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Health Benefits of Pineapple

Pineapple is a large tropical fruit with a spiky, tough skin and sweet insides. That's because it has a substance called bromelain that may lower i...

Carrots

Carrots are root vegetables that were first grown in Afghanistan around 900 AD. Yellow carrots have lutein, which is also good for your eyes. The t...

Apples

If you take off the apple’s skin before eating it, you won’t get as much of the fiber or flavonoids. An apple’s fiber can also help with diarrhea a...

Super Foods for Optimal Health

Vitamin E: broccoli (boiled), avocado, chard, mustard and turnip greens, mangoes, nuts, papaya, pumpkin, red peppers, spinach (boiled), and sunflow...

Avocado

Avocados are high in fat. When the outside skins are black or dark purple and yield to gentle pressure, they’re ready to eat or refrigerate. While ...

Turf Toe: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Turf toe is a sprain to the ligaments around the big toe joint, which works primarily as a hinge to permit up and down motion. Just behind the big ...

How to Keep Healthy Habits in Mind

Habit: Use your home gym or treadmill.Trigger: Put a timer on a light near your treadmill to come on when it's time to use it. Habit: Do stretches ...

Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is a ligament within the knee. Most people don't feel or hear a 'popping' sensation in the knee after a PCL i...

Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections: what to Know

You may have heard about athletes like Tiger Woods getting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections to help heal an injury. Doctors may use platelet-r...

Picture of The Calf Muscle

Tough connective tissue at the bottom of the calf muscle merges with the Achilles tendon.

Picture of The Biceps

The biceps includes a “short head” and a “long head” that work as a single muscle. The biceps is attached to the arm bones by tough connective tiss...

Picture of The Ankle

The ankle joint allows up-and-down movement of the foot.