Eight hours of sleep per night is recommended by physicians to ensure proper mental and physical health. Most people do not get the complete eight hours due to various reasons, such as stress, anxiety, work pressure and, more seriously, sleep disorders. In clinical terms, an irregular pattern of sleep due to difficulty in falling asleep [...]
The estimated risk for rape survivors developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 49%. The risk for those beaten or experiencing physical assault is 31.9%, whilst the risk for others who experienced sexual assault is 23.7%. Given these figures, it is no wonder women are more likely to develop PTSD than men, as they are [...]
It is common sense that energy and vitality are essential for a long and enjoyable life. What’s more, it is important for continued personal growth. I’m not talking about growing tall or anything like that. I’m talking about learning new things and gaining experience. You won’t think about trekking, trying a new hobby, or learning [...]
Fibromyalgia is a terrible condition and people affected by it are often overwhelmed by its symptoms and effects. A disturbing fact is that although several million people suffer from fibromyalgia in the United States alone, modern medicine isn?t able to produce an efficient specific cure. Despite the fact that in present some fibromyalgia medical treatments [...]
Mind-Body medicine is far more powerful than most reasonable minds would like to admit. The most clearly illustrated example of this power is the placebo effect.
It is widely known and well demonstrated that the human mind will heal the body when told that some inert pill or potion being taken has this power. This has [...]
To avoid being ourselves a part of the general social problem of mental health, we each must follow a personal mental fitness programme just as we follow our physical health programme. In this way we can anticipate a comfortable future for ourselves and contribute to a healthier society in general.
Many people have to learn [...]
Physical health can be measured (with certain exceptions) through the appropriateness of a person’s weight to his height; where the body weight refers to the measure of one’s heaviness and the height is the measure of his tallness. For instance, a woman measuring 5 ft high (1.52 m), with a medium body frame should weigh [...]
Have you heard of omega-3s? Probably. Today you see them everywhere on all kinds of food products advertising ?rich in omega-3s?. What are omega-3s anyway, and do you really need them? The answer to the second part of that question is, ABOLUTELY. But why do we hear about omega-3s all the time? The answer to [...]
Wellness is a term that is becoming very common in our modern era. But what exactly constitutes ?wellness?? Does wellness mean that we are fine specimens of physical health or does it go beyond the physical? Perhaps it is necessary to consider all facets of our body in order to determine whether we are truly [...]
Many behavioral scientists, researchers and doctors strongly believe that if we really want to be healthy, our body should be viewed holistically as an interacting system with mental, emotional and physical components. To obtain optimum health, there should be a perfect balance of structural, chemical and mental factors in the body?that is often regarded as [...]
