If you could help someone in your family who was ill, wouldn’t you? Many people don’t receive life-giving transplants because they can’t find a suitable donor. Using cord blood helps you to become your own donor if you should need it.
Cord blood is the blood that is found in the umbilical cord. When your [...]
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What Causes Hyperthyroidism?
Have you been feeling not quite yourself lately? Do you suffer from profuse sweating or a sudden weight loss? See your doctor; it could be hyperthyroidism.
Hyperthyroidism is the condition where the thyroid is working overtime. It secretes too much thyroid hormone in the body. Too much hormone can affect your metabolism among other functions. [...]
How to Stop Your Child Sucking Their Thumb
When they are an infant, it’s cute. As they get older it can cause problems. We are talking about thumb sucking. If your child is moving into toddler years and they are still fond of this habit, there are ways that you can curb it.
Thumb sucking is a natural reflex for babies. Some have [...]
Why Steam Rooms Are Good for Your Skin
Have you ever taken advantage of that steam room at the spa or your gym? It is an experience that everyone needs at least once in their life. Who knows? You may get to like it and how it makes you feel.
The largest organ in the body is actually on the outside of it. [...]
What Are the Side Effects of Using a Pacifier?
When a child is small, it seems that you carry everything but the kitchen sink when you leave the house. That usually includes at least a couple of pacifiers: one for your child and a back-up in case they throw the current one out the window. But, did you know that pacifiers have both [...]
Memory Loss
Have you ever forgotten something? Most of us have. It doesn’t usually start to worry us though until we become senior citizens. A certain amount of memory loss is a part of aging. Keep it at bay with a few tips that can improve your memory.
How does memory work? In the brain, when we [...]
Why Do We Lose Taste and Smell When Getting Older?
Age does many things to our bodies. Things begin to slow down a bit as we go through life. That includes our senses of taste and smell. But why do they begin to lose their strength?
Cranial nerves in the brain control many functions in the body. For instance, the main job of the olfactory [...]
How to Improve Our Sense of Smell and Taste
It is a fact that some sense of taste and smell is lost as we age. Maybe lost is not the word. Let’s say that it is greatly reduced from what it was. Learn how you can maintain your taste buds and your sniffer well into your golden years.
Both taste and smell are detected [...]
Hip Dysplasia an Explanation
Hip dysplasia in humans is commonly seen in infants. It is a condition that can be very painful and affect how your child learns to walk. Here are a few facts about it.
Hip dysplasia is a developmental condition where the hip is dislocated at birth. It is not necessarily congenital as it can have [...]
Heart Rates – What’s Normal
Most people are aware of the importance of a healthy blood pressure level. Often of lesser concern though is the heart rate. For good health and a long life you should aim for a resting pulse of about 60 beats per minute (bpm). A normal and healthy heart rate should fall within the range [...]
