Wellness in the News: Weight Training helpful for Arthritis Patients (BBC Health)

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As reported in BBC Health, patients suffering with Rheumatoid Arthritis reported significant improvement in muscle tone and general functionality such as walking, after a 24 week period of intensive weight training. While this type of therapy may not be suitable [...]

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

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 and Community Health. In this study some 500 mothers were rated on their ability to [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Montreal – A City That Supports Healthy Lifestyles

The city of Montreal has got to be one of my favorite destinations. I guess I may be slightly biased because my daughter goes to university in Montreal. But there really are a lot of things that make this city so appealing. One of my favorites is the way that Montreal makes use of active [...]

More retailers caught selling used underwear

I think that many of my readers were horrified last week when they read my post: EWW! Retailers caught reselling returned and used underwear. Well after dishing a few of our top retailers, I thought it only fair to report on the update that ran on msnbc yesterday. As a recap, retailers like Macy’s, Victoria’s [...]

Eww: Retailers Caught Reselling Returned and Used Underwear

On the msnbc Today’s Show – Secret Filth Exposed Series we learned that “reputable” retailers including Victoria’s Secret, Macy’s, J Crew, Express, Nordstrom, Sacks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales and GAP – stores we all shop at, were caught accepting returns on used underwear for full refunds. That’s right on underwear! EWW!! But it get’s worse…. at [...]

Get the Lead Out! Another case of lead in dietary supplements

Last week I wrote about possible lead contamination of calcium supplements (Get the Lead Out! Could there be lead in our calcium supplements?) and today I’m writing about lead contamination in another dietary supplement. When will this madness end? The FDA is warning consumers not to purchase or consume a dietary supplement called Vita Breath [...]

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