Staying Healthy
Many people want to improve their health, but aren't sure how to make the best choices. The articles below will provide you with
the information you need and explain important topics such as nutrition, managing stress at work and how to start an exercise program.
Read through the articles below and see how you can have wellness today and healthy tomorrows.
How to Manage Work Stress
What is work or job stress? Job stress can be defined as the harmful physical
and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job
do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. In
other words, when you start to feel sick and tired because there is
too much to do and not enough people or time to do it. [Read more]
All About Sleep
Sleepiness and sleep deprevation seem to be epidemic
today. There are many reasons for sleep deprivation: work, chores,
babies, worry, parties or late night television are just a few.
Whatever the reason for sleep loss, research has shown
that it takes a toll on us both mentally and physically.
[Read more]
Making Physical Activity
Part of Your Life
Just knowing that physical activity is good for us doesn't mean
that we'll be able to make it part of our daily routines—it's sometimes
difficult to adopt new habits. But it's important to remember that you can start
out slowly and work your way up to a higher level of activity.
[Read more]
How to Improve your Eating Habits
How many of us regularly eat according to the American Heart Association's guidelines
for a healthy diet? Sure, the guidelines seem simple enough, but sometimes they
clash with our busy lifestyles. When they do, we often find ourselves eating
food that isn't good for us. It's important, therefore, to find a way to incorporate
these guidelines into our daily routines.
[Read more]
Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol
One out of every 2 men and 1 out of every 3 women will develop
heart disease sometime in their life. Whether you have heart disease or want
to prevent it, you can reduce your risk for having a heart attack by lowering
your cholesterol level.
[Read more]
I Mind Very Much If You Smoke
Every year, 434,000 people die of illnesses related to their smoking. But smokers
are not the only ones whose health can suffer. Their tobacco smoke in
the air is called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or secondhand smoke.
Breathing it can be a hazard to your health and to the health of your child.
[Read more]
Flu Prevention
As
the media brings headlines of a "flu pandemic" or vaccine shortages
every day, you may begin to wonder if you need to be worried about yourself
or your family. There are things you can do to prevent the flu.
[Read more]
Know the Facts about
Stroke
Why do I need to know about having a Stroke? That is
something that only happens to old people, right? Wrong. According
to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),
about 700,000 people have a stroke each year; 500,000 first strokes
and 200,000 recurrent strokes. [Read more]
Facts About Diabetes
Each year, about 1 million people age 20 or older
are diagnosed with diabetes. According to the World Health Organization, the
scale of the problem that diabetes poses to world health is still widely under-recognized.
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism
-- the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy.
[Read more]
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