Stay Healthy

Summer is right around the corner and women are gearing up for some fun in the sun. They are buying their new bikinis, putting on some sun tan lotion, and beautifying themselves with the latest lip gloss.

Whatever you girls do it is important that you stay away from the cheap stuff. Studies show that the cheaper brand of lip gloss might be fun – but they do not have any SPF. This means that wearing them could actually increase your risk for skin cancer.

Not all of us are blessed with the kind of intelligence that can speed us through any school or work project within in a matter of a couple hours. Some of us actually have a hard time learning new concepts and understanding certain subjects. Yet, according to new studies there might be a way to make us more intelligent.

Wow, There are so many things that go through your mind when you think about calories and weight loss, but very few people think about what they are drinking and how it affects their diet. Some of us think we should only drink water or drinking doesn’t matter at all just the food they eat. For most of us who know it is important to watch what we drink we run into the big question what to drink?

A vaginal yeast infection is one of the most annoying problems that a women has to deal with in her life. A vaginal yeast infection is when there is an irritation and infection around the vagina area. It is caused when there is too much Candida. Candida is a bacteria or yeast that lives in the vagina in usually small amounts – but when too many of it grows it can cause an infection.

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The government has been funding research to find a diet that is safe and can help to reduce high blood pressure and save people from strokes and heart attacks. During research they followed 88,000 women (all healthy) for 25 years. During this time they kept record of what they ate and how many of them suffered from strokes or heart attacks.

For years parents have been complaining about the food that is being served to the students in the cafeteria. They feel that their children are being given too much sugar and fat in the foods that are being served. In order to change things around five Philadelphia elementary schools have decided to change the way things work by replacing fruit juice for the sodas.

For years doctors have warned us about the effects that obesity can have on our bodies. It can bring on heart disease and high blood pressure – but what we didn’t know was that being overweight around the age of 40 can actually put you at a high risk of getting dementia or other forms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Many of us think that if we skip breakfast it isn’t a big deal. Many of us have to be at work early in the day and we spend what little time we have in the morning getting the amount of sleep we can and than getting ready for the day. Skipping breakfast though – for whatever reason – is not a good idea for anyone. It doesn’t help you to lose weight like many people think.

Everyone is always saying that green tea is good for you – but every time you go to get some you wonder just how healthy it really is. There are many people out there who will say things – but how do you know what is true and what is fiction? That is why we are here to tell you exactly what green tea can do for you and for your body.

Researchers at Yale University have been working on creating a unique blood test for ovarian cancer. Their test will be able to accomplish something that no other test has been able to do – spot the disease while it is in the early stages of development and has a chance being cured. For now the phase II study test has an accuracy of 99%.