While grapefruit is praised for being a low-sugar, beneficial fruit with plenty of vitamin-C, potassium, and fiber – if you’re taking certain medications, this seamlessly healthy fruit, can become rather dangerous. Why are the natural components …
3 Reasons Why People Are Loving CBD Oil
We live in a fast-paced world and many of us are being pulled in what feels like every direction. Especially for some people like me who are just trying to ‘make it’. We’re building our career, social life, passion project, savings, and self-care rituals. While there is much good that comes out of these efforts,…
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“Hamilton” Broadway Star Loses 3-Year Old Daughter to Severe Form of Epilepsy
Broadway star of the hit production “Hamilton”, Miguel Cervantes, and his wife Kelly are left with shattered hearts after losing their 3-year old daughter to a severe form of epilepsy, earlier this month. Adelaide was diagnosed when she was just 7-months old and passed away a few weeks after being put into hospice care. Kelly…
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These Surprising Skin Signs Could Point to Heart Disease
Heart disease affects millions of people around the world and is the number one cause of death globally, according to the World Health Organization [1]. The typical symptoms of heart disease could include chest pain, shortness of breath, or a rapid heartbeat, which are all symptoms you’ve likely heard of before [2]. However, did you…
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Alex Trebek Speaks About Weight Loss, Hair Loss and Speech Difficulty Due To Chemotherapy
Jeopardy! show host and world-renowned TV icon, Alex Trebek says he may have to leave the show soon due to complications from his cancer treatments. In March this year, the 79-year-old Canadian-American opened up about his diagnosis with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and how he was fighting to “beat the low survival rate statistics” [1]….
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Hospital Grows Organic Rooftop Garden
‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’ This famous quote by Hippocrates is likely the most well-known and used nutritional phrase. David Maffeo, Senior Director of Support Services at Boston Medical Center is another to see the meaning behind this quote. On the rooftop of the Boston Medical Centre is a flourishing…
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Taking a Daily Nap? You’re Not Lazy, You’re Just Doing Your Body Good
When we leave school and embark on our ‘adult’ lives, naps seem like a distant part of the past. Days are packed with routines and duties like our jobs, bills, household chores, grocery shopping, carpools, and insurmountable piles of laundry, we are just too busy to sleep. Not that we don’t dream of collapsing into…
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A Part of You Will Be Forever Lost After Losing a Sibling
Siblings are a part of what makes childhood so memorable for so many. They are our first and favorite playmates, with older siblings to teach us new games, and younger to follow us on whatever adventure we conceive. Yes, we fight and compete, but our siblings would jump to defend us from any threat, even…
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A cancer-linked chemical has been found in heartburn medications. Here’s what you need to know.
It has only been a matter of months since “N-nitrosodiethylamine” became a household name. The chemical, otherwise known as NDMA or NDEA is a probable human carcinogen that had been showing up in places it doesn’t belong- namely, common high blood pressure medications such as Losartan. (1) Now, the FDA reports that trace amounts of…
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Mum begs for birthday cards for son, 13, who told her ‘I’ve had enough of life’
The poor kid wishes a butterfly would come and take him away to a place of peace, where there is no more pain. 13-year-old Rhys has spent his entire life battling with Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare, life-limiting, and extremely painful condition that causes the skin to blister, fuse, and sometimes fall off. Most people born…
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The Preventable Death of Alex Braes
Warning: the following true story may be upsetting to some. An eighteen-year-old boy has died after being neglected by health staff in the emergency ward of a hospital. His death was 100% avoidable. This failure is on the account of Australia’s regional hospital, where there are limited resources and overworked staff. The Australian Institute of…
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New Mom Takes Her Own Life: This is Her Friends Plea
Many women silently battle with postpartum depression, and this story should remind us that not every mother’s journey is joyful, happy and bright. Sometimes it gets dark, lonely, scary, miserable and uncertain. In Montgomery, Alabama, lived Allison and Julie – neighbours, and lifelong friends. Allison and Julie were both Army wives, and when Julie moved in…
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9 Candida Symptoms and 3 Steps to Treat Them
Do you ever experience any of these health issues? Exhaustion Cravings for sweets Bad breath White coating on tongue Brain fog Hormone imbalance Joint pain Loss of sex drive Chronic sinus and allergy issues Digestive problems (gas and bloating) Weak immune system UTI If so, these are just some of the signs that you may…
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Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo of Daughter Comforting Her Younger Brother Battling Leukemia
Having to watch helplessly while your child suffer indescribable pain is something no parent should have to experience. Your inability to take their pain away, would make you feel as though you’d failed them, as though you let them down. To make matters, somehow, even worse, this child is no older than a toddler. 28-year-old…
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Infants and Veganism: Can the two go together?
The only true “love at first sight” is the moment a mother holds her newborn child for the first time. No matter what health beliefs they uphold, all parents can agree on one thing: They want the best for their children. They want them to grow up healthy and strong. Therefore, it’s vital for all…
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