Why Farm Kids Don’t Have Allergies But City Kids Do
If your child suffers with allergies and asthma, your family probably lives in a city, not on a farm. It’s not the city pollution that’s to blame either, in fact it’s the cleanliness A 2011 report...
View ArticleTai Chi Improves Mood and Health of Heart Failure Patients
Tai chi has been called “meditation in motion.” It’s a mind, body, and spirit self-defense practice that combines controlled thinking and breathing with graceful body movements. If you’ve survived...
View Article5 Ways to Get Couch Potatoes to Exercise
A certain sports shoe manufacturer’s famous “Just do it” slogan sums up the best advice to get healthy adults moving. That’s the gist of a 2011 report on effective strategies for motivating people to...
View ArticlePesticides Linked to Lower IQs in Children
It may seem like a big leap, but pesticides don’t just hurt bugs; new research actually suggests they can lower an unborn child’s future IQ. It’s well known that high doses of organophosphate...
View ArticleKids’ Nightmares More Common Than Parents Think
Think your child is always sleeping peacefully while visions of sugarplums dance in his head? Monsters and goblins might be invading your child’s sleep more often than you realize. That’s the...
View ArticleWhat’s in Your Local Swimming Pool May Surprise You
We’re in the dog days of summer, so many of us seek some heat relief in a cool swimming pool. Unfortunately for pool lovers, a study released in 2010 suggests that chemicals used to disinfect pools —...
View ArticleLooking for an Endurance Boost? Skip the Red Bull
If you think chugging a can of Red Bull will make you perform better as an athlete, you might want to consider a beverage change. Red Bull is a drink that mainly contains caffeine while its other...
View ArticleNot Smoking, Exercise Cut Women’s Fatal Heart Attack Risk
Dropping dead from a sudden heart attack is a preventable tragedy for the average woman. That’s because lifestyle plays a big role in determining which women do or don’t experience sudden fatal heart...
View ArticlePrejudice Against Fat People Has Gone Global
The misguided idea that plumpness equals poor health and unattractiveness may have gone viral worldwide. There used to be many cultures that saw a rotund shape as a sign of health and wealth, and as...
View ArticleLong-Term Care and Nursing Homes: How to Choose the Best Facility
Long-term care is on everyone’s minds these days as the shakiness of Social Security benefits is all over the news. The number of seniors living in long-term care facilities is on the decline. A...
View ArticleSleeping Problems May Lead to Behavioral Problems in Kids
Believe it or not, if your child has been bullying others or acting aggressively, sleepiness may be part of the reason. A recent study looked at 341 children in grades two to five, most of who were...
View ArticleLaughter Yoga for Depression Relief
You’ve heard that laughter is the best medicine, right? Well now there is a study to back up that old adage. Researchers found that women age 60 and over can ward of depression with healthy doses of...
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