ATTENTION WOMEN: Do You Have A Hormone Deficiency?
Seven Major Signs of Hormone Imbalances in Women Hormones are an important player in the health of every woman. The various hormones work as a team to maintain the body at an optimum level of functioning. As women age, the hormonal balance changes, and they may begin to experience unpleasant symptoms. While the list of [...]
Hepatitis C: Are You at Risk?
Blood Tests for Hepatitis C The Center for Disease Control or CDC recently recommended that all baby boomers get a blood test for Hepatitis C. So what is hepatitis and why does it matter to you? Hepatitis C, also called HCV, is an inflammation of the liver and is part of the hepatitis A [...]
Stop Living in Pain: Diagnose and Treat Arthritis
Diagnosing Arthritis If you have been suffering from stiff, swollen or painful joints you may want to learn more about the diagnosis of arthritis. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the two most common types of arthritis today. Rheumatoid arthritis can cause very severe symptoms that reduce joint movement significantly when the disease is left undiagnosed. [...]
Vitamin D: Why You Should Care
Vitamin D Deficiency Everyone should know how much vitamin D they have in their blood and here at Walkinlab.com we want to tell you why. A number of studies have been carried out in recent years that show just how important vitamin D is to the body. In addition to the studies that outline the [...]
Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer Detection and Prevention April is cancer awareness month and Walk-In Lab would like to share a few facts about this disease, including cancer’s causes and methods for detecting and preventing it. What the Cells May Not Tell You Just the word “cancer” seizes our attention on an emotional level. Yet the physical cancer cells [...]
Prevent Kidney Disease With A Blood Test
Kidney Blood Test Kidney disease is a life threatening event that can have immediate noticeable symptoms or may not show signs at all until severe damage has been done. These organs perform vital functions, and are effected by conditions that could lead to disease. It is important to make sure the kidneys are operating normally [...]
February- The Month For A Healthy Pumping Heart!
Since it is the month of February ( hins, Valentines Day, and other heart “giving away” nouns ), and this is the month we are giving heart test panel specials at www.walkinlab.com, we thought that we would throw a few known healthy heart facts at you, that you maybe didn’t know about your body, or well.. [...]
Exercise for a Healthy Heart
A sedentary (inactive) lifestyle is one of the top risk factors for heart disease. Fortunately, it’s a risk factor that you can do something about. Regular exercise, especially aerobic exercise, has many benefits. It can: Strengthen your heart and cardiovascular system Improve your circulation and help your body use oxygen better Improve your heart failure [...]
Heart Healthy Month: Vegetarians Have Lower Heart Disease Risks
Going meatless gives vegetarians a 32 percent lower heart disease risk than non-vegetarians, a British study found, offering further proof that eating meat can be hazardous to health. The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, involved 44,561 people enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Oxford Study, which began [...]
How Healthy Is Your Heart This Valentines Day?
Calculating Cardiovascular Risk Have a Heart Your heart is beating as many as 100,000 times a day, every day. That’s 365 million beats a year. Your heart doesn’t take a vacation or a coffee break, or sleep in late. It hits those numbers consistently, in order to pump blood throughout your body. That‘s only the [...]