Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
In the present era, allopathy or western medicine is the only system of medicine that is referred to by the traditional medical practice, but there are other.
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West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and may rival the record years of 2002 and 2003, federal health officials said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Medicare debate promises to be front and center in this fall’s presidential campaign, as not just seniors but aging baby boomers focus on retiree healthcare. Recent polling data shows that the issue resonates with boomers in key swing states. In Wisconsin, about 80 percent of respondents aged 50 to 64 ranked Medicare as “important” or “very important” in a Quinnipiac University/CBS/New York Times survey taken August 15-21, versus 91 percent for those 65 and older. Florida and Ohio produced comparable results in the same survey. …
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two more visitors to Yosemite National Park have been diagnosed with a deadly rodent-borne virus, raising the total number of people infected in the unusual outbreak to six, California public health officials said Thursday. Two men died from the rare lung disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and four other people survived the rodent-borne illness. Most of the victims are believed to have contracted the virus while staying in tent-style cabins this summer in a popular camping area called Curry Village. …
She may have written the book on crime-solving, but Angela Lansbury also seems to have penned a chapter on fitness. In a 1988 exercise video, the now 86-year-old takes us through her daily health routine (h/t Vulture). "Spend about 20 minutes with me …
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Two more Yosemite National Park visitors have been found with a mouse-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two people, bringing the total number of infections to six, state health officials said Thursday.
As the medical director of bariatric surgery at Mercy Hospital Washington, weight loss is my specialty area. It is, as the article points out, an ever-growing problem. Sedentary lifestyles and poor dietary choices are making America's waistlines …
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Patrons in part of a fast-food restaurant that had a fine-dining atmosphere consumed almost a fifth fewer calories per meal than those in the regular section. Steve Mirsky reports.
The study: People who are normal weight but have a lot of belly fat could be at higher risk of dying, even compared to people who are obese. A study from the Mayo Clinic, presented recently at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich, compared death rates among 12,785 people who were divided into body mass index categories of normal weight, overweight or obese, and into two groups of waist-to-hip ratio: normal and high.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Numerous studies have shown the powerful effect that exercise can have on cancer care and recovery.
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Dr. Kobi Johnson, executive administrator of Puget Sound Veterinary Referral Center in Tacoma, answers this week's questions about exercising your dog.
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| He wasn't involved in this analysis but did research comparing a low-carb diet and a low-calorie, reduced-fat diet and found both produce similar weight loss and improvements in health measures. "We have passed the time where we would say the Atkins … See all stories on this topic » |
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