Carol Bond

You Can Have Healthy Skin

With new research, new products and new skin protection advice popping up all the time, it is hard to figure out the best things to do to improve and protect your skin. A skin care program is the combination of skin care products and a routine that will b... Read >

Where Diets Go Wrong

When we discover that we are heavier than we want to be, we have a natural inclination to eat less food. We may skip lunch or eat only a tiny amount of our dinner in the hope that if we eat less our body will burn off some of its fat. But that is not nece... Read >

Walking And Weight Loss

Three universal goals most of us share are: to live longer, to live free of illness and to control our weight. Interesting enough, normal walking lets us achieve all three. In fact, walking may be man's best medicine for slowing the aging process. First, ... Read >

Understanding And Dealing With Everyday Stress

Stress is an abnormal condition that disrupts the functions of the body or mind. No two people are affected in exactly the same way, or to the same degree, but most people living in our highly industrialized society suffer from its effects at one or more ... Read >

Ulcers Are No Laughing Matter

Peptic ulcers, which are in the stomach and the duodenum (the first part of the intestine leading from the stomach) can occur at any age and affect both men and women. Untreated, sufferers can look forward to a long siege with them. But today's peptic ulc... Read >

The Radon Problem

You can't see radon. And you can't smell or taste it, but it may very well be a problem in your home. It is estimated to cause thousands of deaths each year. Radon is a cancer- causing, radioactive gas, and when you breathe air containing the gas, you can... Read >

The Positive Weight Loss Approach

Once you have made up your mind to lose weight, you should follow through with that commitment and go into it with a positive attitude. We all know that losing weight can be quite a challenge. In fact, for some, it can be downright tough. It takes time, p... Read >

The Dangers Of Household Garbage

Reducing the hazardous waste in America's landfills is a task that starts at home. Millions of households are producing billions of pounds of solid waste. Products used every day in our homes leach hazardous chemicals after entering landfills. There are a... Read >

Solving Your Problems Can Be Challenging And Fun

Solving Your Problems Can Be Challenging and Fun You're reading the words of a person who has been through more catastrophes in her lifetime than most people experience in 5! This is not to say that there are other people who have not lived through bad ... Read >

Safeguarding Your Food

Every year, an estimated 7 million Americans suffer from cases of food-borne illness. Some cases are violent and even result in death. Of course this is commonly known as "food poisoning." The culprit is food that has dangerously high levels of bacteria d... Read >

New Therapy For Heart Attacks

New drugs can stop or limit the damage of a heart attack, but only if the patient gets help immediately, experts say. Once the flow of blood to a portion of the heart is blocked for several hours, the damage is irreversible. Knowing the symptoms of a hear... Read >

Measuring Your Stress Level

If you've been wondering what degree of stress you live under, here is a quick way to get a fair estimate. Dr. Thomas and Dr. Richard Rahe composed a table of events and the amount of stress they cause. The most interesting feature of this table is that t... Read >

Live a Longer and Healthier Life

You should balance your activities with the proper amount of rest. Some of the leading experts in the field of aging now believe that regular exercise along with the proper amount of rest may actually add years to the life span. Results from a number of t... Read >

Lead Can Be Dangerous

Lead has long been recognized as a harmful environmental pollutant. There are many ways in which humans are exposed to lead and most of the time we may not even be aware of it. Airborne lead enters the body when an individual breathes in lead particles or... Read >

How to Beat Depression

Here's the story of a small, almost successful mail order entrepreneur, and how he overcomes the blues that come with his way of conducting business: "What an adrenalin rush! Last week when I visited the post office my post office box was overflowing with... Read >