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Hi guys! I would like to tell you how to relax after a long working day. Of course there are lots of opportunities. Most of people do sports especially swimming which is really great. When getting into the swimming pool you forget all your problems. Some people even say that water can absorb all your negative emotions and feelings and of course help to overcome bad effects of stress.

But as for me I prefer spa. I have been looking for a spa salon for many years which would suit me most and I think finally I have found it. I consider day spa in LA to be the best of all. Only hear I can relax and regain health. I have become a regular visitor of this place because of the friendly atmosphere and nice service.

Another relaxation tool for me is yoga. I took up yoga two years ago when I had back pain and my doctor gave me a piece of advice to take some yoga classes and even gave me a telephone number of his coach. First of all I bought all yoga appliances which are really great. I even managed to get a custom yoga mat where they printed my photo. So I advise everybody to take up yoga and visit spa at least once a month to relax after work.

Very often we use complementary natural medicine such as different kinds of herbs, even preferring alternative medicine to modern medicine and sometimes we have all reasons to do that. An herb is plant and we use the plant or part of it for its scent, flavor and therapeutic properties of course. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as many as 4 billion people, or 80 percent of the earth’s population, are estimated to use a form of herbal medicine in their health care. No doubt herbal medicine is a large part of naturopathic, homeopathic, Native American Indian, Ayurvedic, and traditional oriental medicine.



People which want to improve their health use herbal medicine as a dietary supplements, because herbs have been used for a long time for claimed health benefits. They are sold as tablets, capsules, powders, teas, extracts and fresh or dried plants.

Just don’t forget befour you start to use it

Consult your doctor first
Dont take a bigger dose than the label recommends
Take it under the guidance of a trained medical professional
Be especially cautious if you are pregnant or nursing

Why do people wear eyeglasses? The answer is simple - they have a bad eyesight and unfortunately they can't live without prescription spectacles. Actually, they can live but the most of the benefits may be unreachable for them if they do not see well. Even a blurred image of your lover will not attract your anymore and the things that were once sharp and clear (provided your eyesight has worsened) do not bring you such a feeling as they used to. Anyway, there are always many wayouts of such a situation.



The first thing that comes up to your mind can be a surgical interference but as a matter of fact not all the operations end successfully and there is always risk to lose your eyesight at all! Besides, eyesight operation costs a substantial sum of money and the majority of people can not afford this.

Wearing lenses is really a step forward in comparison with wearing eyeglasses as they are practically invisible and they do not "spoil face". Besides when you are wearing lenses you can also
buy sunglasses and enjoy the sun like all other people do. But lenses demand a careful and timely attention: a holder and a solution.

Simple plastic and cheap metal eyeglasses are still very popular today and not because they are really cheap in comparison with other solutions for your eyesight but also because they are practical, need minimal attention and if you choose the right glasses for your face - it won't spoil your look, may even make it better!

Two regions of the brain linked to optimism have been discovered by researchers, newscientist.com reported. Brain scans obtained using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) revealed that reflecting on both past and future events activated the amygdala and the (rACC) areas, both of which sit deep in the middle of the brain. However, positive events – and particularly those imagined in the future – elicited a significantly bigger brain response in these regions than reflecting on negative events. The identification of the sites that signal positive thinking could shed light on the causes of depression, they say.

The US team says that the act of imagining a positive future event – such as winning an award or receiving a large sum of cash – activates two brain areas known as the amygdala and the rostral anterior cingulated cortex (rACC). The finding lends weight to earlier studies that suggested these brain regions malfunction in depression and hint at new ways of diagnosing the disorder.

Elizabeth Phelps at the New York University, US, and colleagues measured how optimistic 15 volunteers were using a standard questionnaire. The researchers then asked these subjects to lie in a brain scanner and reflect on one of a number of potential scenarios.

For example, in one part of the trial, subjects followed specific instructions to recall a negative event in the past, such a funeral attended in the past five years. In another part of the experiment they had to imagine what it would be like to be involved in a car crash in the near future. At other points in the study subjects had to reflect on positive events such as winning an award in the past or receiving a large sum of cash in the future.

Using achievements of modern technology scientists have found new and new ways to make people's lives easier and safer. There can be no doubt that electronic devices have a great impact on the living environment. Today they help people not only to control their houses, cars, TV, lights, DVD or mp3 player but focusing on health they help them to keep to track of the state of their health right from home. With increasing numbers of people with chronic illness and disability is increasing variety of electronic devices which are able to provide them with support and even treatment.



So it’s no wonder that with developing of health care technologies the home has become the major site of health care. For instance such helpful and easy to use device as Nebulisers is a machine which can be useful for treating a range of conditions including asthma, COPD, lung cancer, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. It works by turning liquid medicine into a fine mist that one can breathe easily into the lungs. Or Body Fat Monitors that can help successfully all those who want accurately and painlessly to monitor the body's fat content while he or she is in a dieting or fitness program.

The most common or critical health conditions, such as blood pressure, also known as hypertension, excessive cholesterol or body fat have received a great deal of attention of course. As you know, high blood pressure can damage many parts of the body. No doubt that in case you have high blood pressure, you have a higher risk for stroke, heart disease, heart attacks and kidney failure, but regular physical checkups with Blood Pressure Monitors can help you to control your blood pressure to reduce these risks.

There are many different types of home health care devices you can choose depending on your needs from pain relief to health examination to save your health and life. The best deal for home and professional use.

Seeing the world clearly without the help of eyeglasses is something that we all take for granted until our eyesight begins to deteriorate. As soon as we require vision correction, it's obvious to us that life was easier and involved less hassles when we had perfect vision. However, requiring vision correction no longer needs to mean that you have to be constantly encumbered by glasses in order to enjoy sharp vision. In fact, with contact lenses you can feel the freedom of leaving your glasses at home while still seeing the world with exceptional clarity.

Thanks to significant advances in the eye care industry, contact lenses are now very comfortable to wear. Available in many different brands and varieties, modern contacts are suitable for many different types of people with many different eye care and vision correction requirements. Even if you have astigmatism or require bifocal correction, there are contact lenses available that will allow you to enjoy clear vision comfortably and easily. Contacts are also available at very affordable prices from discount retailers such as Coastal Contacts. Offering everything from lenses for long-term wear to monthly and daily disposable varieties, Coastal Contacts has contact lenses to meet everyone's needs.

With so many options offered by modern contact lenses, it's easy to leave behind the hassles of eyeglasses for a night on the town, while playing sports or even for the entire day. Best of all, contacts provide a full field of vision as well as superior peripheral vision, so you can enjoy sharp eyesight in every direction. When you trade your glasses for contacts, you'll also be trading hassles for freedom. So if you want to experience clear vision, consider the many possibilities offered by contact lenses.

What is diabetes? First of all people can get diabetes at any age. This disease means that your blood glucose (often called blood sugar) is too high. Your blood always has some glucose in it because your body needs glucose for energy to keep you going. But too much glucose in the blood isn’t good for your health and the key to managing diabetes is knowledge. There are two major types of diabetes. In type I (Juvenile-onset or insulin - dependant) diabetes, your body completely stops producing insulin, and therefore you must take daily insulin supplement (injection) to survive. The usually develops in children or young adults, but can occur at any age. In type II (adult onset or non insulin dependent) Diabetes, your body produces insufficient insulin to properly convert food into energy. This usually occurs if one is over 40, overweight and has a family history of diabetes. And depending on the type of diabetes you get right diet, exercise and regular check-ups. So the more you know about your disease, you have better chances t keep it under control. Poorly managed diabetes can lead to a host of long term complications.




Everyone who has diabetes needs to take care of it, because after many years, the disease can lead to serious problems with your eyes, kidneys, nerves, and gums and teeth. But the most serious problem caused by diabetes is heart disease. When you have diabetes, you are more than twice as likely as people without diabetes to have heart disease or a stroke.

If you have diabetes, your risk of a heart attack is the same as someone who has already had a heart attack. Both women and men with diabetes are at risk. You may not even have the typical signs of a heart attack. Don’t forget about diet planning which is the cornerstone of managing diabetes. As usually the diabetic diet is an otherwise normal balanced diet, with a few modifications. A balanced diet depending on the patient’s age height, weight, physical activity and sex, will limit the number of calories to be taken each day. An ideal diet for a diabetic should contain the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, plus vitamins, minerals and micro nutrients.Take care!

Immunization is one of the necessary thing to do if you are going to travel abroad and visit exotic countries. To prevent travel-related infections and be on a safe side you must undergo through the procedure of vaccination.


If you are vaccinized in childhood or youth against such dreadful diseases like meningococcal meningitis or typhoid shots or vaccination for Pertussis, you have a higher chance to combat them.

It's wide known that Canadians like any other nation in the world like traveling a lot. When traveling all of them have medical insurance but still some of them die of serious illnesses that could nevertheless be prevented beforehand. Vaccination from infectious diseases can prevent and decrease the rate of deaths among all the travellers.

Do you know that bladder cancer can result from just a travel diarrhea and the name of such an awful transition is a Montezuma’s revenge. Regular check-ups with your doctors as well as preventable immunization can save your health and life in remote exotic countries.

We are different and all our preferences, including eating are different as well. There are many eating styles one can use depending on her or his cultural tradition, subjective flavoring substances, personal habits, age and reasons of health of course. An eating style is not diet at all. It’s rather your personal preference in one or another sort of foodstuffs.



For example standard American food, as an eating style, is characterizing by emphasis on meats, eggs, dairy products, white breads, fried foods, convenience foods, processed snack foods, and sweets. Fruits and vegetables may be included, but often as a guilt-driven add-on or afterthought. This type of food as an eating style are losing greater and greater numbers of people to heart disease, cancers, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other killers as a result.

The preference of followers of natural/ whole food is consistently toward self-prepared meals and snacks made from fresh, whole, minimally processed ingredients. They tend to eat fresh, live, raw foods and juices are esteemed highly, but variations of the natural / whole foods eating style differ on the ratios of raw to cooked foods. The goal is to eat less fat, fewer calories and this way of eating is much healthier than standard American.

There are people which are practicing the vegetarian eating which is based on abstinence from eating all forms of animal flesh. Actually there are much more variations of the vegetarian eating styles than you could suppose. Some vegetarians are junk-food junkies: they consume the SAD or low-fat SAD (see below), only minus the meat. Others are very health-conscious and eat mostly whole, natural foods along with eggs and/or dairy. For vegetarians, the line is drawn to favor those foods which do not require the killing of an animal. Vegan eating is also referred to vegetarian, but excludes all animal products entirely, including all flesh, all dairy items, all animal milks, all eggs, honey, gelatin (including gelatin capsules used for vitamins and other supplements) and any other edible thing that comes from an animal.

Also, there is well known cluster of people which could be called as chronic dieters. Their eating style is what it says. Those persons are so preoccupied with losing weight that other health concerns are exceedingly trivial. Even taste and meal enjoyment frequently lose out to weight loss efforts. Usually, a chronic dieter gains and loses weight over and over and over again, that is if they lose weight at all. Then as a rule "chronic dieter" have a wide spectrum of health problems.

Researchers led by Catherine Noblet of Rouen University Hospital identified 96 cases of tendon complications from the French Pharmacovigilance database between 1990 and 2005 that were attributed to statins,sciencedaily.com reports.

The researchers were able to link the tendon problems to statin use because symptoms appeared after the statins were started and improved when the statins were stopped.

"Our study suggests that regular tendon clinical examination may be required in statin-treated patients, particularly during the first year following statin therapy initiation," the study authors said in a statement.

Tendon conditions -- including tendonitis and tendon rupture -- usually occurred within eight months of beginning statin therapy. The most common tendon affected was the Achilles tendon, with pain, swelling, warmth and stiffness the most common symptoms.