| Study Links Caffeine To Miscarriage Risk |
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Study Links Caffeine To Miscarriage Risk
Researchers: Pregnant Women Who Drink 2 Or More Cups Of Coffee A Day Double Their RiskMaking coffee together is a fun ritual for mom Jennifer Johnson and 10-month old James. "I have to have it to wake up in the morning," Johnson says.But Johnson cut out caffeine during her pregnancy with James - concerned it may have contributed to a previous miscarriage, report CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras. To read the full article Study Links Caffeine To Miscarriage Risk, click here.
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| Folk Medicines Contain Lead |
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Folk Medicines Contain Lead
Immigrants' Traditional Medicines a Common Cause of Lead Poisoning in ChildrenMaria didn't mean to poison her children. Quite the opposite. Worried about her daughters' lack of appetite, the young Houston mother was merely following her grandmother's advice when she gave the two girls and a niece a dose of "greta" a Mexican folk medicine used to treat children's stomach ailments.To read the full article Folk Medicines Contain Lead, click here.
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| Vitamin D deficiency linked to greater pain |
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to greater pain
A new study has linked vitamin D and a reduction of chronic pain, lending to voices calling for increased fortification or supplementation of the nutrient in diets.The study, presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, found that one in four patients who suffer from chronic pain also have inadequate blood levels of vitamin D. As such, the researchers put forth that the vitamin D deficiency possibly contributed to the patients' ongoing pain.To read...
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| Memory loss linked to loss of imagination |
 | Memory loss linked to loss of imagination
Younger adults better at recalling details of real and made-up eventsWhile most children can easily imagine themselves as astronauts, athletes or superheroes, make-believe might not be so easy for the kids' grandparents.Researchers have long known that recalling memories of personal events is harder for older adults than younger ones. Recent brain imaging studies have shown that people use the same mechanisms in the brain to imagine as they do to remember, suggesting that older adults may have a...
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| Seven Common Migraine Triggers |
 | Seven Common Migraine Triggers
Major Headache? Many Migraine Culprits Are Preventable, Pain Experts Say"All things in moderation" is a wise motto for all of us, but especially for those who suffer from painful migraines.These skull-crushing headaches can be debilitating and last for days, confining a person to a soft bed in a darkened room. To read the full article Major Headache? Seven Common Migraine Triggers, click here.
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| Finding smart buys at the health food store |
 | Finding smart buys at the health food store
An aisle-by-aisle guide for the biggest nutritional payoffs Health food stores are booming: 469 new establishments opened between 2005 and 2006, for a total of 35,876 nationwide. Unfortunately, many shoppers believe that everything they sell is healthy ...
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| Who's getting abortions? Not who you'd think |
 | Who's getting abortions? Not who you'd think
Half of the women are 25 or older; most already have a childIn American pop culture, the face of abortion is often a frightened teenager, nervously choosing to terminate an unexpected pregnancy. The numbers tell a far more complex story in which financial stress can play a pivotal role.Half of the roughly 1.2 million U.S. women who have abortions each year are 25 or older. Only about 17 percent are teens. About 60 percent have given birth to least one child prior to getting an abortion. To read ...
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| Talk Therapy May Curb Panic Disorder |
 | Talk Therapy May Curb Panic Disorder
Study Shows Improvement In Anxiety And Other Panic Disorder SymptomsA 12-week course of talk therapy may help curb the often debilitating symptoms of panic disorder -- including intense fear, chest pain, heart palpitations, and shortness of breath.The new findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association in New York City and published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.To read the full article Talk Therapy May Curb Panic Disorder, click here.
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| New Film Shines Light on War-Time Medicine |
 | Film Shines Light War -Time Medicine
Documentary Screened on Capitol Hill, Just Miles From Military Hospitals With War WoundedIn a basement room in the Capitol building this week, several members of Congress gathered to take a closer look at some of the unsung heroes of the war in Iraq.They screened the new documentary feature, "Fighting for Life," which explores the stories of military doctors and staff who work to save lives in Iraq. It also takes a look at those who train the medical specialists who will soon be on the frontline...
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| Mediterranean diet wards off asthma, allergy |
 | Mediterranean diet wards off allergies
Study: Mediterranean diet wards off allergiesA Mediterranean-style diet rich in fruits, vegetables and olive oil can help reduce childhood respiratory allergies and asthma, researchers reported Thursday.Their study of children living on the Greek island of Crete showed that diet may explain why skin allergies are as common as anywhere else, but wheezing and sneezing are more rare.Dr. Paul Cullinan of Britain's Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, and colleagues in Greec...
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| Secret Of Sticking To Diet Lies In Details |
 | Secret Of Sticking To Diet Lies In Details
Focusing On The Details Of What You Eat May Help You Heed Diet, Study ShowsDieting for the new year? Paying attention to the details of what you eat may help you stick with your diet plan."Consumers can enjoy themselves more by focusing on the details during their experiences," reports University of Minnesota marketing expert Joseph Redden, PhD, MBA. "This could help people following a repetitive regimen," such as a diet. To read the full article Secret Of Sticking To Diet Lies In Details, click...
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| Abuse Of Cold Medicines High Among Young |
 | Abuse Of Cold Medicines High Among Young
Use Of OTC Medications To Get High Comparable To LSD, Greater Than MethamphetaminesAbout 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported Wednesday.The number of young people who abused over-the-counter cold medicines is comparable to use of LSD and much greater than that for methamphetamine among the age group, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. To read the full article Abuse Of C...
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| Solutions for Post-Workout Pain |
 | Solutions for Post-Workout Pain
Fitness Resolutions Have You In Agony? How to Cut the Pain Out of Your ProgramDamn those New Year's resolutions.Just like the fitness resolutions of years past, they gave you the best incentive to get moving. You signed up for the gym. Given the choice between aerobics classes, spinning classes and yoga classes, you participated in all three. To read the full article Solutions for Post-Workout Pain, click here.
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| Old Diabetes Drug Has Advantages |
 | Old Diabetes Drug Has Advantages
Report: Metformin Is Effective And Has Fewer Side Effects Than Newer DrugsMost type 2 diabetes drugs are equally effective for lowering blood sugar, but the generic drug metformin has fewer side effects than several newer, pricier medications, a government report finds.Metformin users are less likely to gain weight than type 2 diabetes patients who take Avandia, Actos, or other newer medications, researchers concluded, and they are more likely to show improvements in so-called "bad" cholesterol....
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 | 2 Million In U.S. Have Chlamydia
Rates Highest Among African-Americans And TeenagersMore than 2 million people in the U.S. are infected with chlamydia and 250,000 have gonorrhea, according to a government prevalence estimate for the two sexually transmitted diseases.Rates of both STDs were disproportionately high among adolescents and African-Americans and among people who had been previously infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea.To read the full article CDC: 2 Million In U.S. Have Chlamydia, click here.
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| Lack Of Sleep Tied To Childhood Obesity |
 | Lack Of Sleep Tied To Childhood Obesity
Not Getting Recommended Amount Of Sleep Increases Risk Of Childhood Obesity, Study ShowsChildren who don't get the recommended amount of sleep may be more likely to become obese.A new study shows children's sleeping patterns vary depending on the time of day, week, and year, and children who consistently don't get the recommended amount of sleep may suffer as a result.To read the full article Lack Of Sleep Tied To Childhood Obesity, click here.
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| Cervical Cancer Shots Painful |
 | Cervical Cancer Shots Painful
Those Getting Shots Say They Sting More Than Other JabsThe groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer in girls is gaining a reputation as the most painful of childhood shots, health experts say.As Austin Powers would say; "Ouch, baby. Very ouch." To read the full article Cervical Cancer Shots Are Gaining Reputation as Painful, click here.
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| Hostility tied to lower levels of antioxidants |
 | Hostility tied to lower levels of antioxidants
Hostility could increase people's risk of heart disease by depleting their levels of certain heart-healthy antioxidants, new research suggests.Oxidative stress occurs when production of free radicals, which are normal byproducts of metabolism, outpaces the body's ability to neutralize them, resulting in tissue damage. It has been associated with heart disease, cancer and other illnesses. Antioxidant vitamins can help counteract oxidative stress, while cigarette smoking and pollution, among other...
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| The Making, and Breaking, of Resolutions |
 | Making, and Breaking, of Resolutions
The Making, and Breaking, of Resolutions Is Only HumanWhat more is there to say about resolutions? All the how-to you need appears in the January issues of women's magazines. Reward your progress, they simper helpfully, as if self-reward hasn't been the problem all along.Only 10 percent of people who make resolutions actually succeed, according to surveys. The rest of us are stuck revolving, resolving, re-solving those problems whose slippery solutions have eluded us in the past. Once more unto ...
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| Battling germs by busting up their gangs |
 | Battling germs by busting up their gangs
Next frontier is to treat superbugs like street thugsThink of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes.Bacteria make their own gangs, clustering quietly in the body until there's a large enough group to begin an attack. This is the next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs.The idea: Don't just try to kill bacteria. The bugs will always find a way to thwart the next antibiotic.To read the full article Battling germs ...
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| Top Medical Advances For Women In 2007 |
 | Top Medical Advances For Women In 2007
Dr. Holly Phillips Looks Back At The Top Six Medical Advances For WomenFrom the first-ever birth control pill that effectively eliminates menstruation, to a vaccine for cervical cancer that has other important benefits, Dr. Holly Phillips visited The Saturday Early with her list of the year's most important advances in women's health care.Dr. Phillips was asked to concentrate on findings and treatments that really matter to women on a day-to-day basis. To read the full article Top Medical Advanc...
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| Lack of Deep Sleep May Up Diabetes Risk |
 | Lack of Deep Sleep May Up Diabetes Risk
Researchers Uncover Additional Link Between Sleep, DiabetesSleep loses out a lot -- to finals during college, to caring for new babies, to New Year's parties. But when it comes to your weight and diabetes risk, a good night's sleep might be anything but expendable.A new study shows that after three nights of poor sleep, healthy people can lose their ability to process sugar by 23 percent -- a problem that in the long-term could lead to weight gain and diabetes.To read the full article Lack of De...
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| Hips Don't Lie in Belly-Dancing Births |
 | Hips Don't Lie in Belly-Dancing Births
Belly Dancing Is the Latest Trend in LaborArtists like Shakira have thrusted belly dancing to the forefront of American popular culture. Now pregnant women have learned their "hips don't lie" when it comes to the delivery room.The marriage of belly dancing and birthing is perfectly normal, according to midwife DeeDee Folkerts, who has taken belly dancing's ancient technique and applied it to childbirth. To read the full article Hips Don't Lie in Belly-Dancing Births, click here.
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Home Fire Prevention |
Home Fire Prevention Tips
Fireman Stan shares his tips to help make your home more fire safe. To view thismovie Home Fire Prevention Tips , click here.
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The Science of Love |
The Science of Love
Learn a bit about the science of love--neuro transmitters and love maps--and how these influence attraction and relationships.To seethis movie The Science of Love, click here.
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Moore In Health Care |
Film maker Micahel Moore Talking about Single Payer Universal health care.
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Healthy vs Health Foods |
Do you know how to read food labels? Maybe you THOUGHT you did. Truth is, you probably don't. But Jeff Novick of the Pritikin Center does, and in his full talk he shows the 3 easy steps you MUST ... To see Health Food vs. Healthy Food -- How to read labels, click here.
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Single Payer Health Ins |
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Why and How of Single Pay Health Inurnace
A must see. If you are concerned about where medicine and your health care are going, you should see and listen to this short video. To see this video “What Is Single-Payer?”, click here
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We Become Silent |
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We Become Silent
International award-winning filmmaker
Kevin P. Miller of Well TV wrote and produced this documentary
about the threat to medical freedom of choice. 'We Become Silent: The
Last Days of Health Freedom' details the ongoing attempts by
multinational pharmaceutical interests and giant food companiesto prevent your from purchasingor using vitamin-mineral supplements.It is narrated by Dame Judith Dench.
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Charlie Rose |
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The panel discusses the rise in obesity in the US, along with its accompanying health concerns, such as type 2 diabetes. A number of obesity experts voice their opinions on the best measures to prevent further weight increases and to treat the existing health concerns. To see Charlie Rose, click here.
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Meditation and Yoga |
Meditation and Yoga
for Stress and Emotional Health
Peter Van Houten MD
Learn the science and techniques to gently and easily make lasting, positive changes necessary for emotional well-being through yoga and meditation with Peter Van Houten, MD, co-author of the Yoga Therapy book series. To see Meditation and Yoga, click here.
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Corporate Wellness |
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This is the 1st episode of the Wellness TV Show featuring leaders in the Health/Wellness & Fitness field from L&T Health & Fitness, Allison Flatley and Gail Fast. A must watch! To see this video, Corparate Wellness Concepts , click here.
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