Are you scared sick that your bullied child just might attempt suicide? Every so often there’s a major news break of a teenager or adolescent who committed suicide because they were being bullied. Did their [...]
Discipline is one thing, but the principal slammed a non-aggressive student into the lockers, hands around his throat. The school principal could be the worst bully your child faces! Yes, sometimes the school bully is the [...]
A pedophile will hesitate to go near a child who brims with martial arts training confidence. With so many children being abducted every year by strangers, it’s certainly reasonable for parents to wonder how effective martial [...]
Should you assume that a bully has parents who bully him or her? Just what kind of parents do youth bullies typically have in the first place? Do parents of bullies bully their kid? “This [...]
Is there a way you can lose lots of weight with lots of cardio exercise? Have you read that cardio won't cut it for weight loss? How MUCH cardio must you do to lose all [...]
Here's a guide for fat people who want to do HIIT: high intensity interval training. Yes, fat people can do HIIT safely and lose tons of weight this way. When I was a personal trainer [...]
If you normally use the stair climber for your cardio training, why not do high intensity interval training on this equipment? I must admit, I’ve never seen anybody do high intensity interval training (HIIT) on [...]
How do you define "bully-proofing" your child? There are things you can do that will help prevent your child from becoming that tortured person who eventually attempts suicide. There’s a lot out there on “bully-proofing” [...]
Stop using fear of shrunken breasts to avoid bench pressing, ladies! Some women worry that bench presses will reduce the size of their breasts. This is absolutely not true! Benching recruits primarily chest muscles. The [...]
You can learn to stop arching your back while bench pressing. The first thing you can do that will make it easier to stop arching your back while performing the bench press, is to watch [...]
If your child is obese, it's SO SAFE to get him/her into weightlifting for fantastic benefits! Obese children in particular will greatly benefit from lifting weights, and this article explains the details. Obese children as [...]
WHY the big gorilla who can lift more weight than you isn’t necessarily STRONGER! If you can lift more weight, say in the bench press, than someone else, this doesn’t necessarily mean your chest and arm [...]
Never mind elite marathon runners, cardio exercise will NOT make you too thin. The question has come up by fitness enthusiasts if a lot of cardio exercise can make a person too thin. I’m a [...]
Hate your fat thighs? You're going to love the solution! Hint: It's not endless grinding hours on cardio equipment or tricky dance moves in group classes. If you had to choose between strength training or [...]
An elderly person who's been diagnosed with chronic heart failure absolutely must do aerobic exercise. Doctors warn that the absence of cardio exercise is bad for the patient's body. If you’re over age 60 and [...]
Here’s HOW you can find out if your child is being bullied, whether it's physical, verbal or online, regardless of age. Don't assume you can figure this out all on your own; many parents miss [...]
If you're worried about "pump head" from the heart lung machine, there is now hope for people who need aortic valve replacement but cannot have open heart surgery. “TAVR is the replacement of the aortic [...]
Why are CT scans used so much more than MRI's for suspected brain bleeds from head trauma when CT scans emit lots of radiation? MRI vs. CT Scan for Suspected Bleeding in the Brain The MRI [...]
If you’re diabetic, you need not fear eating pure maple syrup, but that doesn’t mean you should not be very mindful of just how much of it you’re eating, either. “Maple syrup is sugar, just [...]
Do you love your coffee but have been recently diagnosed with diabetes? Are you wondering if the sugar-added coffee creamer needs to go and that from now on, you're stuck with sugar-free creamer? “Individuals with [...]
Why don’t more diabetics pay attention to their feet so that sores don’t become infected before they know it? Many diabetics must have portions of their limbs removed due to infections that have spread and [...]
Are hot flashes and night sweats from menopause related to diabetes in any way? This is the question I posed to Alison Massey, MS, RD, LDN, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator with over 10 [...]
Byetta indeed can cause weight loss in a diabetic. “Byetta is in a class of medications called GLP-1 receptor agonists,” says Alison Massey, MS, RD, LDN, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator with over 10 [...]
Have you discovered blood tinged gunky crust in the corner of your inner eye? My experience with this will give you great peace of mind, but I also interviewed a doctor whose explanation will be equally reassuring. [...]
It’s a myth that squats will turn EVERY flat butt into a bubble bootie. As a gym-goer for endless years and a former personal trainer, I’ve always been very aware of different kinds of physiques. [...]
Yes, aged garlic extract CAN reverse heart disease plaque buildup. Coronary artery disease is a slowly progressive disease that builds up in the arteries of the heart for over 10 years before the first symptoms. [...]
Sit-ups, crunches, side bends, waist-turns, etc., never, ever strip fat off your middle -- no matter how many reps you crank out; no matter what those TV infomercials claim. Body fat is fuel in dormant [...]
Bruising from a clavicle (collarbone) fracture may seemingly take forever to go away. As I type this, I still have a green faint remnant of bruising from the clavicle fracture (nondisplaced hairline) that I sustained [...]
There are six reasons why you haven't been able to lose your belly fat even though (or so you think) you've "tried everything." Fforget everything you THINK you know about how to lose belly fat. [...]
Chocolate cake for breakfast doesn't contain any more sugar, "bad carbs" or fat than many traditional breakfast foods. Not too long ago I was at the Cheesecake Factory with family. Now, anyone who’s familiar with [...]
Many people wonder if spicy food or Lipitor will cause blood in the stools. “Lipitor is a cholesterol medication known as a statin," says Franjo Vladic, MD, a board certified gastroenterologist with Center for Digestive [...]
Why Ensure is not the magic bullet for sick people suffering from appetite loss. So a few years ago, here is what happened: If ONE more health professional asks me if I’ve tried Ensure with [...]
Sick of having to make a poop after every meal and wondering what’s causing this? There are actually multiple possible causes for having to make a bowel movement shortly after just about every meal. “One [...]
“Tarry black” stools defined by a doctor, NOT Yahoo Answers! Once and for All, Here Is What Tarry Black Stools Look Like “In the simplest sense, the stool has the look and consistency of tar used [...]
Confused over what “diarrhea alternating with constipation” actually means? The commonly used phrase, diarrhea alternating with constipation, is sometimes seen in symptom lists for colon cancer and IBS, even ovarian cancer. And it’s ambiguous. Alternating [...]
Yes, you should worry if your stools are gray. Gray stools are concerning. Sometimes when doctors talk about grey stools, they use the terms “clay colored” or “pale.” However, “clay” can bring up images of [...]
Wouldn't it be a relief to know that the blood in your poops is from Accutane rather than from an intestinal ulcer, or worse yet, cancer of the colon? Seeing blood in the toilet after [...]
Are your stools coming out like flat ribbons and scaring the daylights out of you? If so, you’ve no doubt read or heard that colon cancer can cause BMs to come out in the shape [...]
Here’s a comparison between colon cancer related constipation & IBS. “Constipation as a symptom itself can be caused by colon cancer or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with predominant constipation,” says Franjo Vladic, MD, a board [...]
Is it possible to tell the difference between colon cancer’s “change in bowel habits” and the change in IBS? “Both colon cancer and IBS can have constipation and abdominal cramps,” begins Franjo Vladic, MD, a [...]
