(Akiit.com) The price of health care has been rising inexorably over the last decade or so, thanks to a bunch of failed policies, crony capitalism and the ever-worsening state of the American diet. Businesses are being hammered by rising health care costs, while the actual quality of the service is falling ...
(Akiit.com) Mental health issues are a difficult thing to live with, especially in a society that expects so much from every individual. People with mental health issues are often branded as “crazy” or “insane” – but the truth is that labels like that only scratch the surface. Most people with mental ...
(Akiit.com) You might think that staying healthy is cheap or even free, but if you’re under that impression, it’s clear you can’t see the larger picture. There are plenty of factors that make staying in good health a great deal more expensive than most people realize. If you find that the ...
(Akiit.com) Most people would agree that improving their health and fitness levels in 2017 is a wide move. It’s easy to let things slip and eat too much during the festive period. So, the month of January is often the most popular time to make a change. There are lots of ...
(Akiit.com) Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz reminded us that “there’s no place like home.” By that, she was implying that there was a place that was safe and far away from the danger she was experiencing in the land of Oz at the hands of the Wicked Witch of the ...
(Akiit.com) Aging is something that we all have to come to terms with at one point or another. It’s a fact of life that we can’t avoid. Eventually, time will catch up with you. Yes, it’s true, some people age fast while others seem to have a picture in their attic, ...
(Akiit.com) I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me of what she said to me and to her many children nearly sixty years ago. I felt her spirit moving within me. I was strengthened. Now, I can go on. ...
(Akiit.com) With new infection rates and AIDS-related deaths on a decline globally, it seems we are finally gaining ground in the fight to end the epidemic. However, an alarming world trend in new HIV infections suggests that Black people have been left by the wayside. In an open letter to the ...
(Akiit.com) The definition of a chronic illness is one that has been continuing for more than six months. It does not mean the illness is going to result in death – that would be a terminal illness – but is instead going to continue to impair the sufferer’s life. It is ...
(Akiit.com) Hair has historically always been a contentious issue of beauty and self-identity. From the covering of hair for religious reasons, to the expression of rebellion through the hairstyles of the youth, to the infamous ‘pencil test’ despicably used all those years ago, by the Apartheid regime in South Africa to ...
(Akiit.com) America, as you’ve probably noticed already, has a pretty serious drinking problem, and by the looks of things it isn’t going to disappear any time soon. A study from 2015 found that 32 million Americans, that’s nearly one in seven adults, had struggled with a serious drinking problem at some ...
(Akiit.com) We are now in a kind of political no-man’s-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky – and nowhere more so than in times like these. What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of ...