Monthly Archive: July 2011

Shedding Light on Diabetes

Shedding Light on Diabetes

You probably know someone who has diabetes. But do they know? While almost 8% of the US population has it, 1 in 4 is in the dark. By recognizing the warning signs, you can...

The Food Label Has the Facts

The Food Label Has the Facts

Today, supermarkets are nutrient data warehouses! Why? Because of the Nutrition Facts label on most foods. The Nutrition Facts label is one of the most complete sources for the nutrient content of foods. And...

In the Clear

In the Clear

Do breakouts have you staying in, covering up, or feeling down and out? If so, you’re not alone. Thanks to sweating and sun exposure, hot weather often exacerbates acne, which can find its way...

Protein and Fat

Protein and Fat

Carb counting focuses on the foods you eat that contain carbohydrate. It’s true that the protein and fat in foods, when you eat them in recommended amounts, have little effect on blood glucose levels....

All in the Family

All in the Family

If you’re at odds with a friend or relative, it may be hard to let go — especially if you feel you’ve been wronged. But reconciliation has many benefits beyond a copacetic reunion. Even...

What about Sugars?

What about Sugars?

First, let’s get a few facts straight. Note that plural on “sugars” in the the header. The sources of sugars we eat number far more than just the white granular stuff. There are sugars...

Why Count Carbs?

Why Count Carbs?

Foods contain varying amounts of carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and water. When you use carb counting, you focus on the carbohydrate in foods. Why is that? Because carbohydrate raises your blood glucose more...

Go-Go Gadgets

Go-Go Gadgets

It only takes 2 feet to walk, but some gadgets and garb could make it more enjoyable and productive. Add pep to your step with these trendy tools: MP3 player. From the Apple iPod™...

Do You Know What Vitamins to Pick?

Do You Know What Vitamins to Pick?

Are you overwhelmed by all the supplement options out there? Walk into any retail store and all you see are rows and rows of vitamins, supplements, weight-loss shakes, and magic weight-loss pills. So how...

Keys for Weight Loss

Keys for Weight Loss

• Remove all irresistible foods from the house, including cookies, chips, and ice cream. • Drink two quarts of filtered or bottled water every day. It is best to drink two 8-ounce glasses thirty...

Splish, Splash

Splish, Splash

It’s prime swimming season, and a dip in a cool pool is a refreshing way to get your exercise, spend time with the kids, or catch up with friends. But before you take the...

Excessive Stress

Excessive Stress

Are you a type A personality? You are if you’re often impatient, extremely competitive, and consistently aggressive in most everything you do. Research shows that type A individuals with high hostility have twice the...

Kids Nutrition – Vitamins & Supplements

Kids Nutrition – Vitamins & Supplements

With all the bottles of vitamins, minerals and other supplements lining the shelves of health food stores and supermarkets, how do parents know whether supplements are healthful or harmful to their children? There is...

Why the Weight?

Why the Weight?

It’s hard enough to drop extra pounds. But stealth causes, such as fatigue or stress, can make it even more challenging. If your waistline has expanded unexpectedly — or your efforts to lose are...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Every month, follicles grow on a woman’s ovaries. When the follicles don’t develop properly they can form cysts on the ovaries’ surfaces, which, when accompanied by hormonal imbalance, can lead to PCOS. In a...

Healthy Eats for Healthy Teeth

Healthy Eats for Healthy Teeth

As parents, we often struggle to feed our kids healthy foods, especially picky babies and toddlers. While we often focus on foods that are good for their overall health and nutrition, we must also...

Eye Laser Surgery

Eye Laser Surgery

Distorted images, blurred vision, elongated objects. All symptoms of astigmatism. New eye laser surgery could clear the view for millions of Americans who have the disorder. Inside the doors of an emergency room, accuracy...

Remarkable Recovery

Remarkable Recovery

Remarkable Recovery: What Extraordinary Healings Tell Us About Getting Well and Staying Well, by Caryle Hirshberg and Marc Ian Barasch, 1995, 334 pgs., $12.00. At a time in medicine and science when researchers are...

Low-Tech Breast Feeding

Low-Tech Breast Feeding

Nursing isn’t always easy for mom or baby. Sixty percent of moms breast-feed after leaving the hospital, but within six months, half of them stop. Instead of giving up and switching to a bottle,...

Walking on Water

Walking on Water

Sure you remember to drink when thirst reminds you, but a parched tongue is a sign that you’re already dehydrating. It doesn’t take running a marathon in 100 degrees to sap your body’s fluid...

Improved Back Surgery

Improved Back Surgery

What happens during a standard spinal fusion surgery? Dr. Zahrawi: In the standard procedure you make an incision. The most common one is the posterior fusion where you make an incision in the back,...

Freezing Breast Tumors

Freezing Breast Tumors

What are benign breast tumors? Dr. Bedi: When a patient has a lump in the breast, it could be benign, malignant and several other things in between. Probably about 80 percent to 90 percent...

Unexpected Migraine Relief

Unexpected Migraine Relief

Tell me about this surgery. How did you find that plastic surgery could help people with migraines? How did that all come about? Dr. Guyuron: This is merely coincidence. It was based on facts...

The Fat Blocker

The Fat Blocker

The Fat Blocker, by Arnold Fox, M.D., and Brenda Adderly, M.H.A. St. Martin’s Press, 1997, $22.95. I want to believe what I’m told in this book, badly. For if it’s true, then losing weight...

Fever

Fever

Taking your child’s temperature can be a tricky task. Here’s how to get an accurate reading along with some effective ways to treat your child’s fever. Two-year-old Connor has already had his share of...

Benign Breast Clinic

Benign Breast Clinic

For years women have been told to thank their lucky stars if a lump in the breast isn’t cancerous, but benign. Few treatments have been offered to ease the pain of Benign Breast Disease....