May 2009

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

May 29, 2009

There are two different types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 Diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and very young adults. Type 1 Diabetes differs from Type 2 in that a person with Type 1 Diabetes does not produce insulin at all. Insulin is needed to take sugar from the blood into [...]

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All About Vitamin A

May 25, 2009

Vitamin A was first discovered back in 1912, by a Polish biochemist named Casimir Funk. He came up with the word vitamine, which was later given the name vitamin. Funk was the first to discover vitamins as we know them today, although vitamin A was actually the first one discovered, hence the letter “A” in [...]

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Adult Dyslexia and Related Conditions: Irlen Syndrome

May 20, 2009

One condition that a dyslexic person may have is the Irlen Syndrome. This condition is very much related to dyslexia since, they both have a number of similar symptoms. Additionally, a lot of dyslexics have this syndrome, along with having dyslexia itself. From research and testing, it was found that a diversity of problems could [...]

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Water as the Best Natural Health Drink

May 14, 2009

There are a lot of commercial health drinks out there in the market nowadays. They claim that they provide cure for illnesses, even citing studies of their drastic impact on cancer. But amidst these countless choices, we may e forgetting about nature’s most important “cocktail” – water. Some health professionals say that most of the [...]

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Dieting Your Way to Stress Management

May 9, 2009

You may notice that you reach for the potato chips when a television program becomes particularly frightening. Or you grab the crackers at work when you learn that you’ll have to handle a new project. You may also nibble on candy bars when you’re having difficulty controlling your children. These eating patterns are all a [...]

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