When a body part is completely or partially cut off, quick first aid action should be administered to help ensure the best possible repair. Time is of the essence with any accidental amputation, and although reattachment can be done up to 24 hours after amputation, it has the best chance of being successful if done within four to six hours after the incident.

I started the new year unconsciously skipping out on my normal cups of tea and coffee. I think it must be something to do with the ever popular motivator "New year, New me"...

Chances are you know someone, or are someone yourself, who suffers from insomnia. Prevalence rates vary among research studies, but up to 50 percent of people may have problems with sleep. That can end up having a major impact on other areas of life.

According to the US Census Bureau, approximately 56.7 million people are living with a disability in our country alone. And many of these people live in assisted living facilities. This type of housing is available to those who are still capable of living independently with a little help.

Headaches, back pain, fatigue, and even early wrinkles are very often induced by the poor choice of your bedding. It’s not only a matter of the mattress you sleep on. The right pillow is also important.

Your health is the most valuable thing you can have, which is why it’s essential that you keep your family as healthy as possible. This is especially important today, since the busy lifestyle that most of us lead often makes us neglect our health. However, coming up with excuses for eating fast food three days in a row or not leaving your home for a week can only cost you in the long run. So, here are five tips you should follow if you want to keep your family healthy.

Gaining height and looking attractive is a common wish amongst all. It is true that height plays a major role in boosting the persona of a person. You will find people always desperate to gain some height. Some exercise, some eat nutritious foods, and some even wear shoes with big heels and soles in order to look tall. If you take a look at the market, you will notice that there are several medicines and multiple acupressure treatment options that promise to help you gain some height. However, most of the time these fail to give you desired results and are also quite expensive. Height increasing medicines also come with possible side effects, which may weaken your overall health.

Whether you practice meditation or are studying aromatherapy, you're going to love combining the two together. Meditation has been proven time and again to help relieve anxiety, lower levels of chronic pain, and increase your mental focus.

Thousands of people are affected by spinal cord injury (SCI) every year. This can be vast, affecting both friends and family. A barrier most face on the road to recovery, who are researching spinal cord injury treatment, is in learning more about their injury, and of the best way to consider treating it. For some, it may seem like being back in a school classroom; learning new words such as lumbar vertebrae, or even lower motor neurons. Having a decent understanding of SCI will benefit patients when in discussion with their doctor. It can help them to ask questions, and challenge treatment options (if appropriate to do so).

Just about everyone who has been in a moment of extreme stress has experienced it—the flood of negative thoughts, the inability to concentrate, the feeling of everything crashing down ahead of them, and of course that lost feeling of not knowing what to do next. It’s a feeling that your mind is running amok, and that you have no way to regain control of it.