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Running’s Bad For The Knees – “Not”
Though the myth still persists that high impact aerobic exercise is bad for the joints, recent research has begun to demonstrate the opposite is true, especially when it comes to jogging and running. Not only does the research establish there is no c...
Wellness & the Grocery Isle, Safeway Model
Self-insured employer, Safeway focuses on prevention rather than disease treatment. Seventy percent (70%) of Safeway health care costs directly result from behavior, and greater than two thirds (2/3rds)of the costs are attributable to four chronic he...
Transformational Weight Loss, Charles Eisenstein
The book is subtitled "A personal revolution for food and body sanity," Charles Eisenstein describes a simplistic alternative to the virtual roller coaster ride many of us take everyday in terms of personal-denial, pain staking self-control, and th...
Obestiy & Weight Management Achieve
Searching for resources and information related to adult and childhood obesity interventions to kick-start your wellness programming efforts? Look no further. I've tried to gather a number of very useful and trusted sources via the links below to g...
Succeed with Well Formed Outcomes
Many people have tried setting goals in their life, but unfortunately most never truly achieve those goals, or at best only come close. Well formed outcomes may help you to refine your goals. Based in neuro-linguistic programming theory NLP teaches y...
What Can Healthcare Learn From Boeig
It's more than you might think... consider the notion of building something new - A Healthcare Dreamliner. ...
Be Office Workout Savvy
The office chair is the perfect prop to work your abs, quads and trapsHave you heard of the Seated Cobra? Its just one of many simple stretches you can do at work. Be creative by doing several exercise that work all of your muscle groups from head to...
A Pocket Guide to Health
While most of us take great care of our pets & cars, we don't always do the same for number one. You'd think we would be even more careful with our bodies, but we're not. One example health screens, only 5 percent of women over 39 follow recommen...
Health Has Unnatural Causes
It often appears that we Americans are obsessed with health. Media outlets trumpet the latest gene and drug discoveries, dietary supplements line shelf after shelf in the supermarket and a multi-billion dollar industry of magazines, ...
Let the Games Begin - Tag That Is...
I’d like you to join me in the the Seven+Twelve Challenge. I’m sharing seven fun & interesting factoids and tagging 12 lucky bloggers...My friend Robin from Whole Food & More tagged me, and after running the Race for the Roses half-marath...
The Voice of Cancer.Net
In my advocacy for those touched by cancer, I often highlight top-tier online resources and agencies. Fortunately for you a fellow blogger recently shared information about Cancer.Net and the ASCO making it possible to share it here, thanks Kelly!Can...
Health-Happy Apples
Researchers recently assessed the antioxidant capacity of eight different apple varieties and found Red Delicious apples to be highest in two powerful flavonoids, epicatechin and procyanidin. Epicatechins and procyanidins, have superior antioxidant ...
Brain Cancer Spreading Hope
This guide may help family & friends understand some of the common decisions brain cancer patients face, answer some frequently asked questions by patients and care givers, and offers tips on how to organize care planning. There has been great pr...
Wellforce 180° on Cancer
The focus of this blog will be taking a radical change of course. Over the past ten days I've been grappling with the whole notion of wellness. Why you may ask. Well, illness & disease has become an extremely up-close and personal matter, as ...
Only One in Four Know Signs of Heart Attack
A report from the CDC indicates one in four Americans can recognize the signs of a heart attack and know how to react, a decline from about one in three in 2001. They had been asked about their awareness of the five warning signs of heart attack: pai...
Go Red with Dawn
I'd like to share with you a video and online story that has caught the attention of YouTube visitors. It is a wonderful message about how a cover model, Dawn Nakamura Kessler an American Heart Association volunteer has gone Red and is a lifelong sur...
Healthy & GREEN Profits
Environmentalists and business owners have often been at odds over the years, but times are changing. Today's focus on energy conservation and demand for environmentally sensitive products is making many of these green-friendly products more affor...
Mediclal Spas on the Horizon
Imagine being able to take steps to transform your lifestyle while on vacation. A trend under foot, life improvement centers and wellness spas may be just what the doctor orders to help people take better care of their health. And high quality spa r...
Healthy Hearts & Minds Campaign
This short film describes the biophilic approach, and how nature has a restorative effect on body and mind. Waring! For the best results make sure you get out and connect with nature today. Developed by Mark Swift, Health Improvement Specialist for H...
Putting More "Bite" into Wellness
Raising awareness for dental care remains a struggle in health promotionIn addition to lack of exercise and poor nutrition, poor oral hygiene and gum disease can lead to the loss of teeth and an increased risk of more serious diseases, including hear...
Staying on the Fitness Trek
"I'll run tomorrow, I've got just to much to do today"... it's all so familiar. So many of us struggle with staying motivated when it comes to exercise. If you're anything like me our day-to-day activities, not to mention business travel and the lik...
Rating Doctor's - Right or Wrong?
Like it or not physicians & hospital consumer reviews are becoming increasingly popular with their patients. As consumers we use the internet 24/7 everyday to share our personal opinions about books, hotels, restaurants and computers, Why not do...
Wellness Detective - "PI"
The complexities of Health Care today cannot be solved by working solely down-stream, and must move beyond the notion of prevention at the individual level. The focus must shift form simply changing individual behavior & habits, and forge up-stre...
Big Game Options, for Healthy Super Bowl Bash
Did you know that Super Bowl Sunday is often recognized as the second biggest single day of food consumption in the United States after Thanksgiving. And weather you're a Giants or Patriots fan we all know a bit of a bash is a requirement. But parti...
Go Red, Light the Way
Put a red light on your front porch, and show you care!Today the term "red light" has new meaning & symbolism. Please take the time today to shine your light. Heart Disease Doesn’t Care What You Wear—but. today is the day to show your love &...
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Workplace cubicles can harbor not just dirt and grim but microbes too. Think about it, employees are coughing and sneezing all over everything this time of year. On top of that, they tend to eat at their desks too, and that gives hungry bacteria ext...
