Search Results for 'Health'

Healthy Incentives

Jay Mercer's efforts to get more of his patients to undergo cancer screening are starting to pay off: Early detection resulted in one woman having her cervical cancer cured and gave another high hopes for recovering from a breast tum [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Just how healthy is your child's ready meal?

Minced beef in a delicious tomato sauce with egg pasta topped with a yummy three cheese sauce. 'I use British beef and three cheeses - parmesan, mascarpone and gruyere. My beef lasagne is a source of zinc, which is important for grow [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Heart Healthy

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women older than 25. Sixty-four percent of women who died suddenly of heart disease had no previous symptoms. And in a 2008 study, the American Heart Association ranked Baton Rouge. As the si [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

The hunt for healthy food for children

But a BBC Panorama investigation into food for the under-fives found that easy answers to healthy eating can be as hard to come by as a full night's sleep and a long lie. For the parents of the 1.5m children who regularly attend [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

HEALTHY EATING - Cut down on salt in diet

Talk about spicing things up! Move over, trans fats; salt is under fire as the next nutrition no-no on its way out from restaurant menus and processed foods. Sodium levels in foods have been on the nutrition watch list for years because too [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Maintaining a healthy brain

The world can be a scary and confusing place when your can't remember. Unrecognizable faces and places and repeated actions can become a way of life, and aren't a normal part of aging. They are the common signs of Alzheimer's di [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

A healthy start

Getting in shape and the beginning of a new year seem to go hand in hand. That was part of the reason for the big Community Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 9 at Brooks Middle School in Bolingbrook. The free event was sponsored by the Bolingbr [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Eating healthy a great start to 2010

Cookies and eggnog, minced pies oh, my! After what seems like weeks of giving in to the gluttony, we're all heading back to healthy eating. And health is the operative word here let's face it, we are a nation struggling with obe [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Get Active, Stay Healthy

Is your mind stronger than your body? Each puff on a cigarette sends nicotine to the brain within 10 seconds. Soon the brain’s chemical structure actually changes. Pastime or Poison? Nicotine sulfate has been used as an insecticide. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy choices for 2010

This exercise regimen claims to help shrink your waist in two weeks. And you'll work out only twice a week for 20 minutes, writes U.S. author Jorge Cruise. He says the problem with other strength-training programs is that they never allow y [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Pamper Your Way to Good Health in Ecuador

And then there are the non-physical health attractions—hot springs and hot pools for soaking away aches and toxins, health spas for massage and energy work, native healers and shamans who prescribe herbal remedies, natural medicines, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

9 healthy resolutions for 2010

The Babylonians invented New Year’s resolutions. One of their resolutions was to return something borrowed from a friend over the year just passed. The Romans too used to make a resolution to seek forgiveness from enemies of previo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Health Canada Mulling the Addition of Anti-Cancer Drug to Ju...

The Canadian government is mulling over the possibility of allowing cancer-fighting drugs to be injected into fried foods for counteracting carcinogenic substances in the foods. Public comments are being invited by Health Canada is invitin [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Living Healthy, Clean Can Help Rid Of Common Cancers

Researchers have come out and stated that by living a clean and healthy lifestyle, you can greatly reduce your risk in terms of developing the most common types of cancer. The study was led by Michael Marmot from the World Cancer Research [...]