Lifetime Fitness Health Centers

The Basics of Migraines

A migraine, despite popular belief, isn’t simply a type of headache. Instead, migraines are a disease, with headaches being one of the main symptoms. During a migraine episode, cranial blood vessels both expand and narrow, causing a great deal of pain. The tissue surrounding the brain also becomes inflamed, compounding the pain into something even more severe. While a headache is usually the most noticeable and common indication of a migraine, other symptoms such as nausea, blurred vision, loss of appetite, and fatigue do occur. This plethora of symptoms often sets headaches caused by a migraine apart from headaches caused by something else.


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Strength Training For Women

The majority of women involved with fitness train wrong. That s a bold statement, but it comes from seeing a lot of failed efforts from women who are truly getting frustrated with their bodies and the information available to them.


Because of old-fashioned stereotypes and outdated myths, women s fitness has suffered an undeserved blow. The truth is that women who practice the same well-designed strength training programs as men benefit from bone and soft-tissue modeling, increased lean body mass, decreased fat and enhanced self-confidence in exactly the same way as a man would. The only difference is that a man will put on muscle mass faster and easier because of hormonal reasons. Strength training for women should be

Communicating with Your Sweetie in a Technological World
...s/he would like. IM with a website link you just came across for your next vacation. 5. If your honey has a blog, read it and comment on it regularly. If you don't want your comment to be seen by ...
the same as for men.


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Centers for Obesity Related Illnesses

There is a rapid upsurge of obesity in America today, with an alarming 20 percent of the adult population struggling with serious weight problems. This poses some grave health implications and complications that should be given immediate remedies. In response to this health crisis, there are a number of health centers specially created to cater the needs of people who are dealing with grave health and weight issues.


The Centers for Obesity Related Illness (CORI) aspires to reverse this trend by increasing awareness of surgical weight loss as a reliable alternative to achieving an ideal body weight of a person. This will also help a person in lowering blood sugar levels and reducing the need for drugs to control

The Dark Side of Fitness
...with an appropriate level of body awareness and care. (The article, Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries As Young Athletes Train Nonstop can be found on page 1 of the February 22, 2005 issue of the New York Times.) ...
type 2 diabetes.


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Alcohol Treatment Center Counselor Warns Of Dangers Of Self Medication For Alcoholism

Reports of the hospitalization of two teenagers in Mexico have caused a San Diego area professional alcohol recovery counselor to issue a warning to consumers that self medicating can be extremely dangerous.


The two unidentified females, ages 18 and 19, purchased anti-alcoholism pills after reading on the internet about the success of treating alcohol abuse with medicine. The teenagers purchased the drug Naltrexone at a Tijuana pharmacy. They were hoping to curb their increasing consumption of alcohol. Instead they experienced severe side-effects and rushed to the emergency room of a local hospital. They were released after observation.


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How Impotence is Turning Lovers into Losers

What do King Solomon, Casanova, and King Lapetamaka II have in common? The Book of Lists names them as three of the busiest lovers in history.


During his 40-year reign, King Solomon, the son of David and the third king of Israel, supposedly had 700 wives and about 300 mistresses! His women were among the most beautiful in the world. Even the musician Prince whom Rolling Stone magazine named as one of the greatest artists of all time considers Solomon as his hero because he had a thousand women!


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