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drives to show school spirit, meet need for blood
Do you bleed red and black, blue and gold, blue and orange or crimson
and gold? If so, there is a way to show school spirit and it doesn’t
involve painting your face and screaming yourself hoarse.
First
Love
By
GREGORY K. MOFFATT, PH. D
Child's Play
When
you were infatuated with someone during your childhood, someone probably
told you that the immature love that you felt was not real love. Even
though love that children feel is immature love, it is very real. The
feelings are real and the power of those feelings is real.
Get
fit: Mental and emotional health
For those of you
reading this article who are completely happy with your health, fitness
and appearance, this will be a reflection of what you already know and
are doing. The rest of you will find some help in achieving improved
health, fitness and appearance.
Reducing
holiday stress
Although the holidays
are a time of celebration with family and friends, there is a certain
amount of stress added to our already busy lifestyles. There are a number
of things that we can do to help reduce stress and prevent injury.
Effort
underway to improve quality of life and survivability for cancer patients
Medical breakthrough
may be close at hand
Five
things you need to ask your doctor about stroke
Stroke is the third
leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in
the United States. Every year, stroke strikes approximately 750,000
Americans, killing 160,000 and forever changing the lives of many who
survive. The good news is that up to 80 percent of strokes can be prevented
every year; the bad news is that studies conducted by the National Stroke
Association show that fewer than 30 percent of those surveyed said their
doctors discussed the topic of stroke during annual exams.
Fishing
out the good stuff
A fitness columnist
gets a lot of stuff to test. I’ve tried gadgets designed to make
me feel better, pay better attention, look better and to workout faster
and more easily. Among the creams and gadgets and apparel and flash
cards and counters, I found the following the best combination of unique,
interesting and, in some cases, even helpful:
Ah-choo!
Prepare yourself for cold season
The sounds of winter
— the wind rustling through the trees, the cheers at football games,
and, of course, coughing and sneezing! When the weather turns colder,
bothersome cold viruses again run rampant.
Top
5 reasons teens should not start smoking
According to the
American Cancer Society, most smokers start as teens. While the numbers
of teenage smokers have been slowly declining in the past 10 years,
roughly 23 percent of teenagers continue to smoke, despite aggressive
messaging from anti-smoking campaigns.
When
to get pneumonia shots
Q.
Could you please tell me how often a person should get the pneumonia
shot? I have heard three different answers from medical personnel: once
in a lifetime, twice in a lifetime and every five years. I’m confused.
New
study shows technology's role in health care costs
Growing consumer
demand and an increasing supply of diagnostic imaging equipment, combined
with the duplicative use of both new and older technologies are significantly
driving up healthcare costs in the United States, according to a study
released today by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
Offering
hope to those with epilepsy
November is Epilepsy
Awareness Month
Lesser
amount of patching effective for treating lazy eye in children
Children between
the ages of three and seven with severe lazy eye, or amblyopia, can
be treated just as effectively with a six-hour daily regimen of patching
as with a full-time patching regimen for all waking hours.
Tips
to make each holiday happy and safe
Children anticipate
few things as eagerly as the holiday season. Colorful decorations and
mounds of gifts create a magical, festive atmosphere. However, these
same items can cause unintentional injuries if not used properly.
Silence
your snorer
Make sure your winter’s
nap is peaceful
High
red blood cell count can have consequences
Q. A couple of my
friends have anemia and I’ve learned a lot about it through them.
But I was recently told that I have a condition called polycythemia,
which means I have too much blood. The doctor also said I will need
to have blood drawn regularly. Will I grow out of this or is there any
treatment besides having blood drawn?
Don’t
let winter itch take over
This winter’s
cascade of flakes could be coming from somewhere other than the sky.
Take a look at your arms and legs, for example.
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