"Usual Suspects"

What are the “Usual Suspects?” 

The “Usual Suspects” are those habits that are so common in adults that we almost expect them: not exercising enough, being overweight, not eating “good” food, drinking too much alcohol or using tobacco. About 3 our of every four adults have one of these “Usual Suspects.” The “Usual Suspects” cause a lot of illness and cost a lot of money. We all know that.

Health Confidence - What is it?

Health Confidence is a very important part of health care. People who are very confident use less medical care and do much better than persons like them who are not as confident. So we all want to be as confident as we can be.

The creators and destroyers of health confidence are the same as the creators and destroyers of our confidence in how we live life.
The lower arrows in both diagrams list those things that we often have not chosen and are difficult to change. These can destroy our confidence.

How this Website Works: Sharing Experience

This Website helps people become health confident by organizing health information and tools. It allows people to share experiences. By using the website you also make the website better for future users.

And How You Can Get the Most Out of This Website

1. To begin to improve health confidence build your FIRST EDITION of your Personal Health Plan by going to HowsYourHealth.org and completing a survey that is right for you.

"Autoimmune Soup"

What is “Autoimmune Soup”?

A human body protects itself with a special network of cells (such as “white cells”) and organs (such as lymph nodes). If our immune system breaks down we cannot survive. 

Sometimes the immune system can make a mistake and attack parts of the human body…similar to “friendly fire” in a battle that causes injury of soldiers fighting on the same side.