| Coffee Aroma Reduces Stress |  Wake up and smell the coffee – it could reduce the stress that comes from not getting enough sleep.
New
research shows you don’t have to drink coffee to feel its effects –
just smelling it can jump-start genes in the brain. When they
experimented on lab rats, an international
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| Woman |  A woman’s diet during pregnancy could have an impact on when her child goes through puberty.
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new report from New Zealand finds a high fat diet during pregnancy and
while a woman is nursing may cause early puberty in her children. That
could lead to obesity when they get older.
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| For Happiness, Seek Family, Not Fortune |  Study Shows Family Relationships Bring Greater Happiness Than High Income
Money might buy happiness for some, but for most people having strong family ties is a much bigger predictor of contentment than income, a new study shows.
When researchers analyzed data tracking married people over a decade, th
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| Hypoglycemia raises diabetics' heart risk |  Study: Hypoglycemia raises diabetics' heart risk
A recent event of hypoglycemia, or extremely low blood sugar, in type 2 diabetics was a major predictor of heart attack, stroke and death, a just-finished study by the Department of Veterans Affairs found.
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| Doubts Cast On Vitamin Supplements |  Can Some Do More Harm Than Good? How Much Is Too Much To Take?
It seems as if there's a vitamin or supplement on the market to protect against every ill.
Some people swear by them, feeling supplements make them stronger and keep them healthier.
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| Supplement May Cut Heart Risk |  Red Yeast Rice Extract May Hold Heart Benefits; Not All Doctors Enthused
When 61-year-old Mark Aloe learned that he had high cholesterol and a family history of heart disease nearly 20 years ago, he immediately set out on the standard course of , for heart patients with high cholesterol: He beg
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| Stretch Marks |  Come down with some kind of aesthetic malaise — a
dark patch or a receding hairline — and invariably someone will profess
to have the magic cure. So it is with stretch marks, the road map of
pregnancy, the telltale signs carved into about 90 percent of pregnant
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| Fun Without Getting Hurt |  Sports Medicine Expert Looks At Biking, Running, Tennis, And Camp
Summer is the ideal time to have plenty of outdoor fun -- but you need to be smart about recreational sports to avoid injury.
There are, says Columbia University orthopedic surgeon and sports injury specialist Dr. Christopher Ahmad, rig
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| You Call That Health Food? |  Just Because the Label Says It's Good for You Doesn't Mean It Is. How to Read Beyond the Marketing Hype
Take a moment and consider this logic: 1. Fat-free foods are healthy. 2. Skittles are fat-free. 3. Therefore, Skittles are healthy. Make sense? Of course not. But it's exactly the type of reasoning
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| The Search for Solutions |
 Marisol Quiroz watched in alarm as her overweight son ballooned 50 pounds in a year. She had taken him to doctors and nutritionists who told her to make him stop eating so much but never told her how.
To read the full article The Search for Solutions, click here.
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| Social Factor in Quitting Smoking |  For years, smokers have been exhorted to take the initiative and quit: use a nicotine patch, chew nicotine gum, take a prescription medication that can help, call a help line, just say no. But a new study finds that stopping is seldom an individual decision.
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| Early Rehab for COPD |  Time is of the essence -- at least for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to a new study, the sooner someone with COPD starts getting rehabilitation, the more they
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| Vitamin D May Help Patients Survive Cancer |
 New Report Suggests Sunshine Vitamin May Have Significant Cancer Benefits
When Joanna Fuchs was diagnosed with colon cancer last year, a blood test revealed she was severely deficient in vitamin D. "I was obviously very concerned and very worried," Fuchs said.
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| Save Thousands On Your Health Care |
 10 Surprising -- and Easy -- Ways to Trim Costs on Everything From Your Yearly Physical to Specialized Surgery
After a car accident left Michelle Katz, a Washington, D.C., nursing student, with persistent back pain and numbness in 1998, she consulted a neurosurgeon, who told her she'd need an operati
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| Why Nice Guys Finish Last |
 New Research Points to Biological Reason Why Girls Like Bad Boys
Ricky Menezes, a 22-year-old from Marlborough, Mass., says he knows he will hook up with "about 20 girls" in the next month. How does he know this, you ask? Ricky knows this because he's what we call a "bad boy" -- the type of guy who k
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| Doctors Not Telling Women About Plan B |
 Emergency Contraception: If Women Don't Ask, Doctors Don't Tell
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| The Girl Who Was |
 A Medical Miracle Saves Baby's Life From Life-Threatening Tumor
At four weeks old, Macie McCartney has already had two birthdays.
That's remarkable, considering there was a time her parents feared she'd never see even one, CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports.
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| The Fear of Osteoporosis |
 Steps You Can Take to Limit Brittle Bones
I don't think there is anything more feared among the elderly than becoming totally dependent on others for help and perhaps being sent to a nursing home because they aren't able to care for themselves.
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| Embarrassing Body Problems |
 From Hiccups To An Overactive Bladder, Experts Offer Advice For Managing Your Body's
As anyone who's ever had an embarrassing personal moment can tell you - sometimes your body just has a mind of its own.
From expelling gas, a case of the hiccups, an overactive bladder, and a belch you just can't swal
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| NSAIDs and Alzheimer |
 NSAIDs and Alzheimer’s: They All Reduce the Risk
Many
doctors believe ibuprofen is better than other NSAID pain relievers at
reducing a person’s risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. But a new
study challenges that assumption.
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| Cocoa For Diabetes? |
 Compounds In Cocoa Could Help Ward Off Heart Complications, Study Shows
A cup of hot cocoa may seem like a no-no for people with diabetes, but the beverage may actually serve up a healthy dose of prevention and ward off heart disease, the leading cause of diabetes-related death.
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| Learning to Fight Chronic Nightmares |
 Psychologist Says You Can Train Your Brain to Stop Experiencing Nightmares
Everyone has nightmares -- everyone, that is, except Ross Levin. "I actually have very few nightmares," he said.
Maybe that's because Levin is a psychologist who spends most of his time studying terrifying dreams. He says he's
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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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