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New Year, New You: Two Changes That Will Rock Your World

Christina Pirello | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, New Year's Resolutions, Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle Changes, Health, Living News

Well, it's time: time to get off the coach, rev your engines and make this the year that you don't look back (and look down and see your toes for the first time in a while); the year that you get...and stay fit.

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7 Healthy Tips for the Impatient and Impulsive

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Fitness, Healthy Living, Diet, Healthy Lifestyle, Living News

In the spirit of the New Year and a toast to immediacy, I offer you seven healthy changes that you can do right now. Today! Maybe even this very second! Why waste a month in waiting?

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Sound Body Equals Sound Mind, Study Finds

LiveScience | Posted 12.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Neuroscience, Brain, Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise, Health, Body, Fitness, Memory, Cardiovascular Fitness, Brain Science, Wellness, Mind, Living News

A new study proves the old Roman saying, "A sound mind in a sound body" �" the more fit one's heart is, the more one's brain seems to benefit, scien...

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Breast-Feeding May Protect Moms' Health

usatoday.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Preventive Medicine, Healthy Lifestyle, Children, Health, Milk, Breast Milk, Breast Feeding, Women's Health, Pregnancy, Heart Disease, Parenting, Babies, Wellness, Living News

Breast-feeding may offer mothers long-term protection against a condition linked to diabetes and heart disease, researchers report today....

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Should Insurance Companies Pay For Preventive Care?

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Health Insurance, Health Care, Prevention, Lifestyle, Preventive Medicine, Healthy Lifestyle, Tara Stiles, Meditation, Wellness, Living News

It's all where your priorities are. You have to want it for yourself. A regular practice puts you back in touch with you. You don't need all the stuff to be happy.

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Meditation 'Eases Heart Disease'

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: American Heart Association, Stress, Heart, Stroke, Healthy Lifestyle, Health, Coronary-Artery-Disease-Women, Meditation, Heart Disease, Transcendental Meditation, Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, Wellness, Living News

Heart disease patients who practice Transcendental Meditation have reduced death rates, US researchers have said....

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"He chose poorly..."

Kim Bensen | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Loss Advice, Fast Food, Skinny, Pounds, Healthy Lifestyle, Weight Loss Tips, Fat, Obesity, Diet, How to Lose Weight, Motivation, Weight Watchers, Calories, Exercise, Lighten Up, Kim Bensen, Weight Loss, Drive Thru, Living News

After a day full of choices, most good, one or two which could have been better, that movie line from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade really hit home.

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Why Real Health Care Reform Is Impossible

Barry Sears | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Inflammation, Health Care, Chronic Disease, Healthy Lifestyle, Unhealthy Foods, Food, Food Subsidies, Insurance Reform, Processed Foods, Health Care Industry, Living News

Health care providers are making too much money. So what is the solution? Less health insurance, not more, may be the answer. Fewer food subsidies, not more, might be a start.

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Vitamin D May Boost Athletic Performance

nytimes.com | Gretchen Reynolds | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Sports, Healthy Living, Athletic, Athletic Performance, Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise, Vitamin D, Health, Vitamin, Athlete, Living, Wellness, Exercise Tips, Performance, Living News

Vitamin D is an often overlooked element in athletic achievement, a "sleeper nutrient," says John Anderson, a professor emeritus of nutrition at the U...

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Dr. Dean Ornish: Big Hole In The Health Care Debate

msn.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Debate, Healthy Lifestyle, Health, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dean Ornish, Living News

Like many Americans, I am inspired by President Obama's commitment to health reform. Unfortunately, what was missing from his most recent speech was ...

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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Healthy Brain Habit: Get Exercise

Motivation and Self Improvement | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Living, Brain Fitness, Brain, Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise, Wellness, Living News

We know that exercise is good for the body, but it's also incredibly good for the brain. As the authors of "The Sharp Brains Guide to Brain Fitness: 1...

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The Clash of the Time Zones

Linda Buzzell | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Gardening, Gardening, Lifestyle, Ecopsychology, Healthy Lifestyle, Ecotherapy, Time Stress, Living News

Most of us start out 100 percent in the old culture and inch our way into a different and healthier way of living. But there's no denying that somewhere in the middle of this process we'll probably hit a bad case of Clash of the Time Zones.

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CA School's Culinary Arts Program Teaches World Culture, Racial Acceptance

Sonal Bains | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Lowell Bernstein, Organic Food, Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Charter Schools, Aveson Global Leadership Academy, International Education, Asia Society, School Lunches, Raising Global Citizens, Children's Health, Organic, Childhood Obesity, Green News

Transport yourself back to your elementary school cafeteria. Are you shuddering at the haunting memory of the combined odor of sloppy joes and Tater Tots?

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Bogged Down By Special Interest, Health Care Reform Becomes a Political Tool Instead of a People's Right

Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Cinergy, Big Pharma, Town Hall Debate, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Healthy Lifestyle, Universal Healthcare, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance, Pharmaceutical Industry, Primary Care, Special Interest Groups, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News

Do not allow America to continue being manipulated by special interest groups and help the people of America understand that they must control their own fate.

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Shut Up and Eat: Pasta and Cannolis for Comfort Eaters?

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Comfort Eating, Eating, Stress Eating, Dieting, Emotional Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Farmers Markets, Eating Mindfully, Mindful Eating, Fresh Food, Healthy Foods, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

It's worth the effort to preserve the memories and emotions associated with traditional foods. When you overeat foods you love, the good vibes get transformed into guilt and regret.

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Shannon's Story: Health Care and Our Need for Cultural Healing (originally posted in August 2009)

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

We in the United States have a health care system that creates (rather than eases) burdens for those battling critical illness. We have it all backwards.

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Resuscitating Health Care Reform

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living

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Meaningful health reform needs to provide incentives for physicians and other health professionals to teach their patients healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing primarily drugs and surgical interventions.

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What's Missing From The Health Care Debate

Posted 09.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Missing From Health Care Debate, Lifestyle Choices, Healthy Lifestyle, Preventative Care, Living News

The nationwide debate over health care reform touches on many issues, from affordability to access. But one crucial element has been largely missing f...

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Six Ways for Parents to Cultivate Strong, Curious, Creative Children

Todd Kashdan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Parenting, Love, Anxiety, Meaning, Happiness, Mindfulness, Children, Raising Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Child-Health, Living News

Children who often experience curiosity and wonder, and act on these feelings to explore their world fare better at school, in relationships, at work, and are intelligent, creative, satisfied people.

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Shrinking Our Super-Sized Kids: Who's in Charge Here?

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood-Nutrition, Children's Health, Childhood-Diabetes, Childcare, Healthy Diet, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Lifestyle, Gastric-Bypass, Lifestyle Changes, Living News

Instead of allowing our children to explore and sample life in the "outside world," we keep them inside, feed them junk food, and use TV as a babysitter.

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Buyer Beware: Statins To Lower Cholesterol Are Not a Panacea

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: The Wisdom of Menopause, Crestor, Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom, Statins, Women's Health, Cholesterol, Healthy Lifestyle, Inflammation, Statin Drugs, Living News

I'm sure that many of you read about the study showing that Crestor, a popular statin drug manufactured by AstraZeneca, has been found to confer an ad...

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Complaining About Complaining

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Living, Complaints, Healthy Lifestyle, Personal Growth, Complaining, Culture, Living News

A Complaint Free World provides purple bracelets which you wear and switch to the other wrist anytime you find yourself complaining, gossiping or criticizing.

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Caring for Health: Expanding the Policy Dialogue

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 07.29.2009 | Living

Providing universal health coverage is essential, but there are many, many other social policy avenues to pursue if we seek to improve the health of our citizenry.

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It's Cool To Be Healthy Again!

Tara Stiles | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Healthy Lifestyle, Alcohol, Wellness, The Balanced Life, Living News

Remember when it was cool to complain how crazy hung over you are and how wasted you got last night? Do you have fuzzy memories of waking up with Mc...

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