The Daily Mail in England has this very interesting story about Enbrel that seems to give hope to the millions of people worldwide that suffer from Alzheimers disease. Doctors are calling for a clinical trial of an experimental drug treatment that it is claimed can reverse the symptoms of … [Read more...] about Enbrel to try to cure Alzheimers
Health Issues
Determining your level of fitness
Fitness is individual. A person knows that he is or is not in shape. He also knows the various degrees of his own fitness. Or he can define his fitness in terms of others of similar age and state of health. He may be proud that he is the only fellow on the block who can go out bicycling for the … [Read more...] about Determining your level of fitness
Bulimia and Anorexia
Just caught this long article on Eating disorders on the main MSN.ca site. There are a lot of facts in this article and it is interesting that when people want to better their health sometimes they go to far and actually harm themselves by losing to much . I used to hate the talk of Anorexia and … [Read more...] about Bulimia and Anorexia
Cholesterol and you
Here is more info from my local pharmacy about Cholesterol, its types and preventing high levels of bad cholesterol. Cholesterol is bad. Right? No! A high total cholesterol level is bad. A high level of LDL cholesterol is bad. Cholesterol itself is necessary for good health. And HDL … [Read more...] about Cholesterol and you
Fit people cost the medical industry more
If you are thin and fit or even fit and fat you will cost your medical program more on average then a smoker or fat couch potato. Does that make any sense at all? Well it is true. A dutch research study shows that people in bad shape will die earlier costing less then fit people who will eventually … [Read more...] about Fit people cost the medical industry more