Mar
3
Soft Drinks: America’s Other Drinking Problem
March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Many women who diligently watch their daily intake of calcium from greens, dairy products and supplements to protect their bone health, are unaware that they lose the benefits of their careful attention when they reach for a can of soda – while also increasing their risk for diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses. This [...]
Feb
22
An Eater’s Manual for Anyone Who Eats
February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto put forth three simple “rules” for eating healthily while being mindful of the impact your food choices make on the planet: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” His latest book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual uses these categories, but adds what he’s learned about the [...]
Feb
20
Tips from Chinese Medicine on Staying Healthy During Deep Winter
February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In Winter’s Emotional Weather it’s suggested that winter is a time when energy retreats deep inside the body. According to traditional Chinese medicine, lifestyle choices should shift with the changing seasons, and winter is a time to explore the interior landscape of your body as well as your thoughts, feelings and aspirations. Physically, stretching, yoga [...]
Feb
16
Vitamin D and You at Midlife
February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Vitamin D is in the news a lot, and it’s wise at this stage of life to pay attention. Why? Because vitamin D deficiency has been linked to many chronic diseases that tend to emerge later in life – from cancers, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and depression, to fibromyalgia, chronic muscle pain, bone [...]
Feb
14
This Valentine’s Day, Develop the Second Most Important Quality in Your Relationship
February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
When asked what the second most important quality to develop in a relationship is, beyond mutual recognition of spiritual awareness, counselors, teachers and author of several books including their classics, A Shared Heart, Models of Love & The Heart’s Wisdom, Joyce Vissell, RN, MS & Barry Vissell, MD would respond with a litany of qualities [...]
Feb
12
Winter’s Emotional Weather
February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This new series explores how becoming aware of the impact of seasonal change on health and well being can provide insight and new tools to guide your actions and improve your quality of life. It’s not coincidental that, instead of celebrating the new year a week after the winter solstice, the Chinese calendar falls nearer [...]
Feb
7
Natural Compounds in Pomegranates May Prevent Growth of Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer
February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Besides benefiting the heart by reducing arterial plaque, raising HDL and lowering LDL cholesterol, and helping inhibit damage to cartilage in osteoarthritis by its enzymatic action, a new study shows phytochemical compounds in pomegranates reduce the incidence of hormone dependent breast cancer. Ellagitannins appear to be responsible for pomegranate’s anti-proliferative effect, suppressing estrogen production to [...]
Feb
5
Strength Training Improves Women’s Ability to Think, Focus and Plan
February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In case you need another incentive to pick up those weights, interesting results from a new study may just tip the balance. Older women who underwent a strength training routine of only 1-2 hours a week scored higher on ‘executive function’ tests for brain processes responsible for planning and executing tasks after one year. This [...]
Feb
1
Knee Pain? Work Those Glutes!
February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Jan
28
Tips for Understanding Health Studies, FDA Rules, and Drug Marketing Language
January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I was so glad to find this site that gives tips to journalists on medical reporting, because statistics in health studies can be maddeningly opaque, and of course the devil is in the details, since marketers can “language” their statistics in a variety of ways to suit their purposes. The particular issue about paying attention [...]
