Wellness Tips - 9 tips to getting a healthy, $exy bikini body

As the Easter celebration goes on, everyone’s gonna be getting some time off and what’s better than relaxing stylishly by the pool. Thus, here are nine tips to getting that bikini body:

Health Tips - 5 uncommon ways to live longer

Things such as exercise, a healthy diet are a great way to live longer. However, there are certain uncommon strategies that you could incorporate in extending your lifespan. Here are 5 tips to help:

Heart Failure Symptoms

What Are Heart Failure Symptoms?
If you have heart failure, you may not have any symptoms, or the symptoms may range from mild to severe. Symptoms can be constant or can come and go. Heart failure symptoms are related to the changes that occur to your heart and body, and the severity depends on how weak your heart is. The symptoms can include:

For men - Find out how sleeping naked may help in the future

I can imagine what you must be thinking; how could sleeping naked help in the future? Well, a new study has revealed that going to bed in your birthday suit may increase your chances of having kids.

According to research from the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Baltimore, Men who are hoping to be fathers were advised to sleep naked and wear airy underwear in the daytime to improve baby making chances.

Young Adults May Delay Seeking Stroke Treatment

Facial drooping, sudden arm weakness or speech problems signal need for help, experts say

Immediate treatment of stroke is crucial, but a new survey finds that three-quarters of young adults would delay going to the hospital if they had stroke symptoms.

Ideally, people with an ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain) should receive medical care within three hours to give them the best chance of restoring blood flow to the brain and minimizing or reversing stroke damage, the researchers explained.

Skincare Tips - 5 easy signs your skin is unhealthy

A key sign of a healthy skin is its shine which indicates that the skin is hydrated. If you have dry or scaly skin, it might indicate a skin condition like eczema.

Though  the skin's texture differs from a person to the other, it's important to note the little changes it might show at any point in time.

Most time, the skin could reveal an underlying health issue (they do most times) which should never be ignored.

10 Surprising Health Benefits of $ex

$ex not only feels good. It can also be good for you. Here’s what a healthy $ex life can do for you.

1. Helps Keep Your Immune System Humming

“$exually active people take fewer sick days,” says Yvonne K. Fulbright, PhD a $exual health expert.

People who have $ex have higher levels of what defends your body against germs, viruses, and other intruders. Researchers at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found that college students who had $ex once or twice a week had higher levels of the a certain antibody compared to students who had $ex less often.

Caffeine and Headaches

Everyone gets headaches from time to time. And most of us have caffeine in what we drink and eat every day. Have you considered whether there’s a connection? It’s possible for caffeine to both cause and cure a headache.

How Caffeine Helps
When your head hurts, you want relief fast. Whether it’s a run-of-the-mill tension headache or a migraine, caffeine can help. That’s why it’s an ingredient in a lot of popular pain relievers. It can make them as much as 40% more effective. Sometimes you can stop the pain in its tracks just by having caffeine alone.

Super Foods for Optimal Health

Do your immune system a favour and pack more fruits and vegetables on your plate. They are loaded with nutrients, called antioxidants, that are good for you.

Add more fruits and vegetables of any kind to your diet. It'll help your health. Some foods are higher in antioxidants than others, though.

7 Perfect foods when you are constipated

Feeling bloated/constipation are common experiences these days no thanks to stuffing on food during holidays.

You can take on the situation instead of popping pills to tackle them. There are everyday foods (you ignore) that work well as laxative to ease the discomfort that accompanies the feeling.

Check out better and more natural ways to deal with constipation:

5 signs that show you’re too tired for Naija roads

                       

You take a look at most Nigerian roads and you’re exhausted before you even get behind the wheels.  Having to chase money up and down adds to the ‘wahala’. The truth is that driving tired causes a lot of accidents on our roads. So here’s five ways to know that you shouldn’t be behind the wheel:

The best diet for High Blood Pressure

Cut the Salt

Too much salt causes fluids to build up in your body. This puts extra pressure on your heart. You will need to lower your sodium to either 2,300 or 1,500 milligrams a day, depending on your health, age, race, and any medical conditions. Here are some ways to cut back:

10 Foods That Can Save Your Heart

Fresh Herbs

When you add these to foods instead of salt and fat, you're making a heart-healthy choice. They add flavor without the bad stuff. Spices and other foods are delicious ways to eat heart-smart.

15 Foods That Can Boost Your Immunity System

• Elderberry

It's an old folk remedy. This fruit is loaded with antioxidants and may help fight inflammation. In some test-tube studies, an extract from the berries appears to block flu viruses. But scientists caution that more study is needed.

Heart Attacks and Heart Disease - Prevention & Cure

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI), is permanent damage to the heart muscle. "Myo" means muscle, "cardial" refers to the heart, and "infarction" means death of tissue due to lack of blood supply.

What Happens During a Heart Attack?

The heart muscle requires a constant supply of oxygen-rich blood to nourish it. The coronary arteries provide the heart with this critical blood supply. If you have coronary artery disease, those arteries become narrow and blood cannot flow as well as they should. Fatty matter, calcium, proteins, and inflammatory cells build up within the arteries to form plaques of different sizes. The plaque deposits are hard on the outside and soft and mushy on the inside.

Cholesterol: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

Cholesterol is both our friend and foe - at normal levels, it is an essential substance for the body's normal functioning, but if levels in the blood get too high, it becomes a silent danger that puts us at risk of a heart attack.

What is cholesterol?
Cholesterol is found in every cell of the body and has important natural functions. It is manufactured by the body but can also be taken in from food. It is waxy and fat-like in appearance.

Understanding Leukemia - the Basics

What Is Leukemia?

Leukemia is an abnormal rise in the number of white blood cells. The white blood cells crowd out other blood cell elements such as red blood cells and platelets. The elevated white blood cells are immature and do not function properly.

Leukemia - the term derives from the Greek words for "white" and "blood" - is often considered a disease of children, yet it actually affects far more adults. It is more common in men than women and in Caucasians than African-Americans. There will be more than 52,000 new patients diagnosed with all forms of leukemia in the United States in 2014 with about 24,000 deaths.

Asthma in Children and Infants: Symptoms and Treatments

How Can I Tell if my Child Has Asthma?

Not all children have the same asthma symptoms, and these symptoms can vary from episode to episode in the same child. Possible signs and symptoms of asthma in children include:

Frequent coughing spells, which may occur during play, at night, or while laughing or crying