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Really, Santa Claus, It Is Time That You Go on a Diet and Begin Exercising

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.21.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Stroke, Exercise, Santa Claus, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Diet, Hypertension, Christmas Food, Christmas, Weight Loss, Overeating, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Dear Jolly Old St. Nick. You have a problem: You're obese.

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Your Health Insurer Now Has Plans (and Permission) to Rob You Blind

Evan Handler | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stroke, Health, Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Universal Health Care, Autism, Health Insurance, Democratic Party, Democrats, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Rehab, Sex and the City: The Movie, Californication, Sex and the City, Politics News
Evan Handler

While cutting benefits available to those that need them, Blue Cross of California will simultaneously be raising the cost to employers of purchasing coverage for their workers.

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Health Care Savings May Start In Employee Diets

nytimes.com | Melanie Warner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Diets, Cafeteria, Obesity, Eating Healthy, Wellness, Safeway, Stroke, Dieting, Health, Health Care Reform, Full Yield, Food, Medicare, Health Care, Heart Attack, Living News

A company called Full Yield is undertaking its own version of health care reform by using a low-tech premise: Eat healthier food and you'll become hea...

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Meditation Has Physiological Benefits, Study Says

nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Yoga, Stroke, Coronary Disease, Meditation, Stress Relief, Calm, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Peace, Anxiety, Spirituality, The Balanced Life, Heart Attack, Happiness, Wellness, Living News

Could the mental relaxation produced by transcendental meditation have physiological benefits? A study presented last week at the American Heart Assoc...

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Lack Of Sleep Increases Cops' Risk Of Disease

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stroke, High Blood Pressure, Police, Police Officers, Insomnia, New Study, Cardiovascular Disease, Night Shift, Fatigue, Sleep Disorders, Cops, Exhaustion, Sleep, Living News

A new study finds that their schedule may cause cops to develop such conditions such as stroke, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes....

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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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Real Health Care Reform Begins in the Kitchen

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Junk Food, Stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, Dr Dean Ornish, Health Care Reform, Plant-Based Diet, Webmd, Heart Disease, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Natural Foods, Obesity, Mediterranean Diet, Living News
Christina Pirello

For the life of me, I can't figure out why every single American isn't eating a healthy diet. I can't believe that there's one person who wants to be fat, at risk of disease, lethargic, foggy and achy.

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Rocker Kerry Livgren of Kansas Suffers Massive Stroke

Mark Joseph | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Vinyl Confessions, Rock, Rock Star, Kerry Livgren, Ronnie James Dio, Kansas, Stroke, Entertainment, Keyboardist, Music, Entertainment News
Mark Joseph

Kerry is a philosopher, and my life has been greatly enriched not only by his work with Kansas, but also by his solo albums.

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NYC Health Department Gives Beverage Industry a Kick in Their Sugary Tush

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Beverage Industry, New York City Health Department, Janice Taylor, Stroke, Diabetes, Sugar Industry, Food Industry, Obesity, Heart Disease, New York News
Janice Taylor

According to the American Heart Association, Americans now consume on average 22 teaspoons of sugar per day, or 355 calories.

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The Worldwide Rise of Chronic Diseases and Potential Nutritional Solutions

Sunil Chacko | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Funding Decisions, Non-Communicable Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Stroke, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Cardiovascular-Disease, Prevention, Cancers, Health, World News
Sunil Chacko

Treating chronic diseases are so costly in human and financial terms -- for people, governments and indeed the economy. Ramping up prevention programs, worldwide, is the need of the hour.

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Top 10 Foods to Lower Your Cholesterol

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Cholesterol, Apple, Top 10, Organic, Soluble-Fiber, Almonds, Salmon, Sterols, Testosterone, Apples Broccoli, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Walnuts, Olive Oil, High Cholesterol, Blueberries, Estrogen, Soluble Fiber, Avocado, Oatmeal, Stroke, Progesterone, Health, Fish, High-Cholesterol, Fiber, Ldl, Heart Attack, Living News
Dr. M.J. Wegmann

When it comes to education and testing, greater numbers amount to greater success, but when it comes to cholesterol the higher the score the worse you often are.

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Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Stroke, Insulin Resistance, Health, Weight Loss, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

It is estimated that 50 million Americans have it. Metabolic syndrome, also called insulin resistance syndrome, is a dangerous thing to have.

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Technology For Brain Health: an Upcoming Revolution

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Telehealth, Neuroimaging, Geriatric, Brain Health, Research and Innovation, Ontario, Gordon Winocur, Cognitive Assessments, Aging Workforce, John Wilkinson, Healthy Aging, Brain Function, Donald Stuss, Brain Fitness, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Sharpbrains, Cardiovascular Health, Alzheimer’s Disease, Centre for Brain Fitness, Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease, Assessments of Cognitive Functions, Medicine, Groundbreaking, Psychiatry, Baby Boomer, Women, Aging, Aging and Brain Function, William Reichman, Mental Health, Physical Fitness, Gary Small, Neuroscientists, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ian Robertson, Cognitive Exercise, Stroke, Female Hormones, Brain Development, Consumer Electronic Show, Mars, Neuropsychologists, Rotman Research Institute, Nutraceuticals, Pda, Caregivers, Baycrest, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

We talk to the CEO of Baycrest, a brain fitness institute, about why Ontario and Baycrest chose to become pioneers in this area, and discuss some of the main opportunities, and challenges.

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A "S.A.D." Lifestyle

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 12.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Exercise, Yeast Infection, Yeast, Food, High Blood Pressure, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Diet, America, McCombs Plan, Bmi, Stroke, Diabetes, S.a.D., Candida, Candida Cleanse, Systemic Candida, Cancer, Transformation, Dr. Jeff McCombs, Life Force, Thanksgiving, Liver, Heart Disease, Barack Obama, Life Force Plan, Arthritis, LifeForce Plan, Weigh Loss, Health, Fitness, Deregulation, Dr. McCombs, Gall Bladder, Thrush, Chiropractic, Living News
Dr. Jeffrey McCombs

Obama keeps reminding us that we need to prepare ourselves for making sacrifices in order to correct the excesses of the past. This applies as much to our diet as much as it does to the economy.

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Debate Takeaway: I'm Worried About McCain's Durability

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Age Concerns, Mental Issues, John McCain, Polio, Stroke, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, Cindy McCain, Alzheimer's, Presidential Debates, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sarah Palin, Debate, Mood Disorder, Home News
Pam Atherton

Watching the debate, I had the sudden understanding of what people have been saying about McCain. He's 72. The oldest man to run for president. There are some things we need to talk about.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks

Vickie Karp | Posted 10.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Freud, Neuroscience, Dr. Oliver Sacks, Happy Birthday., Robin Williams, Stroke, MRI Brain Scans, PET Scans, Beth Abraham Hospital, Alzheimer's, The Brain, Yahoo!, Awakenings, Style News
Vickie Karp

Music had this amazing ability to allow [transfixed patients] to move and speak and think. It was very startling. I've seen it numerous times since, but it still astounds me.

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Sleep Too Much?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Heart Health, Stroke, Health, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

The interesting part about the recent study, which focused on more than 93,000 post-menopausal women over a seven-year period, found too much sleep may be harder on our hearts.

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Isaac Hayes Cause Of Death: Probable Stroke

AP | WOODY BAIRD | Posted 09.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes Dead, Isaac Hayes Cause of Death, Isaac Hayes Autopsy, Stroke, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Entertainment News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, officials with the sheriff's department said Tuesday. The deep-voiced soul singer die...

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Platform - Dallas Platform Meeting

Esther Drew | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Stroke, Equal Rights, Universal Health Care, Obama Platform Meetings, Two-State Solution, Democratic Party, Executive Power, Physical Disabilities, Foreign Policy, Home News
Esther Drew

Saturday, July 26 at two in the afternoon, I found myself in the living room of Jon and Liesl McQuillan. This, my first chance to attend a Democratic ...

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Low Levels of Air Pollution Pose Stroke Risk

Environmental News Network | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Stroke, Air Pollution, Green News

Short-term exposure to low levels of particulate air pollution may increase the risk of stroke or mini-stroke, according to findings that suggest curr...

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Lack Of Sleep May Be Deadly

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Stroke, Heart Disease, Sleep Deprivation, Heart Attacks, Living News

People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a large British study released on Monday. Alth...

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