Kicking the cigarette habit can be tough. Yet, many people like yourself have managed to break free from cigarettes. They were ready to quit ... Read More
Health Conditions
Quit to Live: How and Why to Quit Smoking Today
Make this year the year you or someone close to you quits smoking. The following information may be helpful to your efforts. If you’re ... Read More
Overview
Nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the United States. In 2003, 29.8 percent of the U.S. population 12 and ... Read More
Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking
The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for 440,000 deaths, or nearly 1 of every 5 deaths, each year in the United ... Read More
Cigars
Large cigars, cigarillos, and little cigars are the three major types of cigars sold in the United States. Following a steep decline over ... Read More
African Americans and Tobacco
African Americans continue to suffer disproportionately from chronic and preventable disease compared with white Americans. Of the three ... Read More
The National Sleep Foundation 2010 Sleep Study: Is Our Sleep All That Different?
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Two things we all have in common: we're all human and we all need sleep. However, depending on our ethnicity, certain ... Read More
Sleep: A Dynamic Activity
Until the 1950s, most people thought of sleep as a passive, dormant part of our daily lives. We now know that our brains are very active ... Read More
Sleep Disorders
At least 40 million Americans each year suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders each year, and an additional 20 million experience ... Read More
Restless Legs Syndrome
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensory disorder causing an almost irresistible urge to move the legs. The urge to move is usually due ... Read More
NATURAL REMEDIES FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
body { background: #FFF; } (BlackDoctor.org) -- Relax those fidgety legs and put an end to the restlessness. According to research ... Read More
Insomnia
Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: * difficulty ... Read More