by mg_user | Dec 21, 2018 | Health & Wellness
The pitfalls of aging can sometimes be painful, especially when it comes to shingles. The shingles virus, also known as varicella-zoster (chickenpox), can lie dormant for years, lingering in nerve cells. While many young children are affected by the chickenpox virus,...
by mg_user | Dec 18, 2018 | Health & Wellness
The legend of the Fountain of Youth—a mythical spring that restores the youth of anyone who sips from it—has been part of the human experience for thousands of years. Early mentions of it appear in the writings of Herodotus in the 5th century B.C., although it wasn’t...
by mg_user | Dec 18, 2018 | Health & Wellness
The legend of the Fountain of Youth—a mythical spring that restores the youth of anyone who sips from it—has been part of the human experience for thousands of years. Early mentions of it appear in the writings of Herodotus in the 5th century B.C., although it wasn’t...
by mg_user | Dec 1, 2018 | Health & Wellness
When you were a kid, the chickenpox was probably not that big a deal. You’d stay home from school for a week, put on some calamine lotion, and do your best not to scratch. It was no fun but you got through it. Indeed, according to the CDC, one out of every three...
by mg_user | Nov 20, 2018 | Health & Wellness
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season, bringing with it lots of decadent foods. Even the most stringent dieters tend to slip around this time of year. And when you factor in all the additional stress, which causes your cortisol levels to rise and...
by mg_user | Nov 14, 2018 | Health & Wellness
Chronic diseases, including Multiple Sclerosis, diabetes, COPD, heart disease, and osteoporosis (just to name a few), are the leading cause of death and disability in the U.S, responsible for seven out of every 10 deaths in the U.S. Approximately 133 million Americans...