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Promoting physical, mental and spiritual wellness

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  1. 01/05/2009

    Americans engage in risky behavior, new survey finds

    Some 58 percent of Americans never wear a helmet when riding a bicycle, 70 percent never wear hearing protection when using a gas lawn mower or leaf blower, and 27 percent never use sunscreen when they’re in the sun for a long time, according to a nationally representative poll of 1,000 Americans conducted by the [...]Click here to play

  2. 01/05/2009

    Research finds link between exercise, asthma

    If you’re an asthma sufferer, make sure the medical history at your doctor’s office includes your employment and recreation plans. A new screening tool developed by Tel Aviv University researchers may save you a trip to the emergency room later on. It has long been suspected that physical exertion itself, as part of work or play, [...]Click here to play

  3. 01/05/2009

    Adult-onset diabetes slows mental functioning

    Adults with diabetes experience a slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in the disease and persists into old age, according to new research. Given the sharp rise in new cases of diabetes, this finding means that more adults may soon be living with mild but lasting deficits in their thought processes. Researchers [...]Click here to play

  4. 01/05/2009

    Obesity elevates risk of ovarian cancer

    A new study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight. The research indicates that obesity may contribute to the development of ovarian cancer through a hormonal mechanism. Ovarian cancer is the most fatal of [...]Click here to play

  5. 01/05/2009

    Brooke Burke seen sporting Rockin’ Baby Pouch

    Brooke Burke was spotted over the holidays out with her hubby David Charvet and her children while sporting a Rockin’ Baby Pouch holding 9-month-old son Shaya. It was last year that we reported on Brooke Burke’s own line of eco-friendly post-partum wraps called Tauts, which is designed to help women regain a tight belly after pregnancy. Now [...]Click here to play

  6. 01/04/2009

    Was Jett Travolta’s Death Avoidable?

    As news about the tragic death of Jett Travolta, the teenage son of famed actor John Travolta, begins to filter out, the focus is beginning to shift to the controversial religion the family belongs to and whether their Scientology beliefs could have contributed to his death. Jett Travolta apparently died from injuries received when he suffered [...]Click here to play

  7. 01/04/2009

    Brain starvation as we age appears to trigger Alzheimer’s

    A slow, chronic starvation of the brain as we age appears to be one of the major triggers of a biochemical process that causes some forms of Alzheimer’s disease. A new study from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has found when the brain doesn’t get enough sugar glucose — as might occur when cardiovascular [...]Click here to play

  8. 01/04/2009

    High-fat diet can disrupt biological clock

    Indulgence in a high-fat diet can not only lead to overweight because of excessive calorie intake, but also can affect the balance of circadian rhythms – everyone’s 24-hour biological clock, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown. The biological clock regulates the expression and/or activity of enzymes and hormones involved in metabolism, and disturbance of the [...]Click here to play

  9. 01/04/2009

    Flowering plants speed post-surgery recovery

    Contact with nature has long been suspected to increase positive feelings, reduce stress, and provide distraction from the pain associated with recovery from surgery. Now, research has confirmed the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery. A recent study by Seong-Hyun Park and Richard H. Mattson, researchers from the Department of [...]Click here to play

  10. 01/04/2009

    Moderate drinking can reduce risks of Alzheimer’s

    Moderate drinkers often have lower risks of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive loss, according to researchers who reviewed 44 studies. In more than half of the studies, published since the 1990s, moderate drinkers of wine, beer and liquor had lower dementia risks than nondrinkers and appear to receive certain health benefits. In only a few studies [...]Click here to play

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