Becoming pregnant is truly heaven’s gift to couples wishing for an angel to come their way. But what if the couple is experiencing difficulties in conceiving?

Your browser may not support display of this image. Your browser may not support display of this image. There are many things you can do to make conception easy and the three most frequently used ones are listed below:

1. Know your ovulation dates

It is important that you are able to pin point with great accuracy the day you are likely to ovulate. This is the first thing you have to master in your quest to have children.

There are many methods you can use to predict…

The effects of raspberry, strawberry and bilberry juices and green and black tea on atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, in hamsters were researched on. This study proved a significant finding especially for those suffering from this ailment.

The hamsters were put to a 12-week test wherein they received a diet that is high in fats and cholesterol along with either the juice or the tea. This daily consumption equates to 275 ml of juice or tea for a regular 70-kg person.

The results showed that after this 12-week experimentation, the mentioned berry and tea drinks inhibited aortic lipid deposition by a whopping rate of 7996%. It also reduced the activity of…

Some disorders are dealt with by other people as something hideous and not something requiring attention and help. What we don’t know is that once left unaided, these people afflicted will only be put to a more serious and helpless situation. Let’s discuss one common disorder that may or may affect someone you know – Agoraphobia.

Agoraphobia came from Greek words aγορά meaning “marketplace”; and φόβος/φοβία/phobia meaning “fear”. It is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where…

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, not to mention, the toughest one as well. But even superman has his kryptonite – the skin has infections and diseases it’s prone to.

Two of the most common skin disorders that we hear and see are Psoriasis and Eczema. But what are they really? How do we get them? And most especially, how do we treat and rid them?

Let’s talk about Psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition affecting almost 7M in US alone. It appears to be patches of skin that are inflamed, raised and often resulting to silvery scales. It is most common on the elbows, scalp, knees and…

Asthma is the major cause of chronic illness in children. It is said that the number of children suffering from this respiratory illness is continuously increasing. Asthma is difficult to diagnose in babies or infants but is easily determined in children.

Having the knowledge to identify what causes asthma, as well as its symptoms would aid you in dealing with it.

Children develop asthma because of the following risk factors:

* occurrence of allergies
* family history or its origins
* respiratory infections
* low birth weight
* exposure to cigarette smoke before and after birth
* raised in rural environment
* most common: exposure to more allergens like dust, air pollution

Some of asthma symptoms include the following:

* rapid…