Halle Tecco: School Gardens Across The Nation, And A Resource List For Starting Your Own

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under HuffingPost

After my last post on school lunches , hundreds of parents, students, and school employees reached out to let me know what they’re doing to fix local lunches. Some wanted to display concern. Others wanted to know they could do to get involved

Tamara McClintock Greenberg: A Long Life: Good And Bad News For Baby Boomers … And The Rest Of Us

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under HuffingPost

Modern healthcare technology has delivered previously undreamed of longevity, sometimes with, but often without, an accompanying quality of life. Medical technology not only has increased the average life span, it seduces us into believing that we can cheat death or bodily limitations. Organ transplants, cardiac catheterizations, and even fertility treatments reinforce the belief that we can all live long lives without having to bear bodies that don’t work as they should

Homes with a gym to get fit

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Guardian-Fitness

A house with a gym removes your last excuse for not getting fit. Huma Qureshi looks at homes with their own fitness rooms

The return of rickets: Victorian disease on the rise due to poor diet and lack of exercise

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under DailyMail

Add to My Stories Modern children’ s lifestyles are putting them at risk of developing rickets, doctors have warned. The bone disease, which was the scourge of Victorian Britain, is making a comeback because poor diets and the decline in outdoor play have led to a vitamin D deficiency. Factors such as more time spent inside playing on computers have reduced the amount of outdoor activity children get compared with previous generations.

Christiane Northrup, MD: Sleep: A Surprising Way To Lower Blood Pressure

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under HuffingPost

We’ve seen our stress levels skyrocket as a society as we take on more at home and in the office. Our culture has answered this challenge by getting less sleep. Some think it’s a badge of honor

Anti-obesity drug Reductil banned across Europe

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Guardian-Health

Sibutramine blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke One of the country’s most commonly prescribed anti-obesity drugs has been banned across Europe after it was blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or a stroke. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) ordered doctors across the continent to stop prescribing sibutramine and told pharmacists not to dispense the drug, which is marketed in the UK as Reductil. The watchdog’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) acted after a study of 9,800 patients said the risks of sibutramine outweighed its minimal benefits.

Are you addicted to sex?

Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Guardian-Health

For celebrities such as Tiger Woods, checking into a sex addiction clinic seems to be the norm these days when you have been accused of infidelity. But is it a real medical condition – or simply a convenient excuse?