According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, practicing meditation may increase brain activity involved in attention, memory, learning, and happiness. Researchers studied eight Buddhist monks who had practicing at least 10,000 hours of compassion meditation (promoting kindness toward all beings) by tracing brain waves.
It’s well-documented that massage contributes significantly to your health and well-being. By itself, massage relaxes, increases circulation, eases anxiety, and expedites recovery from injury.
Addiction experts say smoking is a habit more formidable than cocaine or heroin. Of the 46 million American adults who indulge, close to three-quarters of them say they want to quit, and nearly half of those hooked make at least one annual attempt to curb the habit. Yet even when their addiction confines them to tiny, dark rooms or takes them outside in sub-zero temperatures, dedicated smokers can’t seem to restrain their impulse to light up.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by too much information on the Internet? Have you ever despaired over the lack of a “human touch” in otherwise valuable data?
When it comes to taking care of ourselves and seeking out healthcare information, we’re often confronted with numerous obstacles. Most of us find interpreting medical information difficult. The language can be intimidating, and oftentimes we’re researching conditions because they have either struck us or someone we love.
No doubt you’ve heard the statistics: At least one American child in five is overweight. The percentage of overweight children has more than doubled since 1970.
And it’s painfully clear that much of the American lifestyle isn’t conducive to providing kids with healthful foods and opportunities to exercise.
Vitamin E may help restore hearing for those suffering from idiopathic sudden hearing loss (ISHL), a condition with no known cause that affects approximately 4,000 Americans annually. About two-thirds of ISHL patients spontaneously recover within days, but for those who don’t, there’s no known treatment. Until now, that is.
Two out of three American adults now believe healthcare coverage should be a “guarantee,” as it is in other countries such as Canada and Britain, and three out of four agree that healthcare is as necessary as water, gas, and electricity. These were just some of the findings released by Results for America, a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute based in Newton, Mass. Other findings include:
• 50 percent of adults have seen their healthcare coverage cut or costs go up.
People appear to be eating better as adults than they did as children, including consuming twice the amount of fruits and vegetables and less fat and sugar, according to a research study at Newcastle University’s Human Nutrition Research Centre.
The study involved 200 subjects in the United Kingdom who, as children ages 11 to 12, kept detailed food diaries and answered questions about their diets. Twenty years later, those same subjects again turned over food journals and answers pertaining to diet.
Homeopathy is a wellness practice based on the idea that like cures like. For example, if you were experiencing symptoms of a sinus infection, you would take a remedy that contains traces of a particular substance that, when taken at full strength, mimics your symptoms. However, the remedy is so diluted it will simply signal your immune system to create antibodies to fight the infection, working in much the same way vaccines do.
Thanks to the perpetual bronze glow of celebrities like Paris Hilton, the desire for a year-round tan is as popular as ever. Sure a little sun exposure is healthy, and frankly it’s necessary for producing bone-building vitamin D. But sun tanning is simply not an option if your clients want to ward off premature aging and skin cancer. That’s where tanning products come in. Sunless tanners can provide your clients with that sun-kissed look any time of year.
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