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The next time you're preparing a spinach salad, toss in a mandarin orange. The citrus fruit won't just enhance the flavor; its vitamin C will help your body absorb the iron in leafy green vegetables. But these nutrients aren't necessarily the only team players on your plate. A growing number of foods have been shown to have a "one-plus-one-equals-three" effect when eaten together, said dietitian Wendy...
February 8, 2009
Feb. 9 - Fighting hunger without the weapon of big federal dollars is like fighting drought without water. That's nationally known hunger expert Joel Berg talking, championing change in how America helps the poor. "The belief that charity does it better than government only ensures hunger will persist," Berg says. "When people get food from a pantry, that's not a success. It's a failure of American...
February 8, 2009
Feb. 9 - TO VIEW THE MANDATORY immunizations for school entry, go to the link section of dominionpost.com. It was more than a dozen years ago that John Grindley hurt himself with a chainsaw. In addition to treatment for the wound, he received a tetanus shot and afterward contracted asthma. He believes the tetanus vaccine sparked the asthma. Grindley said his family's history of medical issues resulted...
February 8, 2009
If you're like many Americans, your blood pressure has crept up as you've gotten older. But it doesn't have to. Our lifestyle has an impact on blood pressure; in fact, in parts of the world where people still live as their ancestors did, high blood pressure is rare. Things that contribute to a healthy blood pressure include a diet high in fruits and vegetables. It's not clear how fruits and veggies...
February 8, 2009
The first time Timmy Fenlon almost died, he was younger than 2years old. It was a summer night in 1992, and the Fenlons, from Fayetteville, were visiting Timmy's grandmother at Amelia Island, Fla. He was only 18 months old at the time, but Timmy enjoyed the trip and the kind of attention that is usually given to the very little and very special. He was different than most children his age. The usual...
February 8, 2009
Like many people with cancer, Bethany Winsor found that some of her friends struggled with what to say after she was diagnosed. When one person looked at her with pity, the usually upbeat Winsor burst into tears. Yet she says a stranger on a plane somehow found the perfect words of comfort. Winsor, 28, met the woman last year, when they were seated next to each other on their outgoing and return flights...
February 8, 2009
YONKERS, N.Y., Feb 9, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Seventy-nine percent of sexually active people responding to a survey said the financial downturn hasn't hurt their sex lives, the U.S. survey indicates. However, the nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults age 18-75, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in January, also says 81 percent of the respondents said they avoided...
February 8, 2009
Nutrition plays a vital role on our health and how we perform each day. Unfortunately, an increasing number of youth in Vermilion County are not getting adequate nutrition. According to the 2008 Vermilion County Report from I Sing the Body Electric, youth in Vermilion County indicated they had not consumed any juice, milk or eaten any fruit, salad or other vegetables (not including salad) in the seven...
February 8, 2009
Remember to always have a daily dose of 3 grams of fat or less, 3 grams or more of fiber and no more than 300 milligrams of sodium. It was a message heard by many people who were in Hickory Point Mall on Saturday. Decatur Memorial Hospital kicked off the first in a series of presentations at the mall to bring awareness and celebrate a healthy heart during American Heart Month in February. A different...
February 8, 2009
Awareness and education are keys to reducing the spread of HIV and AIDS among African-Americans and the impetus for a program held Saturday at the Decatur Masonic Temple, said Lisa Jones, AIDS coordinator for the program's sponsor, Youth With A Positive Direction. "A Night to Remember" offered local residents an opportunity to be screened to determine if they were HIV positive. Screening by representatives...
February 8, 2009
If this doesn't make you quit, nothing will. With a new 62 cent federal tax on cigarettes added this week with the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, the new price of a pack of cigarettes will soar past $10 in Manhattan. The NYC price is higher than anywhere in the country and more than twice the national average. And beginning April 1, two-thirds of that cost will be made...
February 8, 2009
If this doesn't make you quit, nothing will. With a new 62 cent federal tax on cigarettes added this week with the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, the new price of a pack of cigarettes will soar past $10 in Manhattan. The NYC price is higher than anywhere in the country and more than twice the national average. And beginning April 1, two-thirds of that cost will be made...
February 8, 2009
SYDNEY, Feb 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Australian doctors say a growing number of children as young as 12 months are being treated for obesity. The Children's Hospital at Westmead said it is treating 150 children aged between 1 and 16 in the hospital's weight management clinic, some with severe weight-related issues such as sleep apnea and diabetes, The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney reported....
February 7, 2009
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Scientists in Spain confirm the polyphenols in extra virgin olive oil help to combat breast cancer. Javier A. Menendez, of the Catalonian Institute of Oncology, in collaboration with Alberto Fernandez Gutierrez, and Antonio Segura Carretero, of the University of Granada confirmed the bioactivity of polyphenols - natural anti-oxidants - present in olive...
February 6, 2009
Cancer patients, even those who have health insurance, often face severe financial burdens at a time when their lives depend on fast, consistent medical care. That's the conclusion of a report released Thursday by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer Society. The report profiled 20 cancer patients from across the United States. Too often, patients with cancer and other serious...
February 6, 2009
Minnesota's first lady, Mary Pawlenty, plans to visit Rochester on Friday to remind women to be alert to heart disease. She'll visit Mayo Clinic as part of National Wear Red Day, an annual event designed to raise awareness that women in the U.S. are more likely to die of heart disease than from any other cause. The campaign's local efforts are patterned after the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute....
February 5, 2009
Feb. 6 - Each year, more than a million people in the United States suffer a heart attack. And about half of them die, most before they get to the hospital, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,. About half of all heart attack deaths occur within one hour of the start of symptoms and before the person reaches the hospital. "It's what we call the 'golden hour,' the time between...
February 5, 2009
WE know what you're doing when you watch "Biggest Loser." If you always suspected that viewers of the popular NBC weight-loss competition are sitting on the couch, scarfing down ice cream, chocolate cake and take-out from Taco Bell, there is now an Internet trail. "Eating Oreos while watching 'Biggest Loser,' just doesn't feel right!," wrote a Twitter user going by the name Sherdizzle. Sherdizzle is...
February 5, 2009
Take our quiz about all things avocado. 1. How many varieties of avocados are on the market (although you can't find most of them at your corner store)? a) 25 b) 50 c) 500 2. What is the most common avocado? a) Hass (black with bumpy skin) b) Fuerte (larger, green skin) c) Pinkerton (long, pear-shaped) 3. Of the 240 calories in 150 grams (1 cup) of avocados, how much comes from fat? a) 239 b) 184 c)...
February 5, 2009
On Monday night, probably billions of connections were made among computers in all corners of America. One of those connections stretched from Jesse Coltrane's home in Camden to a computer in Sacramento, Calif., and police there say it was nothing short of a lifeline. Coltrane, 21, alerted Sacramento police shortly before midnight Monday that an 18-year-old that he knew only as "Josh" was suicidal...
February 5, 2009
Once an economic sweet spot, spas are aching for business. Spas are discounting or tossing in freebies "to get people in the door," says Shelby Jones, an International Spa Association (ISPA) spokeswoman. An ISPA survey found specials at slow times (Monday-Thursday) and more free use of amenities such as pools and hydrotherapy areas. More hotels (1,646 in the USA had spas as of June, ISPA says) are...
February 5, 2009
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Body language may indicate one's socioeconomic status, much as a vehicle, bank account or schools attended can, U.S. researchers say. Psychologists Michael W. Kraus and Dacher Keltner of the University of California, Berkeley, videotaped participants as they got acquainted in one-on-one interview sessions. During the taped sessions, the researchers looked...
February 5, 2009
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Urban children with asthma engage in an average of an hour more of screen time daily than recommended, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Kelly M. Conn of Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York said that as a part of a larger study on how to more effectively treat asthma, Conn and colleagues surveyed parents...
February 5, 2009
NEW YORK, Feb 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - First responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack in New York are still experiencing health effects, researchers said. Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers in New York compared baseline respiratory examinations in WTC responders with follow-up examinations that occurred a minimum of 18 months after baseline. At the follow-up examination,...
February 5, 2009
Suicides by US soldiers rose sharply in January, the US Army said Thursday, reporting seven confirmed and 17 suspected suicides in the first month of the year. If all 24 deaths are confirmed as suicides, the count would exceed the number of US troops killed in combat last month in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Four US troops were killed in action in Iraq in January and 12 in Afghanistan. The latest...
February 5, 2009
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