Over 50? Keeping Up With Your Healthcare Needs

• LASIK For Astigmatism: Will It Work For You?

  17 June 2015

  Many eye patients have a condition known as astigmatism, where the eye is abnormally shaped, resulting in blurry or unclear vision. LASIK laser surgery has long been a popular solution for people with failing eyesight without an astigmatism, but in recent years the surgery has also been available for those who have astigmatism. If you're considering getting LASIK to correct your eyesight and you have an astigmatism, read on to learn more about how it can help.

• Two Rare Dental Conditions That Could Plague Your Child In The Future

  4 June 2015

  Just because your child grows primary teeth, it doesn't mean that there won't be issues with their permanent teeth later on. Regular visits to the dentist are essential so a dentist can check to see that your child's teeth are healthy and that rare oral issues can be discovered sooner rather than later. The following guide walks you through a couple rare dental issues your child may face.   Lack of Permanent Teeth

• Want To Lose Weight? Try These 3 Tips

  20 May 2015

  With summer right around the corner, many people are hoping to shed some extra pounds. If you would like to lose weight, then here are a few things that you should consider doing.  1. Drink More Water  Increasing your water intake is one of the very best things that you can do in order to help your weight loss efforts. There are a wide variety of different reasons for this. For one thing, drinking lots of water works great to help keep you full, which makes you less likely to indulge in overeating.

• Using Exercise to Help Reduce Spider Veins

  4 May 2015

  If you suffer from unsightly spider veins on your hands, going to a doctor to find out treatment options is recommended if the veins are painful in any way. If they are more of an inconvenience, giving you embarrassment as they blemish the skin, there are a few exercises to try on your own to try to reduce the appearance of red markings in your hands. How Your Veins Work Spider veins in the hand are actually small varicose veins.

• How Physical Structure Might Be Related To Some Adult Psychiatric Disorders

  19 April 2015

  The statistics for 2012 indicates that there were approximately 9.6 million Americans, above the age of 18, who had suffered from a serious mental illness within that year. In addition to that there was 18.6 percent or almost 48 million people, in this same demographic group, who experienced some form of mental illness within that same year. The signs exhibited by these persons usually included a combination of physical, mental and emotional symptoms, thereby strengthening the association between mental illness and physical illness.

Search