Also On Wellness
Posts by OTM mindbody
The news is fresh fruits and veggies. Not that you didn't know it already, but the beneficial evidence for fresh raw fruits and vegetables is mounting rapidly and causing the cancer research community to refocus on life style as a cancer preventative and treatment. On Friday, December 7, 2007 the American Association for Cancer Research conference on cancer prevention was held in Philadelphia. Several...
12/19/2007 11:41:44 PM
We got quite a Happy World Diabetes Day shock today! The International Diabetes Federation says the disease will cause 3.8 million deaths worldwide this year, nearly equal to HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. In the USA, the CDC says, it is the sixth leading cause of death. The World Health Organization warned that diabetes is a "global epidemic" affecting over two hundred forty-six million people worldwide....
11/15/2007 1:36:39 AM
My friend Matt Grace was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord degeneration and was basically told that he would never walk again. After he healed himself, Matt wrote a great book called "A Way Out." In his book, written in 2000, Matt says, "Food companies are responsible for millions of deaths per year and tens of millions of obese citizens; I really do not understand the difference between...
11/6/2007 11:49:07 PM
If your friends are fat - watch out, states a recent news article. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that one of the strongest associations in the spread of obesity is your relationship with obese friends. It's not some new virus that's recently been discovered, the articles go on to say, but the behavioral influence. It seems obesity is socially contagious. The study...
11/6/2007 11:47:46 PM
You know your mom was right. Now the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is weighing in as well. The CDC is behind a national health promotion and disease prevention program called Healthy People 2010. The primary goal of Healthy People 2010 is to help individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and improve their health and the quality of their lives. A report in spring 2007 from the CDC on Americans...
11/6/2007 11:46:41 PM