Healthizm

Everyone knows that this time of year is synonymous with excess food and drink. Even the most health conscious individuals find themselves eating more during the holiday season because most social gatherings involve sharing food with one another. From work parties to family dinners, it’s likely that you are preparing for extra calories and perhaps [...]

The process of claiming disability can be long and tedious, therefore requiring the applicant to display a considerable amount of patience to reach the point of receiving benefits. On average, this will entail a period of several months, while in some cases even taking longer than that. So what can you do to ease such [...]

Buying your first home can be stressful.  In fact because of the large amount of money involved it can turn into a major headache for many families.  And if you are a first time home buyer you may be faced with many terms that are hard for you to comprehend which makes things even more [...]

A Woman’s Guide to Sex and the City Maybe you have just moved to a new city and you do not know a single soul in the entire area. You have moved there specifically because of a job and the pay was too good to refuse. You have left all of your friends at home, [...]

Practitioners of health, purveyors of elixirs, snake oil sales, the latest publications of medical studies. All the above have specific opinions about exactly how the human immune system works. When it comes to not getting sick, or regaining health once illness has set in, one of the best approaches is to know the facts, be [...]

The United States if viewed by many as one of the most developed countries in the world when it comes to health care. There are state-of-the-art hospitals and clinics as well as outstanding universities and laboratories conducting medical and pharmaceutical research. The US also trains some of the world’s top doctors and surgeons. However, it [...]

What is true with regards to customer service in the corporate business world, is even more so in the medical field and that is that when a customer, and/or patient, has a complaint it should not go unattended.  In the case of a complaint in the medical field, it simply can not go “unattended”.  This [...]

AP – City health officials have battled trans fats and high-calorie fast food. Now, they’re taking on salt.

AP – Characters in children’s movies are wising up about personal safety, increasingly using seat belts, bike helmets and crosswalks, but many still aren’t ideal role models, a government study found.

AP – Barred from using lead in children’s jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in sparkling charm bracelets and shiny pendants being sold throughout the United States, an Associated Press investigation shows.