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PMS—It Does Exist!

PMS is a true medical condition, and is being recognized more and more as such. Physical PMS symptoms include, but are not limited to breast tenderness and heightened skin sensitivity, while mental and emotional PMS symptoms may manifest themselves in increased irritability, depression, and a desire to be left alone (in other words, feeling antisocial).
PMS [...]

Cardiovascular Health For Women

The importance of cardiovascular health for women originally did not receive as much attention as did cardiovascular health for men; however awareness is growing. This is evidenced in the increase in public service announcements and other advertisement campaigns geared toward women.
Part of the reason why cardiovascular health for women may have been given less attention [...]

Don’t Worry, Be Happy and Reduce Your Risk for Heart Disease

Your happiness can affect your risk for heart disease according to a new study lead by Dr. Karina Davidson. People, who were optimistic or generally happy, were less likely to suffer from heart disease. While this is just a preliminary study, it can have great implications for people at risk for heart problems.
Increasing Happiness and [...]

Migraine Headaches 101

Migraine headaches are different from other types of headaches. For one thing, the pain is usually more severe, and a migraine headache may last longer. Migraine headaches often occur as a result of a “trigger.” A trigger can be anything from a certain type of food, food additive, or food preservative or even hormonal fluctuations.
Sometimes, [...]

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for Health and Wellness

If you’re looking for last minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas, you may want to consider investing in some health and wellness items for your lover. Not only does it show that you care for your love, but it will also be something that he/she can use and feel healthier.

New Accessories

If you’re love has already [...]

Personal Stress and Mental Illness: Low Self Esteem Related to Frontal Lobes

If you have a difficult time telling yourself that you are a great person and believing it, you may be because of a lack of activity in your frontal lobes, according to a recent study from the University of Texas at Austin.
Not only may this explain why some people will never think highly of themselves, [...]

Teen Mental Health Issues on the Rise: Understanding the Role of Stress on Teenagers

The Canadian Press reported that a new study revealed that more teens are having mental health issues in this generation than in previous ones. Specifically, five times more high school and college students are being diagnosed with mental illness than they were in the Great Depression era. Since this is a pretty big jump – [...]

Five Ways to Improve Your Mental Health and Reduce Stress

Many people are taking steps to become healthier physically but eating healthy foods and exercising, however, not many people are taking such conscious steps to becoming mentally healthier. Your mental health has an affect on just about every area of your life including your physical health so it’s important to take some time each day [...]

Physician Assisted Suicide Allowed for Montana

Montana is the third state to allow physician-assisted suicide. No matter what your opinions are on this topic, you have to wonder should people really given the right to kill themselves?
Terminal Patients and Suicide
While it’s understandable why terminal patients would want to commit suicide; they don’t want to deal with a long painful death. However, [...]

Coping with a Loved One’s Cancer

Many times, loved ones of cancer patients get caught up in taking care of their family member or friend that they forget to take care of themselves. Finding out a loved one has cancer is devastating, but many people don’t feel that they have the right to feel pain because they are not the one [...]