preventive health

Some of the most common fashion choices can have a negative impact on our health.

Unfortunately, for us girls, fashion often means pain. Here I’ll discuss which trends are downright dangerous for your body.

Public health managers’ advice to reduce tuberculosis in the world is to first reduce diabetes.

There are some common misconceptions out there regarding musculoskeletal injury and how to treat it.

People try their darnedest to rectify flat feet. But do they really need to?

Mercury is a neurotoxin, which means that it crosses the blood – brain barrier and can cause damage to brain cells.

Let’s look at some issues you may be having with your eyesight and what you can do about it.

Poisonous substances are around us daily and often we use them as part of our lifestyle without even really thinking. However over a period of time the poison has been entering our system for so long it could start to catch up with us and make us ill. There are many poisons also that we are not aware of and are disguised. Ultimately though, they could lead to serious health problems like diabetes, cancer, heart disease and even Alzheimer’s.

Many have developed a taste for salt and need it as a habit to add to their food. Also there are different kinds of salts that the body does need in order to remain healthy so it is important to understand which salts we are talking about when we come out with such a general statement as the body needing salt. It takes about 20 times the amount of the grams of salt you have eaten to neutralise the chemical in your body and whilst your body is busy doing this continually you could be developing cellulite, arthritis, gout or even bladder and kidney stones.

Worried about your elevated cholesterol? Increasing the plant sterols in your diet can help you reduce it to a safe level.

Colonoscopies are invasive procedures even though the risks are small. There can be bleeding, bowel perforations or other complications especially if you are older however the advantage is that during a colonoscopy the doctor can take a biopsy (a piece of tissue to examine in the lab), remove precancerous polyps if they are there before they grow and spread.

Lipsticks contain metals at levels that could cause health concerns.