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Healing a Pulled Hamstring We’ve all been there once or twice before. You’re in a hurry to squeeze your workout into your busy daily schedule and forget to stretch. You hop on the treadmill or start an exercise and BOOM! the excruciating pain of tearing your hamstring rips through the back of your leg and […]

What Causes High Blood Pressure In 2008, according to The World Health Organization (WHO), heart disease was the leading cause of death in the entire world (number one in the U.S. as well), accounting for 30% of total deaths worldwide! That means roughly one out of every three people in the world died of some […]

Prolonged Increased Cortisol and its Impact on the Body Cortisol is secreted by the adrenal glands when you wake up in the morning and in response to several triggers including stress, food, and exercise. This response is initiated by the pituitary gland situated in the brain and impacts many systemic functions within the body. It […]

Testosterone Deficiency As men age they find it harder to gain muscle while they lose their sex drive. Is a testosterone deficiency to blame? In many cases, yes. A test deficiency can cause many symptoms that can impact quality of life. But what causes it? What Causes a Testosterone Deficiency Andropause is the male version […]

Cushings Syndrome and Hormonal Abnormalities Cushing’s syndrome is a hormone disorder that generates increased levels of cortisol in the blood specifically caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland that produces large amounts of ACTH (adreno-corticotropic hormone). It is not only humans that can suffer from Cushings Syndrome. Dogs can too. For more information on […]

What are Sugar Alcohols? Low-carb diets were all the rage for a very long time, and today they still command a large audience. Many people were forced to satiate their carb cravings with sugarless gum, no-carb protein bars and diet drinks, which often times contained a separate category for sugar alcohols under the “carbohydrates” section […]

Caring for Your Liver The human liver is an amazing organ. It processes everything that the body digests, removing toxins to keep you healthy and functioning well. Unfortunately, many of us take advantage of this fact and put a tremendous amount of stress on the liver through excessive alcohol consumption, drug abuse and a variety […]

Natural Treatment Options for Underactive Thyroid Written by contributor and registered diagnostic imaging tech, Tia Mapes As a technologist in the diagnostic imaging field, I come in contact with many patients, with diverse complaints and symptoms that result in their doctor ordering the imaging of one gland; the thyroid. Many people don’t know much about […]

Oxytocin and How it Impacts Your Sex Life What is it about men who seemingly use sex as an answer to everything? No wonder so much porn caters to men. Watch Fulltube movies with no registration for example and you’ll see plenty of their content catered to men. Does this odd little chemical, oxytocin, really […]