Safe Toys and Gifts Month 2015

This year, December is the month for Safe Toys and Gifts and this aims to raise awareness promoting the education and safety of toys. Many times, toys can be the cause of injuries in children and this is the month to be aware of this fact. Prevent Blindness America is the organization that has established […]

National Influenza Vaccination Week

On the seventh to the thirteenth of December each month, NIVW which stands for National Influenza Vaccination Week takes place. In the year two thousand five it was established by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention for the purpose of highlighting the significance of the vaccine for influenza. Referred to as the ‘flu,’ the […]

December One is World Aids Day

Each year on the first of November, World AIDS Day is held and this gives people around the world the chance to become united in a fight against people who are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV. It is time not just to commemorate those who have passed away due to the virus […]

Fight Mosquito Bites the Natural Way

Vector-borne diseases are a global problem nowadays. Mosquitoes, posing a massive threat to humans, are considered to be one of the deadliest insects that engender a high prevalence of diseases which lead to large number of morbidities. The World Health Organization (WHO), for instance, assert that 3.2 billion people are at risk of malaria, notwithstanding […]

Good Bugs for Your Garden

Most people who have gardens are those who have taken up interest in cultivating the soil. It is both hard work and dirty work, pun intended. It offers multifarious benefits to people like improving a person’s well-being by providing a sense of accomplishment and teaching patience as they pick up shovels, dig up soil, and […]

5 Winter Health Tips This December

With the holidays coming up, who isn’t stressed these days? More and more people are putting of taking care of themselves as the holidays are coming around the corner. Beat this season’s stress with lifestyle tips, dieting and great habits you can actually put into effect all year long. Simple Workouts No time for even […]

Chase the Winter Blues Away

Also known as seasonal affective disorder or winter depression, the winter blues is marked by feelings of being depressed around the late autumn season and the early months of winter. This also coincides with the fact that there is less available natural sunlight. Due to the reduced sunlight, this causes the rhythm of the body to become out […]

Five Health Tips for Autumn

Often, autumn causes us to alter our routine or lifestyle due to up and coming holidays, school activities and the weather. Creating good, healthy habits that will help your children as well as yourself remain safe and healthy not just this autumn but for life is a good idea. Show Them how It is easy […]

The Benefits of Tea Drinking

Get chugging on some of nature’s best tea varieties. You will be surprised how beneficial this is going to be for your health. Regardless of what everyone tells you, there are only four different varieties of tea. This includes oolong, white, black and green. An infusion of herbs is actually plants and is technically not […]

The Advantages of Natural Medicine

If you get seasonal allergies in the fall and spring, it is time to look for relief from Mother Nature. Believe it or not, you will be surprised at how much comfort you get from such holistic remedies. Whether it is the long wait of getting winter to turn to spring or when summer begins […]