Posted in Exercise, Food, children's health, dental health, general health, nutrition, periodontal health, tagged addiction, anxiety, arthritis, bone density, brain health, cell phones, dental health, diabetes, diet, EMF, Exercise, gum disease, junk food, nutrition, periodontal disease, prenatal health, Stress, teeth, vegetables on October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gum Disease Raises Arthritis Risk (WebMD)
“We’ve known for a while that there is an association between gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis. But our new work suggests periodontal disease is causal,” says study head Jerry A. Molitor, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of rheumatology and autoimmune disease at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Compared to [...]
Posted in Food, general health, nutrition, tagged diabetes, Fooducate, healthy weight, junk food, obesity, overweight, self-image, Walgreen's on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Percent of overweight Americans: 32.7
Percent of obese Americans: 34+
Percent of Americans who say they are at a healthy weight: 66.6
Percent who think obesity isn’t a problem for their families or themselves: 49
Number of obesity-related deaths each year: 112,000
Number of Americans with type 2 diabetes: about 23.6 million
Number of Americans with “pre-diabetes”: 57 million
And now, with [...]
Posted in Environmental Health, Food, Wellness, general health, mind-body, nutrition, obesity, tagged acupuncture, Bisphenol A, BPA, cola, diabetes, diet, DNA, environmental toxins, fast food, hypokalaemia, insulin resistance, massage, meditation, muscle health, nutrition, particulates, plastic bottles, soft drinks, Stress, Wellness, yoga on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Environmental Exposure to Particulates May Damage DNA in as Few as Three Days (ScienceDaily)
Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a contributing factor to lung cancer development for some time, but a new study indicates inhalation of certain particulates can actually cause some genes to become reprogrammed, affecting both the development and the outcome [...]
Posted in Environmental Health, Mental Health, children's health, general health, nutrition, tagged adhd, diabetes, environmental toxins, gluten intolerance, healthy lifestyles, radiation, radiotherapy, schizophrenia, sleep on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
US Radiation Dose Has Doubled (ScienceNews)
Collectively, Americans now receive more than twice as much radiation each year as in the 1980s. That’s according to a new tally by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
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A burgeoning population accounts for 30 percent of the increase, notes Ken Kase, who chaired the NCRP panel that prepared [...]
Posted in CFS, Mental Health, dental health, dental hygiene, dentistry, mind-body, nutrition, tagged aging, anxiety, brain health, CFS, dental hygiene, denture creams, diabetes, laughter, memory, neuropathy, organ transplants, PCBs, positive thinking, probiotics on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oral Care Key to Successful Organ Transplants (MediLexicon News)
Study after study point to the connection between oral health and a person’s general well-being. However, for thousands of Americans waiting for an organ transplant each year, maintaining good oral health, free of infection, is critical for successful organ transplantation and requires specialized dental care. In light [...]
Posted in Drugs, Food, Industrial Medicine, Mental Health, Wellness, children's health, dental health, general health, nutrition, obesity, periodontal health, tagged American Psychiatric Association, Bisphenol A, BPA, diabetes, FDA, GI, glycemic index, gum disease, longevity, Mental Health, nutrition, obesity, peridontal disease, pregnancy, psychiatric drugs, sports drink, tooth enamel, tooth erosion, Wellness on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sports Drink Consumption Can Cause Tooth Erosion, Study Finds (ScienceDaily)
In a recent study, the researchers found that prolonged consumption of sports drinks may be linked to a condition known as erosive tooth wear, in which acids eat away the tooth’s smooth hard enamel coating and trickle into the bonelike material underneath, causing the tooth to [...]
Posted in Environmental Health, cancer, children's health, dental hygiene, general health, herbal medicine, homeopathy, periodontal health, tagged alternative medicine, autism, cancer, chronic illness, diabetes, environmental toxins, gum disease, herbal medicine, homeopathy, mouthwash, oral hygiene on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New Australian Study Links Alcohol Containing Mouthwashes and Oral Cancer (Flap’s Dentistry Blog)
A new study appearing in the December edition of the Journal of the Australian Dental Association finds “sufficient evidence” that “alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer.”
California’s Autism Increase Not Due to Better Counting (ScienceDaily)
A study by researchers [...]
Posted in general health, statistics, tagged anxiety, depression, diabetes, health, heart disease, high blood pressure, preventive medicine, statistics, Stress on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Top five health conditions causing people to miss work for 10 or more days each year:
Heart disease
Diabetes
Depression
High blood pressure
Stress/anxiety
Notably, these are overwhelmingly preventable conditions, brought on or aggravated by lifestyle choices.
Could the bad economy spur more of us to make better health choices? There’s certainly financial incentive. After all, if you [...]
Posted in Environmental Health, general health, tagged Bisphenol A, BPA, CVD, diabetes, heart disease, plastics on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New Scientist reports:
Exposure to a compound commonly found in plastic food containers is linked to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to the first large epidemiological study in humans.
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In the new study, …Tamara Galloway at the University of Exeter, UK, and her colleagues analysed data from 1455 human adults studied as [...]
