Written by Mark Hislop on December 28th, 2011
You ate your favorite burger, and then you ate your favorite ice cream. You pass by a grocery store and bought a hotdog sandwich. On your way home, you went to a small store near you and bought some chips. After some time, you feel pain in your stomach.
You go straight to the bathroom but nothing comes out. This is what you call constipation. Irregular bowel movements are experienced mostly by people with unhealthier life style. Those that take in almost anything they want without thinking of what it can do to them are most likely to experience it.
Changing of life style would be very much helpful in avoiding and preventing one from having it. This includes eating fruits and vegetables; drinking at least 8 glasses of water, exercising, and having enough sleep on a daily basis, are some of the ways on how to treat constipation. A healthier way of living would not only avoid being constipated, it would prevent conditions that are by far worse than it.
Written by Prodoctor on October 8th, 2011
At least 10 million people in this country have eating disorders of one kind or another – anorexia, bulimia, you name it. The idea out there about eating disorders is that they are mostly problems that affect women and that they are mostly an adolescent thing. On the first count, common opinion is correct for the most part – for every 10 women who see doctors for eating disorder help, only one man ever happens to come in. On the second count though, public opinion is way off.
More and more, doctors are giving out appointments to women in their 50s and 60s who are obsessed with dieting, weight loss, exercise and all the rest of it. These women aren’t even ones who come in complaining about a relapse – that they had an eating disorder when they were young and now, it’s coming back again. Most middle-aged women who come in asking for eating disorder help experience these problems for the first time after they turn 50. Once a person gets started really taking their weight seriously, it doesn’t take much to push them over the line into full-blown obsession.
