HEALTH & WELLNESS

Risk Factors for Aortic Dissection

Karla News

Aortic dissection is a rare though life threatening medical condition in which a tear develops in the inner layer of the aorta. As blood flows through the tear and into the middle layer of the vessel, the layers begin to separate, or dissect. A rupture can then occur, causing blood to spill outside of the … Read more

HEALTH & WELLNESS

How Caffeine Effects Your Body

Karla News

Being a full-time college student and often working full-time plus not living with my parents has made caffeine a very beneficial ingredient in my life, but that changed in 2003. I had always been told to stay away from caffeine when I had bladder or kidney infections and did. But what I didn’t know was … Read more

Food & Wine

Fun Summer Drinks for Kids and Kids-at-Heart

Karla News

“For some, those sweet summer drinks are a wonderful memory of childhood, and you can provide your kids with tasty, thirst-quenching summer drinks that are memorable, low-cost, and best of all, healthy,” says K. Ray in her article, Healthy Summer Drinks for Kids. During the warm months, your kids are outdoors a lot. They get … Read more