Preventing Heartburn!
Eating easily digestible foods and chewing thoroughly before swallowing helps prevent heartburn, according to the Professional Association of German Internists (BDI) The BDI states that hectic meals and fatty, heavily spiced or fried foods can trigger heartburn. Other risk factors include sweet and sour foods, alcoholic drinks, coffee, black tea and smoking. Exercise immediately after [...]
2 doses of H1N1 vaccine for children under 9
Washington: Younger children will need two doses of the vaccine against the new pandemic of A(H1N1) influenza, US officials said on Monday. They said tests of Sanofi -Pasteur’s A(H1N1) flu vaccine showed children respond to it just as they do to seasonal flu vaccine, with children over 10 needing only a single dose but children [...]
Migraine Woes
Adolescents suffering from migraine headaches are more likely to get poor grades and less likely to finish high school or go to college than those who don’t get the headaches, a new study has concluded. Researchers studying the statistical impact of migraine headache and academic performance presented their findings at the 84th Annual Conference of [...]
Run up bone density
High impact sports such as running appear to improve bone mineral density more than cycling, swimming, or rowing, according to a study conducted by the University of Missouri. “Only the skeletal sites that experience increased stress from exercise will become stronger,” said Pam Hinton, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at [...]
