by Karen L Davis | Health and Fitness
What is the correlation between proper hydration and the maintenance of lymphatic health? To better understand this point, let us take a look at how the lymphatic system works. The lymphatic system is a network of lymph vessels carrying lymph fluid throughout the body...
by Heide Creduer | Health and Fitness
To understand the symptoms of low ferritin levels, it helps to know what ferritin is and what role it plays in your body. Ferritin is an iron storage protein found in the liver, skeletal muscle, bone marrow, and intestinal mucosa. Ferritin makes the iron non-toxic to...
by Healthy Wealthy n Wise | Health and Fitness
“High blood pressure in kids? That’s what my grandmother has!” Nearly 2 out of 3 American adults have unhealthy blood pressure. Hypertension, or high blood pressure (HBP), cuts off nearly 5 years from an average person’s life. It is more common...
by Kitchi Joyce | Health and Fitness
Preparing to undergo orthopaedic surgery — whether it is on your knee, shoulder, or spine — can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially if you have never experienced a surgical procedure before. The anticipation in the weeks leading up to a surgery is a...
by Hannah McCarthy | Family
When you hear someone talking about ‘blogs’, do you automatically assume that they must be talking about something written by adults, for adults? If so, you may think that the idea of kids blogging is strange and unnecessary, but you’d be wrong....
by Suzy Buglewicz | Health and Fitness
Earlier this year, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health reported that business travelers who spend the most time on the road have higher rates of obesity and rate their health as worse than those who travel infrequently. If you’re a...
by Ivana Pejakovic | Family
Romantic breaks ups are tough! They can be an emotional and psychological roller coaster. Moms know this because they have gone through them and now watch their daughters go through similar emotions and behaviours after a break up. With changing bodies, adjusting...
by Jon Bjarnason | Health and Fitness
Have you ever thought about how much time you actually spend sitting in an average day? I bet you haven’t. Office workers will spend anywhere from six to seven hours per day sitting. Then you have to add the time it takes to commute back and forth to work,...
by Charlotte Siems | Family
You could barely see the floor, for it was covered with piles of clothing and papers. The décor was a poster tacked to the wall above the couch. Dirty dishes were piled in the sink, and the bed was unmade. Our honeymoon cottage wasn’t exactly a paradise of order...
by Linda Hancock | Family
Often I hear horror stories from my clients about the problems and arguing that happens when in-laws do not respect boundaries of their adult child and his/her family. In fact, many couples claim that the biggest fights occur with or about the in-laws. Most of them...
