Exercise Beats Angioplasty For Some Heart Patients
BARCELONA, Spain — Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say. Studies have shown heart patients...
Heart Disease
Lightness of Being
Lee Schneider | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
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Everybody knows that love is good, but what measure can we assign it to prove that it exists? Do you look at the number of Valentine's Day cards sent? Quarts of chicken soup consumed? Love exists, but there is no measure for it.
Is Your Body Burning Up With Hidden Inflammation?
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
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Finding out whether or not you are suffering from hidden inflammation is critical, because almost every modern disease is caused or affected by it. If your immune system and its ability to quell inflammation in your body are impaired, watch out. You are headed toward illness and premature aging.
Killing the Killers: How We Can Eliminate Heart Disease and Cancer
Dr. Larry Dossey | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
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We need to wake up to the obvious: the solution is already here, and it rests on prevention, not invention.
Are Diabetes And Insulin Resistance Really Reversible?
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living
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Diabetes is not reversible and controlling your blood sugar with drugs or insulin will protect you from organ damage and death. That is what the medi...
Sleeplessness Worse for Women
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living
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If a woman gets fewer than 8 hours of sleep, her risk for heart disease goes up (according to biological indications), but men don't seem to show such a significant increase in their risk.
How Bad Are Your Health Vices, Really?
prevention.com | Daryl Chen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
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Can you ever reverse the damage of a past smoking habit or the savage tans you sported into your 30s? Here, what's forgivable, what's regrettable, and...
Healthy School Lunches. Yes We Can!
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
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Dr. Butler is leading the way for the country in changing what we feed our kids. Our children deserve healthy food and they deserve to be taught how to be healthy at the elementary school level.
California Takes On Plastic Bottles Made With BPA
Grist.org | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green
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It's the stuff of a good Hollywood movie-a potentially toxic chemical lurking in the bodies of most unwitting Americans; a decade of mounting but scut...
Is Moderate Drinking Really Good For You?
nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
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By now, it is a familiar litany. Study after study suggests that alcohol in moderation may promote heart health and even ward off diabetes and dementi...
The Key to Losing Weight that Nobody Talks About
Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
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What's completely ignored in the diet debate but essential to long-term success, is the need to realign the body's biochemistry in order to reach a healthy weight.
A Supreme Court Justice Can be Fat and Fit
Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living
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I can't speak for whether our Supreme Court candidates are fat and fit or not. But I can tell you not to judge a book (or a judge) by its cover.
How Moms Can Mold the Health of Their Babies
Birgitta Lauren | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living
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though much of the work against childhood obesity have been focused on the food eaten by children, we need to also focus on the diet and exercise habits of the mothers themselves.
Health Care: Scientific or Rational?
Kim Evans | Posted 05.26.2009 | Living
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It's time we started thinking about things differently. If a reliance on proven demonstrated science has gotten us exactly to where we are now, perhaps a shift of focus to rational is the best move we can make.
Big Science in a Small City (Part 3): In Praise of Cool Scientists
Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
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Thermal Emission Spectrometer,
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"Science" is a wonderfully broad term, of course. Which makes life here even more fascinating.
It's Time to Enjoy More Soy: April is National Soy Foods Month
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
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Soy foods are not only nutritious, they're delicious and versatile. Soy products can be used in everything from stir fries and smoothies to cheeseburgers and cheesecakes.
Dueling Docs: Is Drinking Linked to Breast Cancer?
Janice Horowitz | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living
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A recent report suggests that as little as one extra glass of wine, beer or hard liquor a day can increase a woman's odds of developing of breast cancer.
It's Not Just AIG, Friends
Paula Gordon | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green
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I don't think being outdoors should be life-threatening. Southern Company, a power company behemoth providing some 5% of the United States' electricity, acts on a very different premise.
Study: More Evidence Depression Is Hard On The Heart
AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living
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WASHINGTON — Severe depression may silently break a seemingly healthy woman's heart. Doctors have long known that depression is common after a h...
All Calories are Not the Same!
Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living
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It's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it.
Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome?
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living
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It is estimated that 50 million Americans have it. Metabolic syndrome, also called insulin resistance syndrome, is a dangerous thing to have.
Health Care Policy by HuffPo Celebrities - Don't Attack Me!
Stanton Peele | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media
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Christine Lahti,
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Because I can't avoid trouble, I'll point out that the HuffPo has been a principal outlet for the argument that there is a gigantic plot to foist lead (thimerosal)-based vaccines on children.
Dueling Docs -- the Vitamin Wars
Janice Horowitz | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living
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We now know that no vitamin has those powers to prevent disease. Most people are probably relieved to know that they don't have to spend that money on these vitamins anymore.
Let's Have a Heart to Heart
Anne Dunev | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
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Flu Season,
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Babies,
Valentine's Day Ideas,
Immune System,
Toxic Chemicals,
How to Be Happy,
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The Ohio State University,
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Being Happy,
Gardens,
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We can be a big influence on each other's health. A warm smile, a greeting, a hug to a dear one, can brighten anyone's life -- and may have more of a therapeutic effect than you realize.
Let's Talk About Your Health and Your Weight
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living
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If you are not healthy, due to poor diet and lifestyle choices, then you can change that. Take control. Educate yourself about food, calories and healthy eating.
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