Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Pcos :
PCOS is a disease that effects up to 10 of pre-menopausal woman. It is a female hormonal disorder and is the forming of multiple abnormal ovarian cysts on the ovaries. Most of the cysts are harmless as they are merely fluid-filled sacs containing immature eggs that have attached to the ovary instead of releasing the egg. However, some cysts can continue to grow without dissolving or disintegrating on its own and start to haemorrhage which is extremely painful and dangerous. PCOS can be identified and confirmed by means of an ultra sound or scan of the abdomen of a woman. Symptoms which can indicate that you could be suffering from PCOS is the following: irregular heavy or absent periods, ovarian cysts, excessive weight gain, obesity, acne, growths from the skin, brown skin patches, high cholesterol levels, exhaustion or lack of mental alertness, decreased sex drive, excessive facial or body hair, male pattern hair loss and excess male hormones. PCOS...
Over The Holidays, Give Yourself The Gift Of Sleep
During this busy holiday season, as you nestle snug in your bed, forget the presents yet to be wrapped and settle your brain for a long winter s nap. Sleep specialists say the best gift you can give yourself this year is the gift of sleep. According to a study published in the September 2005 issue of the journal Sleep, the average sleep duration among U.S. adults is only 6.9 hours per night, and 39 percent get less than the 7 to 9 hours recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine AASM . Add to that the extra demands of the holiday season - shopping for gifts after work, party preparation, waiting until the kids are asleep to wrap the gifts -and it s easy to see why many people are more sleep-deprived than ever this time of year. We see more people in sleep centers after the holidays because the hectic season took a toll on their sleep, said Dr. You also will not enjoy the holidays as much if you are getting up early, going to bed late and...
Know The Causes Of Lower Left Back Pain To Avoid Discomfort
Lower Left Back Pain is common among people and can be caused by a number of reasons. Improper use of the back muscles lead to Lower Left Back Pain. If you sit on a chair for longer periods, say in front of the computer, poor posturing, where the left side of the back is under constant strain, can lead to Lower Back Pain. Lower Left Back Pain is part of the larger lower back pain condition, which affects people mostly. The reason why the back suffers can be attributed to our sedentary life style. An office job in the pre-computer era was not as strenuous for the back as it is now. In those days, people would keep shifting weight and position in their chairs to allow rest to the back. Now with computer monitors fixed in a particular position, there is little scope for adjusting your position and weight in your office chair. Sitting in one particular position for hours together puts the lower back under a lot of strain. The back cannot take this...
Interesting Facts About Electric Muscle Stimulators
Exercise has a place in the lives of everyone. With some adequate research and experimentation you can find the right exercise program for you. I was fortunate enough to find my exercise of choice as a teenager and excelled in martial arts and in weight lifting. It changed my life, even now. I believe that it s vitally important to find an exercise that works for you as early in your life as possible. Have you discovered your favorite activity yet. In many ways, it doesn t matter what fitness activity you like, it s more important that you work hard to build muscle mass, improve your fitness level while having fun at the same time. If you start life sitting on the couch all the time, your body won t get the activity it needs to help you grow and mature into a healthy adult. If you are still looking for some kind of exercise regime, consider the electric muscle stimulator. Perhaps you ve seen an electric muscle stimulator before. Maybe you ve seen one...
What Do You Know About Indoor Pollution?
What do you know about indoor pollution. I never really thought much about it as you may not have either but I found that some people spend 90 of their time indoors. When you hear about pollution you nearly always picture some cars exhaust pipe or a large chimney stack pumping large plumes of black or grey smoke into the sky, but what could we be breathing in from just spending time at home. Did you know that your furniture and fixings are all giving of dust and gasses as you use them. Take your sitting room for starters did you know that your sofa is adding to pollution by producing dust from the break down of the fibers in it?... your bed s also doing the same, the repeated use of the bedding weakens the fibres and they break down to a small enough size for us to breath them in. We re also constantly breathing in house dust which can be made up of skin cells, moulds, bacteria, animal dander, viruses and pollen every day. So what can we do about it...