Bits of life through these blue eyes . .
Posted in Finances, Health and wellness on Aug 19th, 2008
Hardly a week goes by without some new report telling Americans they are getting more obese. Along with the obesity comes the added risk for heart disease, hypertension, type II diabetes, and stroke. Did you ever think of the financial costs of obesity? According to Newsweek here are the top 5 costs associated with obesity:
Lower [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Aug 16th, 2008
Can you imagine living in a place where birth control is considered an “abortion” and health insurers won’t cover it? Where even rape victims are denied emergency contraception?
It seems unbelievable, but the Bush Administration is quietly trying to redefine “abortion” to include birth control. The Houston Chronicle says this could wipe out dozens of state [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Aug 12th, 2008
I was asking my daughter recently who has been a runner since high school if I should be walking or jogging? Being middle aged I was concerned about the impact of running on my joints. She assured me it’s fine to run. This new report came out yesterday and caught my attention.
ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2008) [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Jul 17th, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report today on American obesity. It wasn’t good, Americans aren’t getting slimmer and the obesity rate continues to climb. More than a quarter of all Americans are now obese. The percentage rate grew by 2% between 2005 - 2007.
Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee had the worst [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Jul 16th, 2008
Are we finally on a path to break the cycle of obesity? Very interesting study from Baylors College of Medicine.
ScienceDaily (July 16, 2008) — Overweight mothers give birth to offspring who become even heavier, resulting in amplification of obesity across generations, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston who found that chemical changes [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Jul 9th, 2008
For all you baby boomers wondering if your sex life will be still be going strong when you’re 70 …. the answer is YES according to a new study published on the British Medical Journal website.
The authors found that over the thirty year period the number of 70 year olds of both sexes reporting sexual [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Jul 8th, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered makers of flouroquinolone drugs — a potent class of antibiotics — to [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, Shopping and Fashion on Jun 10th, 2008
With summer upon us we pack up our winter shoes and boots and pull out the trustworthy flip flops from the closet as we breeze into summer. Children, parents, and grandparents we all wear them. But are they good for our back, legs and feet? Not according to the latest reports.
Researchers from Auburn University [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on May 21st, 2008
On March 30, I did a post about the FDA investigating the asthma drug Singulair. The comments on that post led into an off discussion about the side effects of Chantix, the popular anti-smoking drug by Pfizer. My dear friend Janet had a horrible reaction from Chantix which landed her in the ER. Since hearing [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on May 19th, 2008
An interesting report came out today ranking cities that are the most (and least) heart healthy for women. The top 3 cities for women’s heart health are:
Minneapolis
Washington DC
San Francisco
The 3 worst cities for women’s heart health are:
Nashville, TN
St.Louis
Detroit
"It’s fair to say that if you live in the least heart-healthy cities, there’s a chance that you’ll [...]
We can never solve our significant problems from the same level of thinking we were at when we created the problems. ~Albert Einstein
Too few Americans are eating the recommended 1 1/2 ounces of tree nuts per day, which can reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes, say U.S. researchers. Tree nuts include almonds, Brazils, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, macadamias and walnuts.
"Most people consume as much as 25 percent of their total caloric intake from snacks," Janet King, co-chairwoman of the 2007 Nuts and Health Symposium and past chairwoman of the 2005 USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, said in a news release. "If we could replace snacks high in refined carbohydrates with just 1/4 to 1/3 cup of nuts per day, we could have a positive impact on nutrient density and the risk of chronic disease."
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