The year’s resolutions can be one the most gratifying and horrifying ordeals. On one hand you want to stick to your goals, and on the other, you are afraid it may be too difficult. Most people do not stick with their resolution; however, they may just be going about them in the wrong way. According to the Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 45% of people who make a resolution stick with it over 6 months. That is less than half! This year make a promise to yourself: keep to your goals! It may be easier than you think. Follow these simple tips, and you will be on your way in no time.

Self-hypnosis has become one of the hottest ways to help people cope with their addiction. Of course, this is not something that you can use for instance when you are addicted to drugs or when you have a bad case of mental disorder. For the most part, self-hypnosis works for addictions that are not deeply-rooted and does not involve any forms of withdrawal.

One of the most common uses of self-hypnosis nowadays is towards self-improvement and personality shift. If you want for instance to suddenly become more patient and manage …

What does your liver do?

The liver is found within the lower part of the rib-cage on the right hand side of the body. It has a huge variety of functions in the body and is the only organ that can repair and re-grow itself after damage. The liver is the second largest organ in the body and is often seen as the most important one. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, a healthy liver is seen as the most critical element in the body’s ability to fight disease and …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a life threatening condition. The heart can no longer pump enough blood through the rest of the body. This is chronic, long-term condition although it can develop suddenly.

When people are first diagnosed they often look for the life expectancy for congestive heart failure disease. Even several years ago the life expectancy was about five years. But with recent advances in medical treatments this number has risen. Congestive heart failure can affect the right or left side of the heart or both.

As the heart pump loses …

Your heart can fail to work when it is unable to pump effectively the blood to the rest of the body. It can happen for a variety of reasons including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, cardiomyopathy, and also because of valveular heart disease.

Coronary artery disease is when there is an impaired functioning of the heart muscles. The result is that the heart becomes weak, resulting in heart failure. Balloon angioplasty or bypass surgery is the usual treatments for heart failure. Progressive heart failure usually results in “end stage heart …

According to the CDC around 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking each year. That’s more than illegal drug use, alcohol use, HIV/AIDS, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined. So why do we continue to smoke? When you smoke nicotine it releases dopamine into your brain causing you to feel good, this is one of the main reasons people enjoy smoking.

Researchers and scientists have a good grasp of the multitude of diseases and illnesses which are caused are significantly linked with cigarette smoking. The cost of these illnesses and conditions runs in the billions of dollars each year for both insurance companies and employers. In an effort to increase the numbers of individuals who are able to quit smoking successfully, many different quit smoking programs have developed over the years.

Some of these programs are online and some of these programs are off-line. Some programs use a common …

Even as a child you were likely told that smoking was bad for you! It is common knowledge in today’s society both smoking and secondhand smoke are extremely damaging to your body. A new scientific study points the finger, no longer just at the toxic chemicals you find in cigarettes, but also at nicotine itself, the addictive component in tobacco.

Released by the University Hospital Magdeburg of Germany, this recent study revealed that nicotine in the bloodstream is a direct cause of Atrial Fibrosis, a condition which causes arrhythmias and is …

We know that smoking and obesity are harmful to our health- but a new study published in the Neurology journal showed that these unhealthy lifestyle risk factors as well as other health conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes may accelerate the aging process and diminish brain functioning.

Smoking is easy to start but hard to relinquish. Some say it’s as addictive as heroin. But do not lose hope. If you’re a smoker and you would like to break the habit, you are able to do it.

The first thing that a cigarette smoker needs is to be realistic. Each day that you inhale more and more nicotine, your brain is becoming hooked. When it counts on this substance to be there, it will not allow it to go so easily.

You’re on the correct road when you make the …