OrganizedWisdom Health Blog

Best Wisdom of the Week: gardening with rheumatoid arthritis, fish oil and heart disease, ADHD and marriage, and more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we added to our collection last week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. Here's a sampling of what our hardworking Guides created last week: 

• Living with rheumatoid arthritis?  See Carolyn's WisdomCards on how to garden with RA and how to cope with RA at work, as well as Jacky's WisdomCard on how important it is to maintain a healthy weight when you have rheumatoid arthritis.

• Jacky also offers tips on how to live with heart disease, and safe exercises for patients with heart disease.  And Misty created a WisdomCard on fish oil and heart disease.

• What are behavioral techniques for overactive bladder?  See Kenyotta's WisdomCard to find out.

• Does someone in your family have ADHD?  Kenyotta has a WisdomCard on ADHD and marriage with tips for adults living with ADHD, and Samantha has a WisdomCard on how fidgeting may help kids with ADHD focus.

• And just how much sleep do you really need?  Check out Kenyotta's WisdomCard to find out!

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!

Best Wisdom of the Week: how to relieve rheumatoid arthritis pain, cholesterol facts, breastmilk allergy, and more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we added to our collection last week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. Here's a sampling of what our hardworking Guides created last week: 

• Does omega-3 help rheumatoid arthritis?  What is glucosamine? How do you relieve rheumatoid arthritis pain?  What are triggers for rheumatoid arthritis? Check out Judy and Melinda's helpful WisdomCards to learn more.  

• Is running OK if you have rheumatoid arthritis?  What about swimming with RA?  Does massage help rheumatoid arthritis? See Jacky and Carolyn's WisdomCards on these topics to find out.

• Do you know the symptoms of plaque psoriasis?  What about the causes of pustular psoriasis?  Catherine's WisdomCards on these topics can help.

• What exactly is hypertension?  What about cholesterol?  Melinda and Kenyotta have WisdomCards that answer these questions.

• Are you concerned that your baby may have a breastmilk allergy?  See new-mother Erica's WisdomCard on this important topic.

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!

Take a Power Nap to Lose Weight, Look Younger, and Feel Better Fast!

It's too bad the Spanish concept of the siesta never caught on in the U.S.A. We might all be a lot better off.

OrganizedWisdom's sleep advisor, Michael Breus, Ph.D., author of Beauty Sleep, tells us that napping offers all of the wonderful benefits of a good night's sleep. So if you can't always get a decent snooze, a nap can help give your body a mini reboot.

If you feel like you can't nap because you wake up feeling groggy and disoriented, guess what? You're doing it wrong!

Here are Dr. Breus's 10 steps to a perfect power nap. You'll learn how to give it a try today (right at your desk), and see if your brain and body work a little better 20 minutes later!

Also, be sure to check out our questions and answers with Dr. Breus about sleep disorders and insomnia. It's all part of OrganizedWisdom Expert Answers series where we seek out professional advice to address the most highly searched real-life FAQs!

Best Wisdom of the Week: garlic and blood pressure, handling diabetes when you're sick, natural insomnia treatments, and more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we added to our collection last week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. Here's a sampling of what our hardworking Guides created last week: 

• Does garlic affect blood pressure?  Check out Kenyotta's WisdomCard on high blood pressure and garlic to find out.  

• Do you have high triglycerides?  Misty's WisdomCard on lowering triglycerides may help.

• How do you deal with diabetes when you're not feeling well?  Judy has a WisdomCard on handling diabetes when you're sick.

• Shopping for a glucose meter?  Judy also has WisdomCards on choosing a glucose meter, and the best glucose meters.

• Can diabetes hurt your heart?  This important question is answered in Judy's WisdomCard on diabetes and heart health.

• How common is heart disease in women?  Kenyotta has created a WisdomCard to answer that question.

• Looking to help your insomnia without drugs?  Check out Jacky's WisdomCard on natural insomnia treatments.

• Migraines hurting your head?  Be sure to see Kenyotta's WisdomCard on how to prevent a migraine.

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!