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Why You're So Sneezy All The Time
Blue skies, trees in bloom, park picnics, happy hour al fresco — sandal season has officially arrived. Unfortunately, these sunny days don’t feel so welcoming if you’re one of the 50 million people in the U.S. who suffer from nasal allergies. The same green grass and colorful blossoms that make spring so beautiful are also responsible for releasing pollen into the air, thus keeping you curled up inside, sniffling and sneezing and feeling wiped out while everyone else is outside enjoying themselves. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Stop Being So Self-Critical: ANGTFT
"But about a month before my friend Pammy died, she said something that may have permanently changed me. We had gone shopping for a dress for me to wear that night to a nightclub with the man I was seeing at the time. Pammy was in a wheelchair, wearing her Queen Mum wig, the Easy Rider look in her eyes. I tried on a lavender minidress, which is not my usual style ... Anyway, the dress fit perfectly, and I came out to model it for her. I stood there feeling very shy and self-conscious and pleased. Then I said, 'Do you think it makes my hips look too big?' and she said to me slowly, 'Annie? I really don't think you have that...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Water: An Essential Cornerstone of Wellness
After a long winter, many people decide to take up jogging, running, or playing outdoor sports (especially during the spring and late summer months). A few days or weeks in, they will often schedule an appointment with their doctors because the exercise triggers headaches, feeling worn down, or problems with focus. People also report similar symptoms after beginning certain medications to treat high blood pressure or allergies.
The surprising cause of these symptoms in both groups is the same -- it is dehydration.
Some of the Reasons for Dehydration
Even though people know they need to drink plenty of water per day,...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My Body Makes My Brain Look Like an Idiot...
I'm getting older. I hurt more. I creak more. My ankles sound like they're each having their own personal fireworks display every single morning when I walk downstairs to feed the dog.
He's getting old, too. We commiserate. "Another gray hair?" I tease.
"Pot, meet kettle," he'd respond if he could. Touché, Bear.
Each day brings a new malady, depending on what I eat, how I exercise, how much sleep I get, or if I have one too many glasses of wine. My liver has given up having even a shred of compassion for my unintelligence.
And for some reason, my allergies whalloped me very hard this year. I can tolerate almost anythi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is Your Doc Being Paid by Big Pharma? Here's How To Tell
I've been through a recent cycle with a sinus infection that started out as my usual seasonal allergies. Whenever my allergist writes any prescription for me, I cringe because the cost is always an unknown. In this case, she prescribed both an antibiotic and a nasal spray. Well, it turned out that 10 days of antibiotics cost me $2.05. It was the cheapest script I have ever had from any doctor at any time. On the other hand, the nasal spray was $90! I had no choice other than to swallow hard and open my wallet. Now, there are doctors who will write scripts in good faith without knowing the end cost to the patient. And then...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Ways You Can Make Your Mattress Last Longer
This article originally appeared on the Amerisleep blog. Rosie Osmun is the Creative Content Manager at Amerisleep, a progressive memory foam mattress brand focused on eco-friendly sleep solutions. Rosie writes more posts on the Amerisleep blog about the science of sleep, eco-friendly living, leading a healthy lifestyle and more. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man Goes Blind In One Eye After Sleeping With His Contacts In (Graphic Photos)
Chad Groeschen says he has a "cautionary tale." WARNING: Graphic images below. While at work late last month, the 39-year-old noticed his left eye was especially itchy. He thought it was just allergies. The next day, Groeschen said, he woke up to find that his eye was "kind of goopy" and his vision was impaired. The day after that, his vision was even worse. A friend referred Groeschen to the Cincinnati Eye Institute, where doctors told him his eye was infected with Pseudomonas bacteria. The disease can "incubate" underneath contact lenses, Groeschen said. Doctors gave him antib...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jadakiss And Styles P Discuss Organic Health Initiative
Rappers Jadakiss and Styles P are using their influence to raise health awareness in their communities. The MCs, who are a part of the hip hop group The Lox, created a chain of juice bars called Juices For Life in 2011 after noticing a lack of healthy resources growing up in Yonkers, New York. “You’re going to get out what you put into your body,” Jadakiss says in a video interview with Elite Daily. “We didn’t know. All we knew was run to the fast food spots or run to get big bags of candy. It’s a bunch of garbage.” Each juice bar offers a vast selection of drinks ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
6 Healthy Habits That You Might Be Overdoing
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Linda Melone Taking any action to an extreme — even a healthy one — can have negative consequences. Striving to lose weight becomes unhealthy if it turns into an eating disorder, for example. Exercising until you develop an injury or a serious health issue such as rhabdomyolysis (when muscle tissue breaks down and releases into the blood) can be life-threatening. Other, less extreme, examples can also work against your goal of creating healthier habits and a healthy body. Here are six ways that common, good practices can sometimes work against you: 1. You load up on healthy fa...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adjusted Flu Vaccine Options Available to Seniors This Year
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about this year's flu shot? Last year's vaccine was ineffective at preventing the flu, especially among seniors. What options are available to me this year? --Seeking Protection Dear Seeking, You're right. Last season's flu shot was not very effective at preventing the flu. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people who got the shot were just 19 percent less likely to visit the doctor for flu than people who did not get the shot. In good years, flu shot effectiveness is in the 50 to 60 percent range. The reason for the shot's ineffectiveness l...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why I Don't Care That We Can't Have Cupcakes at School
Our school has what some may refer to as insanely strict (while others may call incredibly progressive) food policy for classroom parties. The rules go something like this: In a nutshell -- no, wait, can't have nuts, Ashley S. is allergic -- um, basically: Just don't have it, people. Please. Don't send cupcakes in on your kid's birthday, we'll sing to them and give them a pencil or paper crown instead. If there is food at the parties it has to meet the stringent health guidelines, sending nutrition labels in to the nurse in advance for approval and whatnot. More teachers are just opting out of food at parties altogether. P...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5 Ways To Forget The 'Diet Guilt' And Enjoy Your Dinner Out
Tonight is the night. You finally landed reservations at the hottest new dining spot in town, and you've invited a group of friends to join you. You’re glancing over the elaborate menu when the waiter brings by freshly made, warm bread and whipped butter. You begin to salivate and reach out to grab your fair share, when someone blurts out, “Ugh, carb bombs.” Screech. Silence. As soon as you think the awkward moment has passed, another one of your guests starts in with a million questions about the fish. She asks the waiter if the chef can bake it without any butter or seasoning. “Plain?”...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Truth Behind 'Organic' Cosmetics
By Megan Boyle, Editorial Director, Healthy Child Healthy World
Reproduced with the permission of the Environmental Working Group
www.healthychild.org
When it comes to food, we know what "organic" means.
The USDA-certified organic label ensures that foods have been grown without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, contain no genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and are free of artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. Among the many benefits of organic foods, they have been found to be more nutritious than conventionally grown versions.
But what about cosmetics? Are "organic" cosmetics better? What's an organic co...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Need, Greed, and GMOs: Genuflection in All the Wrong Directions
Images of scientists inserting eye-of-newt genes into escarole, or wool-of-bat genes into watercress stalk the nightmares of pure food proponents, and up to a point-- rightly so. Even if the intentions of those tinkering with foods are good- such as putting antifreeze genes from amphibians into oranges so they are not destroyed by an early frost- the law of unintended consequences pertains. There is ample reason, in principle, to be wary of Frankenfoods.
There may be reason in epidemiology as well. We are substantially uncertain about why rates of gluten intolerance and celiac disease are rising; genetic modification of f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
