BBC Health News Update: Mother’s Hugs and Kisses Breeds Confidence

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!BBC Health reported on a 30 year long study of mothers and their babies. It turns out that the children of mothers who were affectionate with their babies developed into confident, well adjusted adults according to the Journal of Epidemiology [...]

What is Stroke? Are you at risk?

Did you know that stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US, killing about 137,000 annually? About 800,000 will die this year from stroke and it is also the leading cause of adult disability. The estimated direct and indirect cost of stroke for 2010 is $73.7 billion. What is Stroke? Stroke is [...]

The 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder which is fatal and for which there is no cure. With as many as 5 million or more suffers, how do we recognize when our loved ones are showing signs of Alzheimer’s? The Alzheimer’s Association has some very useful tips in detecting this disease by comparing Alzheimer’s behavior to typical [...]

BBC Health News: Oldest woman on record dies at 111

BBC Health reports that the UK’s oldest person on record, Eunice Bowman, died peacefully in her sleep at age 111. Eunice credited her long life to never drinking or smoking and a “tipple of honey” to help keep her going. You can read the full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-10687910

KFC Nutrition: What’s in that bowl?

With all the talk about KFC’s Double Down Sandwich I finally decided to visit the company’s website to get the low down on this much talked about sandwich. But I got distracted when I spotted the Pot Pie, Bowls & Value Boxes section of the KFC Nutrition Guide. And there in that section was the [...]

BBC Health News Update: Finally some good news for people with large heads!

Ok, all you folks with large heads who may or may not have been the brunt of many a joke over the years. It seems that you may have the last laugh after all. According to BBC Health, Alzheimer’s suffers with the largest heads feared better than those with smaller heads. It seems that having [...]

Mind Body Weight Loss Program

Freedom From Emotional Eating! New – Mind Body Weight Loss Program by Dr. Frank Lawlins and Gregori Palumbo Endorsed by Dr Phil Groundbreaking 8 part CD Series combines the latest in Psychology and Technology Demonstrated to stop the brain from triggering hunger! Are you tired trying to lose weight? Are you an emotional eater? If [...]

Reuters Health Reports: Demintia more prevalent in elderly with low Vitamin D levels

It’s common knowledge that Vitamin D deficiency is rampant.  If our levels are under 32, we are at increased risk for osteoporosis, many cancers including breast, colon, prostate, pancreas, skin, psoriasis, autoimmune diseases and more. Well surprise, surprise, now low Vitamin D levels are being associated with dementia in the elderly.  According to a study [...]

High Glycemic Index Foods: What Happens When We Eat Them?

When we eat something sweet and sugary and highly processed, like a sugar coated doughnut, we feel good, right, well actually we feel GREAT!  That’s a sign that our blood sugar is rising and rising quickly.  Typically this means that we have just eaten a food that has a high glycemic index. But unfortunately, the [...]

BBC Health News Update: Cancer survival figures ‘double’ since 1970s

The latest cancer news from BBC Health News is that survival rates for some types of cancer have doubled over the last 40 years.  And this is great news.  “People with breast, bowel and ovarian cancers as well as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are now twice as likely to survive for at least 10 years than they [...]

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