Healthy Choices Say "No" to Late Night DiningWhen trying to lose weight, people have often been told to not eat anything after 6 or 7 p.m. Northwestern University did an experiment to see if this was true. They fed two groups of mice an identical high-fat diet — ... Read more
Healthy Choices Prepare for the FluThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate the swine flu virus will infect 40 percent of the U.S. population over the next two flu seasons. Remember the personal steps you can take to reduce spread of infectio... Read more
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Healthy Choices Depression Is Common, but TreatableOne in five women and one in nine men will have depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Typical symptoms include feelings of hopelessness, loss of interest in things they once enjoyed, withdrawal from s... Read more
Healthy Choices Resting Heart Rate Predicts Heart ProblemsA recent study of nearly 130,000 postmenopausal women found a resting heart rate of 76 beats per minute or higher increased risk of heart attack and death. There is also a link between resting pulse and he... Read more
Healthy Choices Sitting May Be Hazardous to Your HealthWe sit while eating in the morning, in our cars going to work and most of the day at work or school. We sit coming home in the car at night, and sit in the evening watching TV, playing computer games or surfi... Read more
Healthy Choices Exercise Lowers Risk for Breast CancerBreast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer for women, with about 182,000 cases each year and over 40,000 deaths annually. A new study suggests it may be possible to prevent up to half of these death... Read more
Healthy Choices Reduce Red Meat to Live Longer When researchers studied half a million people for 10 years to find out what effect eating red meat had on a person's life span, they learned the more red meat a person ate, the higher the risk of an early death.In the Archives of Internal Medicin... Read more
