Thursday, April 27, 2006
Health News U Can Use: Keeping U In The Know
You may find some of these new articles interesting and/or useful. The last article on sleep was particularly interesting to me, because I have so many problems sleeping. Just click on the links for the full story!
Vitamins needed
Re March 31's Capsule Comment, "Forget the vitamins; eat your veggies": Though I believe whole food possesses enormous amounts of what people need nutritionally, such a method is inefficient. Plus the idea of dropping vitamins from the U.S. diet shows a lack of understanding of the economic forces at war in this country to reduce vitamin consumption for the purpose of increasing pharmaceutical....
CHILDREN: Obesity rates alarming
Fact: The child obesity rate in Duval County exceeds both the state and national averages. Fact: As many as 36.2 percent of Duval County children are either overweight or are at risk of becoming overweight, according to the Duval County health department. Fact: The number of overweight children in Jacksonville has quadrupled in the past 40 years. Fact: Only 32.9 percent of ado....
TB hits toddler, nursery worker
An adult worker and a 22-month child at Stanton Preschool Center have been confirmed with active tuberculosis. Four other children at the Northside day-care center are also suspected of having active TB, said Charles Griggs, spokesman with the Duval County Health Department. While they are being tested, they are receiving medical care as a precautionary measure, Griggs said….
Florida on Lookout for Mumps
April 24, 2006 By Candace Rotolo The Midwest is dealing with a mumps epidemic, and that has Florida's health department stepping up it's surveillance of the virus, although few cases have been reported here. The outbreak in the Midwest has affected more than a thousand people in Iowa alone, most of them are college students. Florida is investigating a possible case of the mumps in....
Workplace workouts: New ways to stay active
Elizabeth Heubeck Special to the (Baltimore) Sun April 26, 2006 Brett Martin walks about seven miles during the average workday, which isn't bad for a guy who rarely leaves his office. From behind his custom-designed vertical desk, which fits snugly atop his treadmill, the 39-year-old president of a background-checking company performs....
Sleep Aids Have U.S. Ignoring Real Issues
Sleep Aids Have U.S. Ignoring Real Issues By Jane Brody This is the first in a two-part series on insomnia. Americans' use of sleeping pills is skyrocketing, up nearly 60 percent since 2000, with about 42 million prescriptions filled last year. Experts surmise that "modern lifestyles" and the accompanying stress of too much to do in too little time are largely responsible for the growing ...
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