Fast Facts In a ground-breaking report released in 2010, the President's Cancer Panel provided strong confirmation that exposure to chemicals is an important and under-recognized risk factor for cancer. It's staggering to realize that since the 1940's, over 100,000...
Fast Fact Laughter might be the perfect antidote to stress! In one study when people watched a funny movie, their blood flow increased by 20%! The Heart: Powerful, but Vulnerable A key element of a healthy body is a healthy heart. The heart is the center of our...
Basic Healthcare: Part 5 ~ EXERCISE Over a number of months I've highlighted several aspects of healthcare that I consider to be essential, or basic to a person's well-being. For the final installment in this Basic Healthcare series I will promote the benefits of...
For the 4th installment of my Basic Healthcare series I revisit stress because it is such a pervasive and detrimental part of many people's lives (and maybe even more so as we approach the holiday season). Stress does not technically refer to the events in your life...
This is the third installment in a short series of five posts dedicated to basic healthcare suggestions. The subject is sugar. Hopefully you have heard this subject in the media recently, and for today's post I am going to borrow from some of the wealth of recent...
The following report helps illustrate my motivation for starting this blog. Although health trends on a national level often seem distant or irrelevant to many of us as individuals, the trends shown in these types of reports reflect the physical and social...