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With the AIDS-themed More Life Festival, the Fort Worth Opera and its partners have organized the largest citywide arts collaboration since the biennial decade-centric RetroFest events in the 1990s. The common idea for 50-plus events of More Life (co-presented by the opera, AIDS Outreach Center, Samaritan House and the Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network) is "to educate the community about the wide-reaching...
May 15, 2008
We know that vitamin D helps the bones by preventing osteoporosis and fractures, but did you know that vitamin D also plays an important role in the prevention of many other diseases, including cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases like MS and type 1 diabetes, arthritis, infections, chronic pain and muscle weakness? Here is the latest research on this versatile vitamin: -Vitamin D helps pain control....
May 15, 2008
You may not want to hear this, but Brussels sprouts should be in your regular diet. How good are they? Here's a quiz to find out how much you know about them. 1. Brussels sprouts are a type of cabbage. True or false? 2. Brussels sprouts provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protection for your body. True or false? 3. Brussels sprouts are low in fiber. True or false? 4. Phytonutrients in Brussels...
May 15, 2008
NEW YORK, May 16, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Cargill and The Coca-Cola Co. said new research establishes the safety of rebiana, a sweetener from the stevia plant. The two companies developed rebiana for general use to sweeten foods and beverages, the companies said Thursday in a release. It will be marketed by Cargill under the brand name Truvia. The results of the Cargill-funded studies, published online...
May 15, 2008
I'd like to tell you a vegan diet provides all the nutrients you need. I'd be lying. The dirty veggie secret is that some vegans may be lacking B-12, a vitamin found in animal protein but otherwise elusive. The body requires only 2.4 micrograms of B-12 - almost nothing. However, B-12 can be tricky to absorb and without enough of it, your body reduces red blood cell production. Over time, you can feel...
May 15, 2008
Before stepping outside or ducking into a tanning bed, it's good to keep in mind that as the sun or the bulbs toast your skin, they're toasting the DNA that keeps your skin healthy. Whether it be caused by natural or artificial sources, the tan-causing production of melanin in your skin is also a sign that damage is being done to the DNA of the skin cells. When that DNA is damaged, the cells' natural...
May 14, 2008
When science teacher Shanna Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, her sixthgrade students at West Lee Middle School lived through the treatment process with her as she dealt with multiple surgeries, chemotherapy and hair loss. "They learned that healing takes a long time, physically, emotionally and spiritually," Roberts said. Now those students are in eighth grade and Roberts is...
May 14, 2008
Laura Poquette hopes to get the word out about lupus, an autoimmune disease that afflicts her daughter, Erika, 17. The Ansonia High School junior was diagnosed with the chronic illness in 2005, when she was in eighth grade. Through the efforts of the mother-daughter duo, a Connecticut Walk with Us for Lupus will be held June 14 at Sleeping Giant State Park, 200 Mount Carmel Ave., Hamden. Registration...
May 14, 2008
Munich (dpa) - Juvenile crime and failure at school do correlate with the amount of time a youth spends playing violent computer games, according to a German study which challenges the conventional wisdom that the games are harmless, a report Wednesday said. A school psychologist in Munich, Werner Hopf, surveyed 653 schoolboys over two years, the Hamburg-based magazine Geo Wissen reported. Playing...
May 14, 2008
Cox News Service ATLANTA - If you've been avoiding shrimp because you've heard that these crustaceans are high in cholesterol, you're wrong and right. Shrimp do contain relatively high levels of dietary cholesterol - 166 milligrams per 3 ounces of steamed shrimp. But shrimp is very low in saturated fat, the kind of fat that gets the biggest blame for raising blood cholesterol levels. It turns out that...
May 13, 2008
Eight years ago, Phil Martin knew something was wrong. He had a constant pressure and urge to go to the bathroom. He passed blood in his urine. A doctor in Columbus, Ga., ran tests, including a cystoscopy to look inside his bladder with a small tube equipped with a light and lens. The doctor thought things looked suspicious, but a pathologist ruled that Martin did not have cancer. Relieved, Phil Martin...
May 13, 2008
Chicago Tribune (MCT) NEW YORK - It's enough to ruin your appetite. And, in a way, that's exactly what the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene intended when it decreed calorie counts must appear on the menus of many of the city's restaurants. New York, which is battling ballooning rates of obesity and diabetes, contends that providing the information is important because consumers...
May 13, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - What if you could boost your memory, improve your mood, lower your stress, manage your hormones and reverse the aging process, all without taking a single drug? Well, you can. The cure for what ails you? Exercise. "If exercise came in pill form, it would be plastered across the front pages, hailed as the blockbuster drug of the century," writes John Ratey in "Spark: The Revolutionary...
May 13, 2008
TORONTO - For those who have a sweet tooth and wonder why they're so drawn to sugary foods and beverages, the answer could be that it's all in the genes. Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that a genetic variation may be driving some people to consistently consume more sugar compared with those who pass on the toothsome treats. In a study of about 700 subjects, published in the May...
May 13, 2008
So the person you're talking to decides to chew on some gum or mints and offers you some, too. Hmmm. Does she think her breath smells bad - or is she hinting yours does? It's a vexing and often taboo topic. Despite shelves full of products to fight bad breath, there's little solid information on whether they really work. Now, though, there seem to be alternate solutions to what some delicately call...
May 13, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A German-U.S. study has discovered 10 new genes related to human growth in a finding scientists say might explain why people distinctly vary in size. The international genome-wide study, in cooperation with the Helmholtz Center Munich, was a meta-analysis, based on data from more than 26,000 study participants. It verifies two already known genes, but...
May 13, 2008
Round and round they walked and ran, the very picture of energetic kids. Among them, as bouncy as the rest, were a few for whom the three-day event could change their lives. It was Conway Elementary School's first Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes, technically known as Type 1. The walk was organized by Susan Sprow, whose second-grade daughter, Jennifer, has Type 1 diabetes. The walk is a national event...
May 12, 2008
May 13 - NEVER AN ATHLETE - simply from lack of interest, not lack of innate ability - Travis Tanner at first did not realize the magnitude of the challenge that lay ahead. Still, a challenge was exactly what Tanner, 29, sought. He had just come out of a darkness so intense that he could hardly bring himself to leave his midtown Sacramento apartment. His life had been in a downward spiral since February...
May 12, 2008
Lupus is a potentially debilitating disease in which a person's immune system goes haywire. Instead of doing its job of protecting against foreign invaders, the immune system attacks the body's own healthy organs and tissues. There are many kinds of lupus. Systemic lupus may affect the skin and joints in some people. In others, the kidneys or other organs may be affected. The disease can linger for...
May 12, 2008
Apr. 25 - John Hopkins geriatrician Dr. Robert Burton has heard far too many stories like that of Nancy Schmidt, the 74-year-old woman who was attacked in her Remington home this week. "I think older people are particularly vulnerable to crime ..." Burton said, ticking off horror story after horror story of patients he has known who have been similarly victimized. "Particularly single women living...
May 12, 2008
May 13 - For Melissa Robinson, cancer started with a cat scratch. The Trenton, Mo., woman diagnosed herself after the scratch drew her attention to a lump in her left breast. Her doctor confirmed her suspicion, and the next day, she underwent surgery. The first of eight rounds of chemotherapy came the next month. It all happened so fast, and like anyone else in her situation, she was scared. "I never...
May 12, 2008
Even people without CPR training can save the life of an adult whose heart stops, and the American Heart Association has issued an advisory urging everyone, trained or not, to act immediately in such an emergency. The procedure is simple: If you see an adult collapse after having a heart attack, immediately call for help and then push hard and fast in the middle of the chest continuously, until emergency...
May 12, 2008
CHICAGO, May 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The University of Illinois at Chicago is offering an online course that makes a case for using biblical narratives in psychotherapy. "A Biblical Approach to Mental Health," is a 12-week online course that suggests the biblical narratives offers life-affirming principles not found in the Greek myths traditional used a subtext for psychotherapy, the university...
May 12, 2008
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov 9, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Michigan City, Ind., Liz Claiborne Outlet Store was closed after an employee was found to be carrying an infection. Company officials haven't confirmed whether the infection, which caused the store to be closed Saturday, was methicillin-resistant staphylococcus or another infection, the Michigan City News-Dispatch reported Friday. Company officials...
May 12, 2008
Light, microwave popcorn is an easy work or nighttime snack, and not a bad option either. But if you've ever wondered about those ultra-buttery popcorns or are looking to gorge on greasy goodness, here are three of the butteriest bags we could find. Orville Redenbacher's Ultimate Butter ($3.99) Grade: A Greasy fingers and a guilty conscious - just what good, gluttonous popcorn should provide. Well,...
May 12, 2008
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