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Fun Ways to Prevent Prostrate Cancer

While prostate cancer is an undoubted killer and needs to be taken seriously, its prevention can be fun-filled. From doing the dirty to loading up on marinara sauce – here are 3 ways to avoid the dreaded C-word and having a good time on the way!

Killing for Krill or Fetish for fish – Be Oil Savvy

Fish oil has been long renowned for its health benefits as well as palate appeal but there is a new contender on the scene – krill oil. What are krill? Remember the screaming little characters running away in the thousands from the whale in Finding Nemo?

Five Low Calorie Fruity Salsas

Salsas can go a long way to add nutrients and variety to your daily boring meals. As the name suggests Salsa in Spanish stands for "sauce" -- a catchall term for the zingy, chili-spiced mixtures that add pizzazz to a range of dishes. This week we show you how to make five simple enriching salsas.
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Hot Weather Dressing for Women Over 40

As one gets older, no matter how fit or slim one is, there are certain areas of body that are best covered up. So its a big challenge to keep cool, look fashionable and uncover what the fashion folk have to offer women over 40 when it comes to summer dressing. If you want to dress appropriately for your age and still look like you have a great sense of style, then you need to focus on:Looking relaxed, which if you are over 40 can be a little challenging, as we are temperature challenged at the ...

Choosing a Hairstyle

That Complements Glasses With the shock of discovering that you need bifocals or that your eyes have weakened over the past year. Comes the need to sort through a huge array of eyeglasses frames to find a shape that works with your hair, the shape of your face and your personality. There is completely no doubt, that eyeglasses should complement, but not compete with your hairstyle; be sure not to get carried away with a fussy frame if you favor big hair.

Attending to Your Baby's Needs

Once you have made the major purchases, you can start to attend to your baby's more personal needs and do some advance planning.Before you rush out to buy lots of baby clothes, a roomful of toys, and several packs of diapers, ask friends and family if they have any baby clothes or toys they can pass on to you, and which diapers they recommend. Now is also the time to think about how you want to feed your baby.Baby Crib You will need a solid crib. Almost every crib today is adjustable to two l...

Alternate Remedies for Premature Grey Hair

Grey hair is actually hair that has no pigment and is the result of the melanocytes - the cells that produce pigment - becoming damaged or dyeing. Presence of grey hair is a moment of defining getting older. Earlier a grey strand would get visible in late 30s or early 40s.

NHS App Shows Ageing Effect of Smoking

The National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom has released an application which will show smokers how fast they age due to the 4,000 chemicals found in cigarettes they puff.

Top 10 to Boost Your Willpower .... and Avoid Pitfalls

Many of us are faced with annoying challenge of sticking to our goal of losing unwanted fat, following a healthy diet and getting enough sleep. The question that crops up to our mind is -Why is our self-control so strong on some days and so weak on others?To answer that, willpower is not dependent only on psychological strength.

Facial Surgery: Tops Cosmetic Procedures in 2012

According to CNN, For the first time in six years, the number of people enhancing their breasts and plumping their buttocks is declining. The number of people opting for lift, injections and laser for faces is growing.2012 saw a record number of people undergoing cosmetic procedures, with more than 14.6 million procedures performed in total, an increase of 5% over the year before. Breast augmentation remained the number one cosmetic surgery, a position it's held since the FDA ended the silic...

Prenatal Birth Defects on Rise: Am I a Candidate?

Birth defects are the leading cause of death for infants during the first year of life. Every year, about 7.9 million infants (6% of worldwide births) are born with serious birth defects. With the causes of over 50% of birth defects unknown, it remains a challenge how to diagnose and prevent them? Although some congenital defects can be controlled and treated, an estimated 3.2 million of these children are disabled for life. The most common birth defects are heart defects, cleft lip and cleft pa...

Yoga Asana to Avoid Piriformis Syndrome

If you are a runner, swimmer or a work-alcoholic there stands a great risk of stiffening of piliformis muscle. This muscle is located beneath the gluten (butt) muscles and laterally rotates and stabilizes the hip. The piriformis turns your thigh out and helps to stabilize your pelvis and sacrum. Located under the gluteus maximus muscle, it runs from your sacrum to your upper thigh bone. The piriformis is probably best known as the cause of piriformis syndrome. The sciatic nerve runs directly ...

Britta Heidemann is 2013 World Most Beautiful and Fit Fencer

Britta Heidemann was born on 22nd December 1982 in Cologne. She is a German épée fencer. At the age of 14, already being a successful athlete and swimmer, Britta Heidemann had her first contact with fencing in a variation of modern pentathlon called Friesenkampf. After first switching to modern pentathlon, at the end of 2000, she began to specialize in fencing.In 2001, she became épée junior world vice-champion and junior European champion. In 2002, she reached third place in the World Fencing C...

Top 10 Yoga Retreats For a Healthy Holiday

Coping with the pressure of daily routine at office and at home, women can be left panting with exhaustion. A break is needed to walk away stress. A retreat is a destination with the ideal conditions for a more profound practice of meditation.

Start - Keep - Stop Exercise to Stay Fit in 2013

Its time to clarify and re-define your goals for 2013 and rock all through the year. Catch on the latest exercise routine called, The Start - Keep - Stop exercise.

Bleeding During Pregnancy

Bleeding affects 20% to 30% of all pregnancies. Up to 50% of those who bleed may go on to have a miscarriage (lose the baby). Of even more concern, however, is that about 3% of all pregnancies are ectopic in location (the fetus is not inside the uterus), and vaginal bleeding can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy. Out of all the women who experience vaginal bleeding in the first trimester, half will have a miscarriage. But the odds of other problems are lower: ectopic pregnancy occurs in 16 out ...

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: A rare and Uncommon Medical Condition

Cerebral venus sinus thrombosis (CVST) occurs when a blood clot forms in the brain’s venous sinuses that prevents blood from draining out of the brain. As a result, blood cells may break and leak blood into the brain tissues, forming a hemorrhage. This chain of events is part of a stroke that can occur in adults and children, even in newborns and babies in the womb. A stroke can result in damage to the brain and central nervous system. A stroke is serious and requires immediate medical attentio...

Cervical Cancer and Pregnancy

Cervical cancer occurring coincident with pregnancy is, fortunately, quite rare, probably less than 1 in 10,000 pregnancies.Pregnancy and cervical cancer can be categorized under two categories for a better understanding.

Body Weight Training: A Top Fitness Option for 2013

According to a survey submitted by The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Body weight training is at number three position in Top Fitness Trend for 2013. Body weight training has become increasing popular with “at home” exercisers and folks “on the road.” Also because, it's affordable (no equipment to purchase), speeds up the workout time (no equipment to adjust), and doesn’t require much space.

2012 Top 10 Hottest Women Who Came in Our Dreams

Everyone has dreams. Everyone dreams of the beautiful women. This year in 2012 women and men alike dreamt of women they adored the most or wished in their inner conscious who made it to their dreams. Women Fitness after interviewing a number of its visitors and Internet surfing data analysis led to the final selection of "2012 Top 10 women in the world who came in one's dreams". The women who made to this list are from Australia, Russia, South Africa, Canada, Colombia and USA. But they ...

Top 10 Most Beautiful Women Swimmers in the World

Women Fitness has just selected the Top 10 Most Beautiful Women Swimmers in the World. These women are actually like fish in water, but because of their beauty and perfect ten bodies they put the water they swim in on fire.

Top 10 Asanas to Combat Fibromyalgia Symptoms

A medical disorder common, especially among women aged 20 to 50. Individuals affected by the disease experience long-term, widespread pain and tenderness in the joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues- that's Fibromyalgia. Three to five percent of the population suffers with this condition with over 80% being women. With regular yoga practice, pain was reduced by an average of 24 percent, fatigue by 30 percent and depression by 42 percent. Symptoms of fibromyalgia

Yoga for Enhanced Vision

Stress and increment in chronological age, tends to weaken the muscles around the eyes. Eyesight becomes weak after the muscles around the eyes lose their elasticity and become rigid, thereby reducing the power to focus different distances. In addition, tension around the eyes affects the brain causing stress and anxiety.

Guidelines to Prevent Cheerleading Injuries

Cheer leading has evolved from leading the crowd in cheers at football games to a competitive, sport featuring acrobatic stunts performed by a group of athletes- and as a result the number and severity of injuries from cheer leading has also surged.

Retinitis Pigmentosa

An inherited progressive degeneration in the retina, the light - sensitive membrane at the back of the eye. Speaking, generically it can be described as a progressive cause of visual loss, which is attributed to the loss of viable photoreceptors.

Top 10 Tips to Beat The Biological Clock

Aging is an inevitable process. Every living thing on the earth that has experienced growth has to age with passage of time. Its true advances in science has not yet been able to discover ways to control the signs of aging, but there are certain lifestyle modifications which can help you in the process of delaying the biological clock. Forty years of research has shown that when a nourishing diet is eaten sparingly, aging can be retarded and you can add years of vitality to your life. This strat...

Acne & Depression: Closely Linked

A study published in the British Journal of Dermatology found that acne patients experience social, psychological, and emotional ramifications at the same level of those with chronic health problems, such as epilepsy, diabetes, and arthritis.

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