by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
Everyone has had hiccups at one time or another. The ability to hiccup begins at a very early age. Fetuses of less than 28 weeks have been shown to hiccup, and this ability continues throughout childhood and into old age. It is believed to be one of the evolutionary...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
Cleansing, sometimes also referred to as detoxification, has been all the rage in recent years among those interested in alternative medicine. The theory is that the body accumulates toxins from the environment in the form of pollution, processed foods and food...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
People are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers that can result from the overuse of antibiotics. When antibiotic were first discovered in the early 20th century, researchers believed that they had found the key to conquering many deadly diseases. Since that...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
For a sport with a relatively short history (it began in Southern California in the 1930s), beach volleyball has become immensely popular in the U.S. and around the world. So much so that the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) was founded in 1983 to promote...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
Retired Brigadier General Becky Halstead is no stranger to pain. She spent her entire adult life in the military, and was the first female graduate from West Point to become a general officer. She has seen battle all over the world, including in Iraq. But she has also...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
There are decided benefits to eating a meal slowly, as any resident of the countries around the Mediterranean can tell you. The slow, leisurely 2-hour lunch is still sacrosanct there, and their comparatively smaller waistlines may be proof that there’s something to...
