Health
- Still be on the lookout for winter illnesses
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Winter is winding down on the calendar, but the winter illnesses are late this year and may be present for a while longer. Each winter we see several illnesses that we know will occur in epidemic fashion. All are contagious, especially in schools and daycares. Here are some of the more common ones.
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Beware winter’s many respiratory bugs
Winter is winding down on the calendar, but the cold-weather illnesses seem to be cropping up late this year and may be present for a while lo…
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Make tummy time a fun time
Since 1994 pediatricians have been recommending that parents not allow their young infants to sleep on their stomachs due to a relationship be…
- Healthier ways to cook comfort foods
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With the persistance of colder weather, people often turn to hearty foods to fill up and keep the body warm. Too often, however, so-called comfort foods tend to be big on fat and calories as much as they are big on flavor. With a few small ingredient changes, comfort foods can be both delicious a...
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Beware foods that may not be vegetarian or vegan
Vegetarians and vegans face the challenge of finding foods that fit with their lifestyles and ideals. There are many foods that aren't vegetar…
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Teaching Our Kids to Eat Well at School
Today's generation of American children may be the first in two centuries to have shorter life expectancies than their parents. While there ar…
- Daily activities can burn calories
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Some people think they have to spend hours at the gym sweating on the treadmill or elliptical trainer in order to burn calories and lose weight. As it turns out, the things you do every single day could be burning more calories than you realized. Some discipline with your diet and certain healthy...
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What to do when beginning an exercise regimen
Early in a new calendar year, many people decide it's time to turn over a new leaf and shed those extra pounds that accumulated over the previ…
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Get the most out of a workout
I am often asked, " What is the best time of the day to work out?" The best time to exercise is shortly after a person wakes up. If a person w…
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Disparities in access to mental health services still exist for African Americans
Since 1976, the month of February has been recognized as Black History Month in the United States -a specific period of time set aside to ackn…
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The “Singles Awareness Day” Blues
For those of us who are prone to melancholy feelings around the winter holidays, Valentine's Day often feels like yet another hurdle to clear.…
- Are you ready for flu season?
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According the the Center for Disease Control, it is now flu season. The Influenza virus, or the flu, rears its ugly head each fall and winter causing distress in the form of work loss, missed school days, and many symptoms throughout the whole body. Are you ready?
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Tough break: Osteoporosis, calcium, and vitamin D deficiency
It is very early in the morning and your elderly mother sits up in her bed. She has slept poorly this night, and decides her insomnia has been…
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Oh! The pain of gallstones
Paige had been experiencing severe pain in her upper abdomen area after meals for the past several weeks. About an hour after eating the pain …
- The tentative steps of kneeling needling
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"Uh-oh." "We all need to get back down on our knees," preacher Raleigh implores the congregation as a chorus of ‘Amens' arises from the dutiful. He had been illustrating the self-induced problems that we as a collective body, as a nation, and as individuals had made since gett...
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The most effective way to detox and why it's crucial
My grandfather hated to paint walls. He felt the whole process was too labor intensive and boring. So when he designed and built his house, he…
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Focus on healthy living for you and yours
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