When will I use this in life?” The reality is that it affects your life every day. We all were taught that pH is the measure of how acidic or basic a liquid is, but in practical application, what pH represents is [...]

Every year around this time, people start to give serious thought to the resolutions they will make to improve their lives in the New Year. Among the more popular ones are: to save more money, to eat healthier and to exercise more.
For the over 5 million Americans diagnosed with heart failure, a progressive condition in [...]

With the holiday season just around the corner we can look forward to office gatherings, family festivities and weekend getaways to fill the void of a summer passed. While this month long merriment can be a great way to break up the monotony of cold winter days, it can also disrupt eating and exercise habits.
Exercising [...]

The holidays are for celebrating faith, family and friends, but they can also be extremely taxing. To successfully navigate from Thanksgiving through the New Year, you have to maximize your time, health and energy. With some forethought you can avoid common pitfalls that can sap your energy and make for a less than joyous season.
Eating [...]

(NC)-Eat well, exercise, reduce stress - all the familiar tenets of better health and fitness. The key missing component: getting good quality sleep.
In fact, only ten per cent of Canadians think sleep is critical to their physical fitness, yet nearly one-third admit that “lack of energy” is the greatest barrier to improving their fitness, according [...]

(NC)-Many people make unexpected visits to hospitals or their health care providers and when asked, don’t have a record of the medications they are taking. A recent Decima survey for Shoppers Drug Mart showed that 26 per cent of respondents keep a list of their medications, but less than half of them keep it handy [...]