Concerned re Health? Yup. Proactive. Nope.
November 6, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Health
Are Americans concerned about their health? Yes, they are. Are they concerned enough to be proactive about staying healthy? Not so much. In fact, not really.
Good health habits start young and we all know that children watch adults very closely. Parents can hardly expect their children to live a healthy lifestyle if they themselves don’t. Yet, despite this, the message of healthy living starts early doesn’t seem to be getting out.
According to a study done by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA),
It’s Healthbolt Carnival Time…
February 26, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Easy Health Tips, Exercise, Fitness, Food and Drink, Health, Healthbolt Carnival
It’s Healthbolt Carnival time again. A day late but worth the wait. So grab that coffee and start clicking…
Robert Burton Robinsonfrom Mind Over Mania looks at 9 Ways Yoga Makes You Younger.
Mert Erkal from Hugepedia.com suggests some interesting ways of Finding Time to Exercise.
Britannica Blog from Britannica Blog lists the Top 10 Myths About Anorexia.
Evan Pfaff from Who’s In First Blog looks at Home Exercise Equipment.
Cory from Eating Healthy looks at Exercising in a Recession with some tips to get good, fun exercise for cheap.
Dan Abshear from Informaproject offers some Thoughts About The Influenza Virus.
Dr Tooth from WorlDental reports on …read more
College Education = Good Health?
May 14, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Cancer, Death, Exposed!, Health, Healthcare, Heart Health, Politics, Your Body
We’ve been talking quite a bit about the intriguing topic of longevity lately. And if living to a ripe old age is on your “To Do” list, you may want to consider gaining a higher education.
So, does that mean those with a college degree will live longer than their less-educated counterparts? Perhaps.
Epidemiologists from the American Cancer Society and scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) teamed up to analyze the data and death certificate information of more than three and a half million deaths which occurred between 1993 and 2001. During …read more
Today is National Wear Red Day.
February 1, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Event, Health, Heart Health, Medicine, Misc., Prevention
February 1st is National Wear Red Day throughout America. Forget your usual working suit and dig out that red dress, shirt or tie and put it on. Wear red to indicate your awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women. And I’m not talking broken heart here. Believe it or not, you can recover from a broken heart (How to Get Over a Broken Heart).
I’m talking about coronary heart disease which usually develops over many years causing narrowing and blocking of the arteries. If undetected and untreated it can easily result in heart attack and death.
Here’s some scary …read more
