Entries from January 2009

Healthy Lifestyle Factors For Longevity

Date January 30, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA number of studies have shown associations between individual lifestyle factors, such as smoking and diet, and risk of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and various cancers. Few studies, however, have looked at the bottom line — how a combination [...]

Healthy Lifestyle Factors For Longevity

Date January 30, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA number of studies have shown associations between individual lifestyle factors, such as smoking and diet, and risk of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and various cancers. Few studies, however, have looked at the bottom line — how a combination [...]

Healthy Lifestyle Factors For Longevity

Date January 30, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA number of studies have shown associations between individual lifestyle factors, such as smoking and diet, and risk of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and various cancers. Few studies, however, have looked at the bottom line — how a combination [...]

Two Extraordinary Women Who Have Transformed Hard Times into Real Support

Date January 14, 2009

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMeet Katie Brown and Bonnie Addario. Though they live across the country and have never met, (Katie is a mom of small kids in Dallas, TX and Bonnie is a former CEO and grandmother of three who lives near San Francisco), they’ve [...]

Events at Acupuncture & Massage College

Date January 14, 2009

admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptEvents at Acupuncture & Massage College
Dr. Tiejun Li Joins Acupuncture & Massage College Teaching Staff
Joining AMC this year as an Oriental Medicine program teacher, Dr. Li previously taught at the South West Acupuncture College, Boulder campus and the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Denver. [...]

Spreading the word

Date January 14, 2009

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMary Lou Fisher has never smoked, but she has lung cancer.Fisher, 68, represents an unsuspecting and often misunderstood face of this deadly disease.
”Lots of people (think) I have breast cancer. That’s kind of the common thing among women,” Fisher said. “So, when I tell them [...]

Radon is a silent killer

Date January 14, 2009

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOn Feb. 8, 2006, Gloria Linnertz, of Waterloo, Ill., lost her husband, Joe, to lung cancer.
That same day, Joe became a statistic — he was one of more than 21,000 people who die each year of radon-induced lung cancer in the United States.
“He led a [...]

Avera Medical Minute: Lung Cancer

Date January 14, 2009

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptLeo Heinricy says, “I had a pain in my chest and I didn’t know if I had the flu or what. I had it 2 or 3 days so I went in to my doctor in Dell Rapids to have it checked out. They did [...]

PRESCRIPTION DRUG INJURIES AND DEATHS REACH RECORD LEVELS

Date January 14, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA record number of deaths and serious injuries associated with prescription drug usage were reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the first quarter of 2008. Serious injuries associated with prescription medications reached a total of 20,745 new cases; reported [...]

National Lung Cancer Partnership’s Scientific Executive Committee Member Receives Honor

Date January 14, 2009

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe National Lung Cancer Partnership congratulates Dr. Everett Vokes M.D. on his election to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
A nationally recognized expert in lung cancer, Dr. Vokes is the John Ultmann Professor in the Departments of Medicine and [...]