Late Summer, Humidity, and Digestion

The summer is flying by! In fact, in Chinese medicine land, it’s already a new season: Late Summer. In my estimation, Late Summer begins right around the time the 7-year-olds start practicing football in the field near my house. It’s an amazing thing, seeing these little kids fully decked out in football padding.
Late Summer in Chinese medicine is governed by the Earth element. In practical terms, this is the season when the earth offers us heaps of fresh, nutritious food and a general sense of abundance. Emotionally, this element is associated with nurturing, nourishing, and grounding. Late Summer is a good time for relaxing, eating fresh food, and being with family and friends.

Why Your Diet May Not Be Working

Nishanth Reddy

Jennifer, a middle-aged single mother with one six-year-old daughter, has been skipping sweets for a few weeks now. She's also become a stickler for portion control. She feels as if she's eating less than ever, and she's been diligently exercising for an hour at a time at least four days a week. Yet, she hasn't lost a single pound. The question is, Why?

This is a dilemma which affects dieters the world over. They think they are taking the steps necessary to lose weight, but nothing seems to be happening. In essence, they are trapped in a dieting rut and they don't know how to free themselves. As a result, they become frustrated and depressed and may then engage in binge eating.

Suffering From Constant Headaches - 3 Effective Ways for Relief

Are you suffering from constant headaches? Headaches are a common ailment, but research has uncovered treatments that may help your problem almost disappear.
According to the National Headache Foundation (NHF) tension headaches affect nearly 78% of the adult population. 13% of the population suffers from migraines. Because the causes of migraines vary greatly, what relieves a migraine in one person may trigger an attack in another. The suggestions here are guidelines for those who suffer regularly from tension headaches which may have an identifiable physical cause.


Watch What You Eat
Some headache sufferers notice a connection with eating or drinking foods with aspartame. For those who are sensitive to the chemical it may cause blood vessels to expand in the brain and trigger a headache.
Caffeine is used to treat headaches. Its proprieties can assist pain medication in providing relief and can be found in medications to treat migraines. However, too much caffeine can have a 'rebound' effect and actually cause headaches. If you suffer from regular headaches you should avoid daily use of caffeinated beverages such as coffee and certain sodas.
According to the McKinley Health Center, avoiding tobacco can also reduce headaches.
Skipping meals may cause headaches in some people, so eating regular meals may prevent headaches in these individuals.

No Time To Exercise? Try This...

The “physical form” is an evasive limit covering a vast choice of attributes: flexibility, cardiovascular resistance, muscular endurance, force, power, balance, coordination, body-large percentage and more. While its current which it multiple 30-60 sessions minute per week is optimal for the production of the results, the truth is that it is possible to make a great quantity in far less time.

EACH ONE five minutes per day… that the only question is, something really useful A can to be done as Juste 300 seconds?

Fighting the Effects of Ageing

There’s no two ways about it, ageing sucks. It leaves us with achy joints, wrinkled skin, reduced cognitive prowess, weakness, thin grey hair, a croaky voice and eventually the lack of a pulse. The thing is though, while we all must age, some of us do it better than others. So what’s the secret to ageing well and maintaining your health and looks? Well there’s no secret as such... the good news is that there are in fact a lot of secrets and there’re a lot of things you can do to stack the odds in your favour.

Unfortunately, what seems to be the most effective of all anti-ageing strategies, is to use Human Growth Hormone as Sylvester Stallone is known to do. I saw unfortunately because it is illegal in the UK and most states of the US as well as very expensive. Furthermore it has several side effects that may be quite dangerous including enlarged organs (especially alarming in the case of the heart) and even potential effects on the facial features with some of these also potentially getting larger. The stuff definitely works though and can actually reverse the ageing process as the body is stimulated to start repairing damaged cells and maintain the rest of the body to a better degree. All you have to do is look at pictures of Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa (around the time he started using it) and in the behind the scenes clips from his up-coming movie The Expendables to see how effective it is – he looks about ten years younger!......

What Should I Do Over the Summer?

With this question, chances are good that you're a preclinical medical student or a premed undergraduate, because the challenge of what to do with a summer will soon be irrelevant. Your scheduled clerkships and residency block schedule will settle any uncertainty! It may seem that this decision could make or break your future; if so, the stress of not lining something up already may be mounting. Fear not. There are still opportunities.