Also On Wellness
Health and Wellness News
Feb. 23 - Local health authorities credit sex education - including abstinence education - for a record low birth rate to teen mothers in California. "The more education that kids have about themselves and their bodies, the better," said Christine Lyon, vice president of external affairs for Planned Parenthood Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. "We also teach them to consider the...
February 22, 2010
Feb. 23 - At least once a day, I wonder if the stuff in my house is killing my son. I tell myself I'm being unnecessarily anxious. (It wouldn't be the first time.) But the authors of a new book would say I'm not. Canadian researchers and environmentalists Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie's book "Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Dangers of Everyday Things" (Counterpoint, $25) is the result of a series...
February 22, 2010
Feb. 23 - The H1N1, or swine flu, frenzy has died down, but the illness' threat is still real, according to Janie Cambron, regional epidemiologist for the Green River District Health Department. Daviess County still has an ample supply of the swine flu vaccine after the health department distributed almost 31,000 doses in its seven-county service area. "We've been very fortunate that we have not had...
February 22, 2010
Feb. 23 - OTTUMWA - Residents in Wapello County are among the least healthy in the state, according to a recent report. Wapello County is ranked at 95th out of Iowa's 99 counties in health outcomes, according to a report on overall health released by the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nearby Appanoose County ranks last in the state at 99th,...
February 22, 2010
VANCOUVER - He sulked. He criticized. He was brashly dismissive of the skating silver medal that was draped around his neck last week. Yes, Russia's Evgeni Plushenko would have been far happier with gold. And perhaps with bronze? Research by three U.S. academics, who analyzed heat-of-the-moment reactions, medal-stand temperament and interviews of Olympians, shows that bronze-medal winners, on average,...
February 22, 2010
Feb. 22 - EL PASO - Ignacio Cano runs between 20 to 25 miles a week and works out three or four days in the gym. He has participated in more than 170 races including the Race for the Cure and the TransMountain Challenge 20K Run. Cano doesn't run just recreationally; he runs to win, and he does it well. A roomful of medals is a testament to his success. By the way, Cano is 78 years old and didn't start...
February 22, 2010
Feb. 22 - Early in her college career, Kimberly Davidson fell into the typical campus lifestyle, a tailor-made prescription for weight gain: Study hard. Party. Watch TV. Eat junk food. Davidson, 21, a junior at Temple University, had put on the so-called Freshman 15. Now she would like to lose about 30 pounds, which would place the 5-foot-9 social-work major at 140, well within the healthy weight range...
February 22, 2010
WASHINGTON - This month, first lady Michelle Obama launched her campaign against childhood obesity with a round of TV appearances in which she discussed her struggles to help her young daughters maintain a healthy weight. She had hardly finished speaking when the roar of her critics erupted: Did she say "chubby"? How dare she embarrass her daughters! She shouldn't say "diet"! There was also a broadside...
February 21, 2010
Feb. 22 - EL PASO - Ignacio Cano runs between 20 to 25 miles a week and works out three or four days in the gym. He has participated in more than 170 races including the Race for the Cure and the TransMountain Challenge 20K Run. Cano doesn't run just recreationally; he runs to win, and he does it well. A roomful of medals is a testament to his success. By the way, Cano is 78 years old and didn't start...
February 21, 2010
Feb. 22 - Close to 1,500 miles away, Guatemalan physicians learn about anything from concussions to a Jones fracture through a little webcam on top of their computer. The videoconferences are an initiative of several local educators and doctors working with Athletes in Action, a faith-based sports ministry based in Ohio, used to exchange information related to soccer injuries. "We found through visits...
February 21, 2010
Feb. 22 - Fearing that the 500 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine she had wouldn't be enough to supply the clinics she was running, Priscilla Munro ordered an extra 200. At clinics in January, the Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, where Munro is executive director, administered more than 500 doses. But their latest clinic, held earlier this month in Essex, drew only about 20 people. And now Munro is contemplating...
February 21, 2010
Feb. 22 - Rebecca Velazquez has become a healthier cook and more discriminating shopper. Soda is no longer welcome in her house, and colorful salads have become a staple at dinner. She prepared green enchiladas for her family of five last Thursday. Instead of deep-frying the tortillas, she lightly browned them on the stove with a little bit of oil and finished them in the oven. Her youngest two children...
February 21, 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - Debate about the health attributes and risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the country as proponents of unpasteurized dairy products push to make them easier for consumers to buy. Supporters of the raw milk cause say pasteurization, the process of heating milk to destroy bacteria and extend shelf life, destroys important nutrients and enzymes. "We...
February 21, 2010
Bob Greene is on the phone to talk about heart health, but first we have to ask: Is he still Oprah's personal trainer? Well, yes, that's what everyone calls him, although he doesn't see her regularly during the TV season, when she's in Chicago. But the two have homes next to each other in California and Hawaii. So, especially over the summer and the holidays, Greene still advises Winfrey on exercise...
February 21, 2010
Feb. 22 - Early in her college career, Kimberly Davidson fell into the typical campus lifestyle, a tailor-made prescription for weight gain: Study hard. Party. Watch TV. Eat junk food. Davidson, 21, a junior at Temple University, had put on the so-called Freshman 15. Now she would like to lose about 30 pounds, which would place the 5-foot-9 social-work major at 140, well within the healthy weight range...
February 21, 2010
Hamburg (dpa) - What a good spring cleaning is to a home, a period of fasting is for the body. Losing weight is just a bonus, says nutritionist Ute Hantelmann of Hamburg's Consumer Central. The real point is to take a break from solid food, think about one's diet and reorient oneself. Staying hydrated is the alpha and omega of a successful fast. Juices and vegetable broths supply the 500 allowed daily...
February 21, 2010
National Children's Study will be the largest, most comprehensive long-term study of the health of children, beginning even before they are born. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are working on an unprecedented undertaking: the largest, most comprehensive long-term study of the health of children, beginning even before they are born. Authorized by Congress in 2000, the National Children's...
February 21, 2010
LONDON - A British parliamentary science group says the government should stop funding homeopathic products because they don't work. In a report published Monday, the Science and Technology Committee found no evidence that homeopathy, based on herbal medicines, is effective. The department of health says it has no position on homeopathy, but alternative medicines are routinely paid for by Britain's...
February 21, 2010
MIAMI - In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of wine. A copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana. The use of the U.S.'s most popular illicit drug is growing among retirees as the massive generation of baby boomers who came of age in the 1960s...
February 21, 2010
When people ask Nancy White, 53, of Longwood, Fla., how she lost 21 pounds in just a few months, she tells them: "three words: mayo, butter and cheese." She has cut way back on those and made other changes to drop from 169 to 148. She's 5-foot-7. "Making the decision to lose weight was easy, and following the plan wasn't difficult," she says. "It's the temptations and challenges of social situations...
February 21, 2010
Nutritionists have long warned of the perils of hot dogs: fat, sodium and preservatives to name a few. Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics wants foods like hot dogs to come with a warning label - not because of their nutritional risks but because they pose a choking hazard to babies and children. Better yet, the academy would like to see foods such as hot dogs "redesigned" so their size, shape...
February 21, 2010
Feb. 17 - University of California system researchers have concluded that smoking pot provides effective relief of pain-related medical conditions. But the first major study on the effects of marijuana in two decades also indicated that pot smokers can achieve the same pain reduction at low doses as higher doses - meaning they don't have to get high to obtain relief for medical conditions. The long-running...
February 17, 2010
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that the swine flu pandemic virus would threaten again next winter in the northern hemisphere and recommended its inclusion in the regular influenza vaccine. Protection for two other seasonal strains should be incorporated along with the A(H1N1) pandemic strain that swept across the world last year, the UN health agency said after the biannual meeting of...
February 17, 2010
A boom in medical technology over the past decade or two has led to a surge in certain medical tests and increased prescription drug use, say authors of a report that provides a snapshot of Americans' health today. Imaging, assisted reproductive technologies, prescription drugs and knee replacements have all seen a dramatic rise since the early '90s, says Amy Bernstein, the report's lead author, a...
February 17, 2010
Despite his cerebral palsy, Derek Collette never lagged very far behind. He rode the school bus with other special-needs children, hustled to class on crutches and got decent grades for a child with a learning disability, if not on par with those of an average 13-year-old. Then, in May, the first wave of swine flu hit Forest Grove Middle School in Worcester, Mass. It swept Derek under. Doctors say...
February 17, 2010
Featured Posts
©2025 Wellness®.com is a registered trademark of Wellness.com, Inc. 