Archive for October 26th, 2009
Candy in Childhood, Violence in Adulthood?
British Study Suggests Violent Adults Were “Sweet” Children Like peanut butter and jelly, candy and Halloween just go together. Survey data shows that nearly 75 percent of Americans celebrating Halloween do it by handing out candy to trick-or-treaters; the average home spends $65 on candy for Halloween; the majority of the candy eaten in the [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Candy.
Tags: children and candy, violence and development, violence and health
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Coffee: The Liver’s Libation
National Cancer Institute Says Coffee Helps Hepatitis C Sufferers Thought your brain was the only thing perked up after your morning cup of joe? Well according to a new study published in the journal Hepatology, your liver likes it a whole lot, too. Researchers from the National Cancer Institute recruited over 760 volunteers with Hepatitis [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Coffee.
Tags: hepatitis c, hepatitis c and coffee, liver disease and coffee
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Exercise May Exorcise Radiation Damage
Exercise Improves Brain Function in Rats Treated with Radiation, Say Duke Researchers Ladies and gentlemen, as much as I’ve discussed exercise and its healing power, there’s yet another aspect to it that can’t go unmentioned: It may reverse the damage that results from radiation treatments. As has been documented here, I’m not crazy about traditional [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Exercise.
Tags: brain and exercise, brain tumor, exercise and blood flow, exercise and radiation therapy, exposure to radiation, irradiation, radiation, radiation effects, radiation treatment
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Get Rhythm!
The Impact of Music on Exercise Performance There are necessities to every workout. Willpower? Check. Quality sneakers? Absolutely. Shirt and shorts? Most definitely. There’s one more thing, though, that I’m convinced is a necessity: Music. Now, this may sound absurd, the notion that you need music to exercise. But when I say “need,” I mean [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Exercise.
Tags: benefits of music and exercise, Exercise, exercise and music, music and exercise performance, music and exercising
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