Internal body fat is a potential killer. It’s the fat you can’t see and usually don’t even know you have, but if you are a man, it is likely to be the fat that brings on your heart attack.

Internal fat, also known as visceral fat, lies around the organs in the abdomen. It is different [...]

No-one knows this better than retrenched employees who have been spat out of a corporation and have been able to pick themselves up and find a new way.

In the current ‘downsizing’ climate there are many corporate casualties. Only a minority really get back on their feet. Those who do succeed have generally managed their crisis [...]

Once you hit 40, the phrase ’stressed to the eyeballs’ can take on a whole new meaning. It is from this age that people become susceptible to a common condition that quietly puts their eyes under stress. Left untreated, it can cause a devastating deterioration in their vision over time.

The condition, which cannot be detected [...]

It’s no comfort to balding men to hear that the very hormone that makes them male strips them of their hair.

While 17-year-old boys may be at their physical peak, with testosterone coursing though their young bodies, they are also beginning to experience one of the troubling effects of this male hormone. Most of them are [...]

A healthy sex life in a stable relationship is said to be a key ingredient in the recipe for longevity. Not only does it supply protective physical activity and release, but it is also a powerful source of affirmation and emotional closeness. While some couples nurture this valuable asset, some let it slip away.

This is [...]

Asthma, technically called bronchial asthma, is a disease of the bronchial tubes that lead from the windpipe, or trachea, into the lungs. The bronchial tubes ordinarily do not furnish any marked resistance to the entrance or exit of air. However, in asthmatic attacks, the bronchial tubes tend to close down, causing asthmatic wheezing. If the, [...]

The teenage years are a time for experimenting with new ideas new body sensations, and new experiences. If your teenage children can depend on you to tell the truth about danger rather than to exaggerate, threaten, or mislead them, you have established a healthy atmosphere in which to thrash out the problems connected with the [...]

Like all the rest of us, you may develop some illness while you are pregnant. Because pregnancy is an added strain, and because you have your baby to consider, it is most important for you to be familiar with the danger signals I discuss in Chapter 9. Here are a few conditions to which pregnant [...]

If you or other members of your family have a chronic illness, you may have considered moving to a better climate. Before you decide to make a major change for the sake of a more healthful climate, my advice is: think not twice, but three times! The chances are very high that you are making [...]

The larynx, which projects itself on the outside of the body as the Adam’s apple, is part of the breathing apparatus. Its main function, however, is to act as a voice box in producing sounds.

Hoarseness is a sign that something may be wrong with your larynx. Naturally, if you have been shouting and cheering at [...]