Bones & Joints

Relieve Back Pain with Acupuncture

Not Just Pins and Needles

The purpose of acupuncture is to stimulate your body’s chi or flow of energy.

Top 10 Fat-Burning Ab Exercises For Women

Fat-burning abdominal exercises are important because all movement begins with the core. It’s important to stabilize and strengthen your core area if you want to avoid painful trunk and trunk-related injuries.

7 Reasons to Eliminate Soda from Your Diet

So you love a glass of soda as much as the rest of the world loves their first cup of coffee in the morning. What most people don’t realize is that soda is terrible for your body and overall health. Soda is bad for your stomach and bones and has a number of significant side effects that will make you wish you’d never become addicted (and many of you are)!

FDA reviewing osteoporosis drugs Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel for safety

At EmpowHer, we have a thread where women have reported femur fractures while using the drug Fosamax, a medicine meant to help build bones for those suffering from osteoporosis. It turns out these women aren't alone.

Top Ten Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a designer disease. It etches a unique signature into each of its sufferers. My worst symptoms are different from someone else's. But certain things remain a common experience. The following symptoms seem universal.

Release Lower Back Pain with Yoga Poses

Causes of Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is often a result of overuse. Even if you don't have an active job or lifestyle, sitting at an office desk for eight hours can put a strain on your muscles.

Top 10 Exercise Injuries For Women

Exercise injuries are as common as exercise itself, whether it be women or men doing the exercise. In coming articles, I will discuss injury prevention for each of the 10 exercise injuries that will be discussed in this article.

The Effects of Stress

STRESS AS A NATURAL OCCURRENCE

Our bodies are designed to handle variations from diet, exercise, stress and weight. It regularly produces assorted hormones for a period of time to take care of these situations. All this is a normal cycle for the body.

How to Live With Multiple Myeloma

Multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell, is an incurable but treatable disease.

A myeloma diagnosis can be devastating, it is important to remember that there are several promising new therap