Learning About Type 2 Diabetes
. Food is converted into energy in the body, which is technically referred to as glucose. Glucose is transferred through the blood and this is why anyone with the medical condition known as diabetes will need to test their blood one or more times each day.
The Check Up – Being Sorry Rather Than Safe
It is taken as read that check ups and screening are good for us. The logic is almost intuitive. Finding disease early is better than finding it late as treatment can be more effective. So what could possibly be wrong? Quite a bit as it turns out!
Nursing Your Lungs
We all know that smoking is not good for us. This infographic has interesting facts and figures in an easy to read format
3 Tips To Help Prevent Falls
Falls are never fun. When we are young we can pretty quickly bounce back and keep going. In the elderly though a fall can lead to a hip fracture. This in turn can trigger a serious chain of events including loss of independence and even death. In the USA each year...
3 Tips To Help Lower Blood Pressure
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, was the first of the symptomless conditions that modern medicine has treated. For the vast majority of people you only know if you have it when the doctor takes your blood pressure. And that is also the only way you know if it is...
Mental Health – Not Just Ticking Boxes
Our mental and emotional wellbeing is complex. It cannot be reduced to a series of tick boxes.
Why I Don’t Exercise
My kids will tell you that when they were in college I would often call to see how they were doing. Did I ask about classes and studies? Nope If you polled my children, they will tell you I said, “Are you getting enough exercise?”
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
Former CIA director David Petraeus would not be a likely guest on Jerry Springer. However the plot involving him, another General the biographer, the “other woman” and her twin is straight from the Jerry Springer show. And of course he is married too!
Ready To Look Younger? 3 Simple Tips Revealed!
Aging is seen as something we cannot control. The truth is that we do have control over the aging process and it is as simple as incorporating a few routines into your daily life for an average of 4 weeks to create a habit. Habits are the key!
Prescription Pain Killers – Legal Highs And Lows
We hear much about the war on drugs.There is a much bigger problem that has not attracted much attention or interest.That is the deaths,overdoses and addictions due to legal pain killers. I have written an article for Australian news websites on this issue
3 Tips To Help With Weight That Are Not About Food.
Sometimes we have to think laterally. When it comes to weight and nutrition most of the focus, quite rightly is on what we eat. That makes sense and is obviously the key. However the context in which we eat and even where we eat influences how much we eat. Here are...
Unintended Consequences
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about prohibition in the 1920’s and the documentary series about it. One of the observations made about alcohol availability during and after prohibition was striking.The unintended consequence had been to make access to alcohol easier not harder. These unintended consequences happen not infrequently in health.