Entries from April 2009

Diet Pattern Associated with Increased Risk of Diabetes

Date April 30, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIndividuals who consume excess amounts of cheese, low-fiber grains, eggs, fried potatoes, tomato products, and red meat have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care.
Study results found that a diet pattern containing these [...]

TAI CHI AND QI KUNG DAY

Date April 28, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptTAI CHI AND QI KUNG DAY Saturday May 2nd.
10 AM to 2 PM
FEE: $20 per person
Come and join us in the fun-filled 4-hour seminar that will improve your health and reduce your stress.
We will teach an abbreviated Tai Chi form and Qi [...]

Getting in Step with Your Fitness Routine

Date April 27, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIf you’re one of many exercisers having trouble sticking to an exercise routine, you’re not alone. Linda Shelton, a fitness and wellness authority and author, has a solution: Work with, not against, your fitness personality type.
Shelton has identified five distinct personality types [...]

We Quit Smoking for Love. We Both Succeeded.

Date April 26, 2009

sanbreck wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI want a cigarette so bad.
Yesterday, we fought with tech support of our Internet service provider…for hours. They kept putting us on hold, handing us to different departments, saying one thing, then contradicting themselves. Seems the corporate behemoth would see fit to train their support [...]

Concern Over College Costs Increasing

Date April 23, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAmericans see higher education as increasingly unaffordable, at the same time that more Americans view college as essential for middle-class success, and more than half say colleges and universities act more like businesses than educational institutions, according to a national survey of 1,009 [...]

Mind-Body Exercise for Health

Date April 20, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMind-body exercises such as yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates are not only beneficial for stress management, but have other potential health advantages as well, according to Ralph La Forge, M.S., a research analyst from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
La Forge reviewed [...]

Tai Chi Improves Balance

Date April 18, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptStroke survivors can improve balance with regular Tai Chi practice, according to a new University of Illinois at Chicago study. Lead researcher Christina Hui-Chan, physical therapy professor at UIC, has previously studied and utilized Tai Chi as a method to reduce falls among [...]

Obama’s Budget for College Financial Aid

Date April 17, 2009

Dr. Richard Browne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptProvisions of the Department of Education’s proposed FY 2010 budget would dramatically expand student financial aid while making it simpler, more reliable and more efficient.
“We need to invest in our economic future and enable our kids to compete in today’s global environment. America’s [...]

Raising the Smoking Age, Black Market Cigs & 4 Billion for Health Care

Date April 17, 2009

will_bontrager wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterThis week the news reported several tobacco related stories.
As the senate passes a bill to protect young Americans from the effects and dangers of smoking, smokers are red hot over the recent tax hikes and smoker’s helplines are getting busier by the day.
Also, Big Tobacco [...]

Raising the Smoking Age, Black Market Cigs & 4 Billion for Health Care

Date April 17, 2009

will_bontrager wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThis week the news reported several tobacco related stories.
As the senate passes a bill to protect young Americans from the effects and dangers of smoking, smokers are red hot over the recent tax hikes and smoker’s helplines are getting busier by the day.
Also, Big Tobacco [...]