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Diabetes is very common. It’s so common that it’s considered an epidemic of global proportions. It’s type two diabetes which is spreading though, largely because it tends to come hand in hand with obesity, which, as I’m sure you all know,…

Type one diabetes isn’t like type two. It’s not something which you’re going to get from eating the wrong things or getting too big, it’s something which you’ll be diagnosed with at a very young age. Once known as ‘early onset’ diabetes,…

We all do our own thing and we all go about life in our own ways. Being in a relationship doesn’t change that as much as you’d think it might. Most couples have to get used to the fact that, though they may live together they’re not going…

Cancer is a vicious condition on its own. There are over 200 kinds of this nasty disease and it can affect pretty much any part of the body. This vast variety means that treatment is always going to be an issue because a treatment for one…

To have an effective and productive working environment there are a lot of things that have to be gotten just right. People are fairly simple in the things that they want and expect from a workplace. The happier employees are kept the…

Eating healthily is more important than ever and it's not just the media's idealised view of people which is saying you should lose weight. Are you aware of the health concerns being consistently overweight or obese can cause? Obesity has…

As a general rule, asthma is more common in children than in adults. This is largely because a lot of kids grow out of asthma before they reach adulthood but it's also because there are much more adults than there are children. It's a…

Obesity is an epidemic which isn't confined to one country or continent. It's being felt everywhere and people are struggling more and more with the issue. It's easier to eat ready made foods which are full of of sugars and additives, stick…

One of the best things about the world is that we’re always finding out more about it. You might consider now to be the most knowledgeable we’ve ever been but that might not be as true as you think. Our ancestors were much more clued up on…

Pollution has become a real issue in the past several decades and we’re now dealing with levels of pollutants in the air which we’ve never seen before. This only really becomes a health issue if you’re living in a city and you spend a lot…

Weight loss isn’t as hard as it’s made out to be. At least the physical component isn’t. Take in less and do more exercise and you’ll lose weight. The difficulty comes from the convolution which has been caused by the new weight loss…

Exercise is something which a lot of people absolutely adore; unfortunately it’s not for everyone. For those who don’t like it, I’m sure you’d agree it would be easier if you did. One of the biggest tasks in life is learning how to adapt to…

Supplements aren’t as important as they’re made out to be in the media today. The fact is that they can do a lot more harm than good. We only need certain amounts of vitamins and minerals and while it’s dangerous to have less than that…

It’s not enough for a diet to simply help you lose weight anymore; the newer kinds of diets which are becoming popular today are claiming all kinds of miraculous effects. Most have some celebrity or other spouting their benefits but in…

Some people are just animal people and others aren’t. For those that aren’t it, can be confusing and a little bemusing as animals lovers fuss and moon over their pets or go to the ends of the world to make sure an animal charity is…

For those of you who haven’t ever broken a bone, you’ll have no idea just how painful it is. Until you get that bone set every movement is an agony and ever jolt or jostle is a cruel and vicious torment. Once it is set, you don’t really…

To maintain a healthy and balanced diet we need a whole host of vitamins and minerals. Each one helps several of our bodily functions and a deficiency in any one area can cause damage across the board. It’s important to remember how…

Despite what you may have been told growing up or heard more recently on TV. Men and women are different and it’s at a biological level. There are conditions which only affect one sex or affect both sexes at different times or in different…

People can be very stilted in their views on weight-loss. Even though this area is growing and becoming more complicated by the day, there are a lot of people who only trust the more traditional methods of weight loss and why not? If it…

If I had to give you one piece of advice about supplements it would be to avoid them where you can. While they can be very useful for plugging any gaps that you might have in your diet, they’re not necessary. It’s not actually that…

Asthma is a condition which I'm sure you are familiar with. The inhaler is something which we'll all have seen and most of us will link it with asthma immediately. It's a chronic respiratory condition which affects the bronchioles (the…

Supplements are always accompanied by hype. This or that product is suddenly amazing for you, it gets a lot of media attention and products full of the stuff are lining the shelves. The thing with these products is that they’re very rarely…

We all need a lot of different things in a lot of different quantities. These things are generally referred to as vitamins and minerals and they exist in almost all of the products we eat and drink in differing amounts. Calling a diet…

We’re all carefully balanced machines. We need a lot of things in certain amounts for us to tick over properly and a deficiency in any one area can lead to all kinds of issues in other areas. An example of this would be vitamin D which is…

Snacking is the bane of many a person attempting to lose weight. Having a chocolatey snack between meals can seem immensely tempting but doing so regularly can completely compromise all the hard work you’ve been putting into your diet. One…

Relationships, be they sexual or otherwise, are tricky things which need almost constant tending and care. They can be the most important and valuable things in our live and they can also be the most damaging. We never open ourselves as…

Calcium is one of the most important minerals that we need. It’s essential for keeping our bones healthy and maintaining their strength throughout our lives. Calcium is also one of the better known minerals and most kids are educated on…

If you think a car or a plane is complicated then think again. As far as complex machinery goes, we’re about as complicated as it gets. All living things are essentially hyper-advanced and incredibly intricate machines. We need a great deal…

Arthritis is a condition which is more commonly considered as an issue for the elderly and while it’s true that a much higher proportion of older people suffer from it, that doesn’t mean that it’s only them. Something like one quarter of…

Arthritis isn’t a condition you’d wish on anyone. It’s a slow and sly thing which, if you let it, will take away your very independence itself. There are all sorts you can do to slow down its progression and a good number of drugs are…