Archive for January 2012
Parental Involvement Can Help Obese Kids Slim Down
Posted by: Nicole Williams in: ● January 31, 2012
Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being. The number of children who are considered obese has nearly tripled in the last 30 years. According to a recent article, the American Heart Association has found a connection between parental involvement and childhood obesity. The study suggests that parents are the biggest [...]
What Women Should Do To Protect Themselves From Cervical Cancer
Posted by: Nicole Williams in: ● January 27, 2012
Am I doing enough to protect myself from cervical cancer? Do I know enough to be well educated against this deadly disease? These are the questions that women worry and agonize over when learning about the effects of cervical cancer. Did you know that by 2013, experts predict that more than 12,000 U.S women will [...]
Listen Up: Wearing Headphones Can Put Pedestrians At Risk
Posted by: Nicole Williams in: ● January 23, 2012
We all know the high level of risk that driving while texting can pose but perhaps we haven’t given enough attention to the risk of pedestrians wearing headphones. All too often, we see people walking around tuned into their headphones and not into what is happening around them. New research shows that this is become [...]
When In Doubt, Throw It Out
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● January 16, 2012
The temperatures are dropping, and the threat of ice and snow hovers. When the heavy snow and ice hit, there is always the possibility of a power outage, and when that occurs, many of us are unsure of what to do with the food in the refrigerator and the freezer. Food spoilage can be a [...]
Chances are your New Years Resolution has something to do with making your life healthier whether it is losing weight, exercising or making smarter nutrition choices. Choosing “surf,” also known as fish, over “turf,” also known as beef, at least two times a week can be a great way to help lower your weight as well as [...]
It’s true. Winter is officially here. That means cold days and dark nights filled with the wintertime blues. Have you ever felt that with winter brings a damped spirit and outlook? Well, there may be something to this! Many people suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) which is a mood disorder that spans from late [...]
Are you having aches and pains? Struggling to keep up with those around you? If this sounds familiar, then you know how painful having arthritis can be. It is easy to think that moving around when undergoing the aches and pain would be detrimental to ones health, however, it seems that regular exercise is actually [...]
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