While the common cold can afflict us at any time throughout the year, the flu tends to strike during the winter season. The colder temperatures allow the influenza virus to mutate and morph into new strains and strike with a vengeance. While a cold can be relatively mild, resulting in a few sniffles, a mild temperature and a sore throat, the flu is altogether a different beast. If your symptoms came on rapidly, you have a soaring fever, your muscles ache, you have a tight chest, you suffer from dizziness and vomiting, and feel like you’ve been hit by a juggernaut, the chances are that flu has you in its…

Whether you suffer from a chronic illness or not, staying healthy, and keeping your family healthy, in the wintertime seems to be so much harder than it is in the summer. There are coughs and colds everywhere, our joints and muscles ache when we get up in the morning, overindulge over the holidays leads to stomach upsets and bugs, and being in such close quarters as we hunker down indoors means that the spread of disease is faster and easier than when we are all outdoors and have our windows open at home. While coughs and colds can never be avoided entirely, there are things that you can do to…

Oriental cultures realised centuries ago that emotions can affect our physical health as well. It took the western world a while longer to grasp this principle, and it seems it was in the 1940s before this really happened. It was between then and the 1970s that a distinction was made between good stress and bad stress. We all know about bad stress and anxiety, but did you realise there is good stress that can improve the functions of your brain? Fight Or Flight Mode This is one of the times stress can be good. If you are in sudden danger, your body will begin a process of diverting energy from…

If you are experiencing trouble getting an erection, maintain an erection for long, reduced sex drive chances are that you are developing or have developed erectile dysfunction. Whether you currently suffer from ED or are hoping to sidestep this condition, try these tips to overcome ED for better health and a better sex life. The major causes of ED are physical conditions including diabetes, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and even sleep disorders. Medication taken for health conditions can result in erectile dysfunction. In this article, you will discover 10 healthy ways to manage erectile dysfunction. 1.      Start with Exercise Exercise is an active treatment for a…