Quit Smoking: Why People Do Bad Things (Even When They Know They Shouldn't) by Jill Binder Do you do Bad Things? Even though you know you shouldn't? It's not your fault. It really isn't. You know you should stop doing it, but no matter how much you know that, and how much you try, you just can't stop! Everyone knows how to lose weight. Don't eat fattening foods. Exercise. Everyone knows how to give up smoking. Don’t light the cigarette. Yet having this knowledge just isn't enough. Sometimes even having the desire isn't enough! Time and again I hear about people who get really close to ... Carbon Monoxide Levels - How Much is too Much? by Alexandria Haber What is carbon monoxide? Carbon monoxide or CO is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas. Due to this fact, it is very hard to detect the presence of CO in your environment. It is, however, imperative that the CO levels in your home are carefully monitored. Even at relatively low levels, CO is poisonous because it rapidly accumulates in the blood thereby depleting its ability to carry oxygen. Extreme cases of CO poisoning result in death. Where does carbon monoxide come from? CO is a common by ... Human Weaknesses and Strengths by Stephen K. Ainsah-Mensah The meanness of humanity does not loosen up with a sporadic show of love and works of charity. These activities merely reinforce the point that humanity has failed badly in its drive to spread universal love and family-hood. They are activities that are prompted by those who, perhaps, think that the rigidity of the society is on shaky ground; and they are also activities that warn about the rapacious tendencies of the few, the kind of rapacity that is leading to the degeneration of the many. Of ... How to Avoid the Flu this Holiday Season by Vicki Rackner, MD No flu shot for you this year? Can you keep yourself safe? Yes! Even though flu viruses may be lurking at the next holiday party you attend, you can take simple steps to avoid the bugs. Prevention can mean the difference between a joyous holiday season and a miserable week in bed coughing and sneezing. The holiday season is a social time, and many of the things Miss Manners tells us to do to be part of civilized society contribute to the spread of the flu: shaking hands, talking in close group ... Definitve Proof - Supplements Heal by Dr. William Parsons No Money in Prevention I have been recommending a wide variety of dietary supplements to my patients for the past 18 years. Needless to say, this is not the norm for physicians. The medical establishment as a whole is treatment driven rather the prevention driven. There is much more profit in treating illness and disease rather than preventing it. As a matter of fact, the healthcare industry, including the American Medical Association (AMA), medical schools, hospitals, research institutions and ... Holiday Dieting: A Sweet Way To Cheat by Laura Turner If your diet is making you a humbug this season, there’s some good news. Turns out dark chocolate, that decadent confection, may actually be good for you! Yes, recently conducted studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have shown that a dose of dark chocolate will heed all sorts of healthy results. And with holiday-time upon us, this news couldn’t have come at a better time. So just for fun, I thought I’d conduct a mini-research project of my own and get the “skinny” on ... Dr. Rai is Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support by Sara Goldstein Dr. Rai, a board certified ASPS Texas plastic surgeon ( http://www.dallas-cosmetic-surgery.com ), received certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in October 2004. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is designed for health care providers who require extensive training in the treatment of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Safety is always the top priority at the Cosmetic Surgical Center ( http://www.dallas-cosmetic-surgery.com ) ... How to keep the New Year's Resolution to exercise by Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A. New Year's Resolutions motivate many to make commitments to exercise. Fitness centers will be flooded with great intentions during the first week of January. Sadly, within a few short weeks after New Year's Day, fitness center visits begin to decline. Want an easy way to stay off the fitness commitment dropout rolls? Here's a simple tip that could double your workouts this year. Fitness Strategy for the Long-Haul The key to long-term fitness training is to be aware that motivation levels come ... 7 Strategies To Stop Eating Junk Food ! by Jenny Mathers FACT: Obesity accounts for 300,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. Research into junk food and fast food restaurants have found that there is a direct relationship between the number of fast food restaurants located within your local area and obesity rates. The way in which we eat, and what we eat, is of vital importance to our state of health. The convenience and habitual nature of the problem mean that fast food consumption is so in-grained, that healthy eating is near impossible. There are no easy ... Arthritis and Aromatherapy by Mireille Gautschi Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints and is characterized by pain, stiffness, swelling, decreased range of movement and at a more serious stage deformity. Aromatherapy is a holistic approach to health and wellness by means of aromatic, plant derived scents. It is very much a traditonal method as well as a science that encompasses the intuitive and creative aspects of preparing special purpose blends. Aromatherapy blends for the treatment of arthritis are usually made from pure essential oi ... 3 Amazing ways to Shape up in Less than 7 days! by Venkata Ramana Imagine you need to look great to get all the attention at the biggest party of the year. The cloak has already started ticking and you have got 7 days to fix yourself for the D-Day. If you can take out 15 to 30 minutes in the next few days, you can be ready for action. Step 1: >> Exercise: Start with skipping and jogging and chin-ups by hanging from a rod for warming up. >> Two steps of crunches or sit-ups for strengthening and toning your abdominal muscles. >> Then go for Flat bench press and ... A Powerful Year-End Meditation by ADD Coach Jennifer Koretsky At the close of the year, we often find ourselves thinking ahead to the next year. We think about all the things we didn't accomplish this year, and vow to accomplish them next year. Few of us take the time to reflect on the past year and look at our successes and the experiences that we have learned from. Before you start thinking about New Year's Resolutions, take some time to meditate on the year that's gone by. Doing so will allow you to reflect on what's important to you, and to create a me ... Set Yourself Stress-Free by Joy Fisher-Sykes Stress in our personal and professional lives is ever changing and constantly on the rise. Everyday we’re expected to do more and more with less and less - less resources, less energy and less time. In order to master the ability to manage stress, it’s important to first remove one of the biggest obstacles that stands between chaos and calm - SELF. Often we are one of the biggest contributors to the calamity and chaos we experience in our lives. Stress management is the recognition that life is ... 11 Top Secrets for Dieting Success by David Jones If dieting were easy, I suppose we’d all be thin. As we are not, here are 11 tips that successful people use to lose weight. They can help you succeed too. SUCCESS TIP NO. 1: DRINK 8-10 GLASSES OF WATER A DAY Okay, for many people this is a big problem. Water doesn’t taste all that great generally because water doesn’t really “taste” like anything. Drinking water 8 to 10 times each day gets easier the more you actually do it. It is simply a matter of conditioning y ... Five Ways to Reduce Environmental Stress by Ed Sykes Life is stressful enough without allowing the physical environment - air quality, lighting, noise, and other controllable factors - to intensify day-to-day stress. Especially in the Fall and Winter is where you experience less daylight and more mood swings. The great thing about environmental stress is that in most cases we can control what is in our environment that is causing the stress. Take these five steps to eliminate environmental stressors that might cause stress and tension in your wor ... Understand the Science of Obesity And You're On Your Way To Conquer It by Wan Ibrahim Yusoff Many people think obesity means that a person is overweight, but that's not exactly true. An overweight person has a surplus amount of weight that includes muscle, bone, fat and water. An obese person has a surplus of body fat. Body Mass Index (BMI) is commonly used to determine if a person is obese or not. A person with a BMI over 30 is considered to be obese, and a BMI over 40 is considered to be severely obese. Factors such as poor diet, lack of physical activity, genetics and certain medica ... Medical Assistant: Distance Education for the Medical Assistant by Dr. Mark Stout Medical Assistant distance education is emerging to meet the demands of a new generation of students in the twenty first century. St. Augustine Medical Assistant School distance education program for medical assistant presents a good model for this integration of technology with medical assistant education. Distance education, particularly in its most recent form, online education, is being integrated into even the most cautious and conservative of educational institutions. Yet the impact of the ... Kids and The Low-Carb Lifestyle by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. Some pediatricians have been prescribing a low-carb diet for a select group of children for decades, and what they have seen is very unsettling. The ketogenic diet was developed more than 80 years ago in order to control seizures that did not respond to the anticonvulsant medications that were available then. There are now dozens of medications that help to control seizures but the ketogenic diet is still used. The good news is that it does stop or slow down the frequency of seizures. The bad ne ... Hard-wired for Exercise by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. Exercise will make you more fit, but that’s only a small part of the story, according to Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. “Humans are designed for much more physical activity than most of us get,” says Dr. Goscienski, author of Health Secrets of the Stone Age, “and every cell of the body benefits from it. Barely 20 percent of Americans are physically active enough to enjoy those benefits.” The 80 percent of us who savor the soft life now will have to endure a hard life later, he says. The human body e ... Make it a Gainless Holiday by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D Christmas gain is New Year’s pain! Starting early is the secret to avoiding the typical 10-pound holiday season accumulation of fat. (Come now – you didn’t think it was muscle, did you?) Develop a few good habits before Thanksgiving and you’re likely to start 2005 weighing no more than you did before, maybe even less. Here are 5 tips that will help you through the holidays. 1. Set a mental limit now on the food items that are your biggest temptation. Cookies? Make 2 your limit at every holiday a ... Breaking the Breakfast Barrier by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. Why was breakfast fun when you were a kid? Because Mom made it, it was probably sugary, and you didn’t have to do the dishes! Now you’re the whole show, maybe for the rest of the family, and there’s just never enough time in the morning to get the kids to school and for you to get what most nutritionists have pegged as the most important meal of the day. You know that sugar coating is not good, that persons who eat breakfast have an easier time maintaining their weight than those who don’t, and ... Mikey Doesn’t Like It! by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. Let’s give the late Dr. Robert Atkins some credit. Over more than a quarter of a century he made us realize that we can get along with fewer carbohydrates than most of us have become used to. It’s too bad that his weight loss plan has not lived up to its promise. There are some successes, to be sure, but since the beginning of the Atkins Revolution obesity has tripled in adults as well as children. Physicians who care for children are aware that a high fat, low carbohydrate diet is nearly imposs ... Unsung Benefits of Breastfeeding by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. From the Stone Age until just a few generations ago, human infants’ only sustenance was mother’s milk, but modern infant formula seems to be an adequate substitute. After all, infant mortality in Western societies is at historic lows and growth patterns are normal. But is that all there is to it? Could there be other advantages to breastfeeding, both to the mother and to the infant? Post-delivery stress discomfort. All those hours of labor may be natural, but they are exhausting and stressful fo ... Eat Like a Stone Ager Without Feeling like One by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. The word is getting around that the modern dietary lifestyle is one of the reasons why Americans are overweight and burdened by chronic disease. The diet that’s right for us, according to many experts, is what our Stone Age ancestors ate. But is that realistic? Didn’t they eat food raw, and have lots of meat? “There are loads of misconceptions about the Stone Age,” says physician-author Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. “Sure, they ate most foods raw, but keep in mind that man has controlled fire for m ... Whither Low-Carb? by Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. Fads fade for a reason. Like pet rocks, low-carb diets will disappear because they just don’t do anything worthwhile. The dropout rate is high – about 50 percent – because the diets are boring and are unpalatable to most people. More than 90 percent of dieters return to their previous weight within 5 years, most of them even sooner. Minor side effects such as headache, fuzzy thinking, irritability, halitosis and constipation are almost universal among Atkins adherents. Severe side effects are, f ... |
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