Delaney

The cold days of winter bring most of us indoors for the year and then the sniffles start up. Symptoms like sneezing, congestion, and sore throat are common during the winter months. These unpleasant symptoms can be evidence of a winter cold, but they can also mean indoor allergies. What are the causes of these winter ailments, and how can they be identified and treated . Winter weather can indirectly cause both colds and indoor allergies. Colds increase in winter because people spend more time inside, confined to small spaces where viruses and germs can be easily passed around. Also, the viruses which cause colds thrive in low-humidity environments, which are typically found in the cold dry months of winter. Low humidity, combined with air blowing from indoor heating systems, causes drying of the nasal passages, which can increase susceptibility to infection. With indoor allergies, it s a similar story. Indoor allergies are caused by dust, which contains a wide variety of allergy-causing particles like animal dander, mold spores, pollen, dust mites and dust mite waste. Spending more time indoors means increased exposure to these...

All parents pass through a tedious period when their baby experiences baby colic. Baby or infant colic is a condition where you may find a perfectly healthy baby crying for no reason at all. Sometimes screaming also accompanies this crying and this situation is common amongst babies who are a few months old. At the age of eight months, the child may stop experiencing baby colic. Colic is more common in the bottle fed baby, however, this does not imply that it is not seen in breast fed babies. There are cases of breast fed babies also experiencing baby colic and bouts generally occur during a specific part of the day, mostly early evening. The cause has not been proven yet. It is found that the amount of colic in babies tend to differ from one to the other. Babies are generally considered to be suffering from baby colic even if, after all its causes have been ruled out, the baby keeps crying for hours daily, more than 3 days a week, throughout the month. Colic was first assumed to be abdominal pain that developed with trapped gas in the digestive tract. However, it is no longer considered to be the only cause. Some doctors...

The liver is the primary detoxifying organ in the human body and so it is essential that it always remains working to the best of its ability. Unfortunately the toxins that the liver helps to rid from the body also attack the liver, causing it to become congested and incapable of fully clearing large amounts of harmful toxins from the blood stream. A liver cleanse, or a liver flush, helps to wash small stones and crystals out of the liver and the associated gall bladder so that they retain their invaluable ability to detoxify. It is always beneficial to perform a colon-cleanse and a kidney cleanse before flushing the liver. This is because the colon stores rotting food matter which releases self-produced toxins in to the body, thus this harmful food matter needs to be excreted before anything else is done. Also the kidneys should be cleansed so that they don t in turn become congested when the waste from the liver passes through them. It is imperative to cleanse the liver regularly, especially if you live on a diet of processed and fast foods or you consume moderate amounts of alcohol. By leaving the liver in a congested state it...

At University, many years ago, I took a class in marketing. One of the lessons of this class was about the Cinderella Theme in marketing and merchandising. Have you ever heard of it. Even if you don t know it by its technical name, I am quite sure you would recognize this method or philosophy. Guys, how many of you have wanted a car just because that particular car has the image of being a Babe Magnet . Be honest with yourself now 99 of you, right. This is how the professionals on Madison Avenue make their living. Ladies, how much make-up do you have in your make-up bag that you bought because the model looked good, the guy in the ad looked good ..only to get the cosmetic home and find it make you feel like a clown. Those folks on Madison Avenue are good I personally keep buying lipsticks that when I buy them I just know this is the magic one that will change my looks and hence my life forever - only to find I look the same with different colored lips. After many years helping fitness clients, I feel that some clients also begin a fitness program with a Cinderella mentality. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say If...

Laughter is the best medicine -- who doesn t know this popular adage. Laughter is not a cure for cancer or other degenerative diseases, but doctors and the medical professionals found that it increases treatment receptiveness in patients. Scientists researching about psychoneuroimmunology are discovering that there is a crucial connection between a person s mind and body. This is particularly manifested by the body s ability to heal through mental stimulation. Laughter appears to change brain chemistry and boosts the body s immune system. Through the recent development in medicine, this popular saying becomes a fact. Humour therapy aids in healing by promoting good feeling, laughter, and smiles. Sometimes called therapeutic humour, this type of therapy is fast gaining popularity among medical institutions worldwide. Now, medical institutions are using humorous and fun activities to excite and give their patients excitement. Clowns, story-telling, puppet shows, and other fun activities are regularly presented in hospitals kiddie wards. These activities cheer up the sick children and -- since they usually contain subliminal...