Lowering the Risk Factors of Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease
Lowering the Risk Factors of Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease Created in Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention We’re in the middle of several deadly epidemics in the United States. Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are affecting more and more people every year. Recent statistics show that two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Thirty percent of […]
Cervical Pillow
Cervical Pillow Created in Wellness Essentials, At Home There are a variety of different types of pillows that are made of different grades of foam and have custom curves designed into them to support your neck. If you are like most people, you sleep on your pillow for six to nine hours every night. Shouldn’t […]
Backpacks and Back Pain
Backpacks and Back Pain Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Backpacks are the tote of choice for most school-aged children with two books per class to lug around. In fact, it is reported that between 92% and 94% of schoolchildren carry backpacks. And it appears these contraptions are evolving somewhat with sturdier-looking […]
Let the Flu Go Around You
Let the Flu Go Around You Created in Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention Since mid-Fall TV commercials have been trumpeting the horrors of the “flu season”. “It’s never too soon to begin fighting this year’s bug” they blare. Public health announcements urge us to get our “yearly flu shot”, as if this is something we’ve got […]
Buy Good Shoes
Buy Good Shoes Created in Wellness Essentials, What You Wear Most people spend close to two-thirds of their life in shoes, so wearing shoes that fit well is very important. Our feet endure tremendous pressures daily. For example, an average day of walking brings a force equal to several hundred tons on your feet. Feet […]
Back Pain and Herniated Discs
Back Pain and Herniated Discs Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain A 30-year-old mom bends over to pick up her four-year-old and feels a sharp stabbing pain in her lower back. A 60-year-old man bends over to pick up his five-year-old grandchild and feels an electrical shooting pain in his lower back. […]
Health Care Breakthroughs – Hope or Hype?
Health Care Breakthroughs – Hope or Hype? Created in Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention Health care breakthroughs are big business. We know this because such news is reported in the Business Section of newspapers and magazines. Discussions relate primarily to the potential impact on the company’s share price and revenues. Possible benefits to patients are a […]
BOSU/Disc
BOSU/Disc Created in Wellness Essentials, Exercise A great way to both work on strengthening the core muscles that wrap around your waist and support your spine and improve your balance and coordination is with a new workout tool called a BOSU which stands for “both sides up.” On one side it is a half of […]
Your New Reality
Your New Reality Created in Newsletter Library, Breaking Bad Habits Is it possible to create a new personal reality? So-called unscripted television shows say you can – “The Biggest Loser” being one of the more popular of these tell-all and show-all programs. But most of us realize that these shows don’t closely represent reality as […]
Fate Or Choice
Fate Or Choice Created in Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention We all know some people who get sick all the time. They’re just getting over one thing when here comes the next round of illness. We also know people who just seem to be full of energy. Those people never get sick or so it seems. […]