Archive for September, 2009

Mom, Baby Benefit From Diabetes Treatment (WBZ Boston)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Here in the United States, a growing number of pregnant women are developing gestational diabetes which can put both mother and child at risk.

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Fibre helps kick bad snacking habits (Nanaimo News Bulletin)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

For most, reckless snacking derails their healthy diet, leaving them frustrated and overweight.

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Supplement Company To Help Under Nourished Kids (Scoop.co.nz)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Many children in New Zealand are undernourished according to one of the country’s largest natural healthcare companies, Health & Herbs International, which has launched a new campaign to educate parents about the need for supplements. Health …

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Stress: Alabama goes to bat against staff obesity, ties insurance costs to Body Mass Index (The News-Press)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

One in three American adults is obese.

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Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis key to treatmment (The Chapel Hill News)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

It is estimated that the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders in North Carolina will just about double in the next 20 years.

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CORNucopia of fair tradition (Yakima Herald-Republic)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The Davis High School corn stand at the Central Washington State Fairgrounds Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

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Column: No Southern comfort in obesity (USA Today)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

No Southern comfort in obesity For many blacks in the South, healthy living is at odds with the cultureBy David Person HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — We Southerners are proud of our cuisine, but we could do without the distinction of once…

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Parents Can Unwittingly Foster Eating Disorders In Children (WISC-TV Madison)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

MADISON, Wis. — Many parents are used to hearing reports about the growing problem of childhood obesity, but there is a fine line parents must walk when it comes to encouraging children to eat a healthy diet.

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Diet and nutrition are key to cancer prevention (Galveston County Daily News)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

With hundreds of healthy recipes available, cancer prevention can be on the menu year round.

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Secrets of the brain: The grey matter that makes us who we are (Independent)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The brain is our most complex but least understood organ. We can name its parts but our knowledge of what each part does, or how, is rudimentary. In The Brain Book, journalist Rita Carter has assembled what is known about the nerve centre of each individual and explains with the aid of images and graphics its structure, function and disorders.

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