Archive for October, 2009
Dogged with Health Problems? Buy a Pet
Study Links Improved Health to Pet Ownership No one can deny that our pets, particularly dogs, are completely reliant on their human companions. Without people like us, Fido the Foxhound wouldn’t have a thing to eat, Max the mutt wouldn’t have a thing to play and Piper the poodle wouldn’t have a place to sleep. [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2009 under Pets.
Tags: live longer with a pet, pet owners live longer, pet ownership, pets affect on health, pets and health, pets health benefits
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No Reason to Rejoice
Microwaves Cut Risk for Disease in Hot Dogs, but Not the Other Risk So a new study was recently published in the Journal of Food Science that will come as music to the ears of frankfurter fans:Â Hot dogs may not be as potentially poisoned with food-borne diseases as originally suspected. As most people know, [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2009 under Microwaves.
Tags: food-borne illness, frankfurter, hot dogs, listeria
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Worthless Weigh-ins?
Doctors’ Advice on Weight Loss Does Little to Curb Childhood Obesity When the average American teen eats fast food fare twice a week, when 92 percent of children don’t have recess year ‘round, and when only 30 percent of kids eat a fruit or vegetable every day, it’s no wonder why 25 million kids are [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Obesity.
Tags: adolescent nutrition, adolescent obesity, adolescent weight control, adolescent weight loss, adolescent weight management, child nutrition, child obesity, child weight loss, child weight management, Childhood Obesity, childhood obesity prevention, children and weight, Children's Health, children's nutrition, children's weight loss, children's weight management, effects of childhood obesity, nutrition for kids, obesity in children, overweight child, overweight children, preventing childhood obesity, weight control, weight management
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Troubled Treatment
UK Study: Two-Thirds of Prostate Cancer Patients Receive Unnecessary Treatment When it comes to diagnosing people with disease, doctors often put the cart before the horse. They overestimate the seriousness of the disease, putting a patient’s physical and mental health on edge and sapping their quality of life in the process. Now I don’t mean [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Chemotherapy, Prostate Cancer.
Tags: Cancer, cancer deaths, Chemotherapy, Hsp-27
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