HEALTHY LIVING

Kiwi author Marnie McDermott said that celebrated A-list mothers are setting the bar too high for the simple Kiwi mums

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!

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?

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.

Following an act of protest by about 400 local residents in Tecoma, work on the McDonald’s site has stopped. Proposal for the restaurant had been approved two years ago and the restaurant was under construction even as locals picketed outside the eatery.

Jennifer Aniston shares her skin care secret, unforgettable Mac Donald’s experience and why she struggles about her butt

Fear and worry are so common for both partners in pregnancy. Nearly every pregnant woman or her partner will worry about something pregnancy related at one point or another. My guess would be multiple worries, multiple times.

Amblyopia is an eye condition when the nerves that connect one of the eyes to the brain do not develop correctly during childhood.

Every season brings with it a new fashion craze, making it hard to decide which beauty products to wear.

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 ...

E-Cigarette or vaping is no less dangerous than actual smoking as cancer-causing components were found on certain brands by experts leading to a discouragement of use and ban in certain countries such as France.

Scientists found that the key to eternal youth might just be in the hypothalamus

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.

A four-year-old pre-school girl in Britain is undergoing psychiatric therapy for compulsive behaviour because of her addiction to iPad games.

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...

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.

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.

Cigarette smoke emanates from the mouth or nostrils, but a Canadian anti-smoking campaign taps another type of emission from another orifice to drive home their message that social smoking is still smoking which damages a person's health.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

The new year brings a new craze following for diets to get rid of the holiday excess baggage. Best to know the diets that really work--or at least give you benefits--from those that only let you experience torture and double the cravings afterwards.

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 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 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.