Health and Wellness Articles
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Environment on Reproduction
Declining fertility rates in more advanced nations largely reflect the changing role of women.
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Infertility
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Brain Food
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Atopic Dermatitis Issue 18
What They’re Saying
Vitamins to Protect Against Chronic Disease
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Reducing Pain and Inflammation Naturally
Do you have pain or stiffness? Have you diagnosed with pain related autoimmune condition such as Rheumatoid Arthritis? Does your condition affect how well you live your life?
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Brain Food
What They’re Saying
Acne Gut Probiotics
Did you know what’s going on in your gut might affect your skin? High fat, high sugar, low fiber diet along with not enough of those good Probiotics can lead to acne.
A healthy gut helps the inside and out!
Pearls of Wisdom
Detoxification: Canadian Health & Lifestyle.pdfs
Learn about why fasting is not a good option for detoxification and why certain foods are needed to support our bodies effort to get rid of unwanted substances.
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Tips for Working with Teens
This month Marlene Russell, M.Ed, our go-to psychotherapist, provides insight to some of the relationship challenges between parents and teens.
Nature-Vol 468-23/30 December 2010
Edible Advice
Too much tea can treble cancer risk in women ’. ‘Tea could cut risk of ovarian cancer’. Just two examples of the frequent contradictory newspaper headlines that confuse the public about the health benefits — or risks — of food and confound genuine nutrition- related research. For some diseases such as diabetes the link with food is subtle. “Although we know that dietary factors are related to the risk of diabetes, there are a lot of inconsistencies between studies in terms of what precise micronutrients or macronutrients associate with the disease. We’re quite limited in terms of the data,” explains Nick Wareham, head of the epidemiology unit at the UK’s Medical Research Council.
Enviornmental Medicine Volume 15, Number 1
Organic Foods Contain Higher Levels of Certain Nutrients, Lower Levels of Pesticides, and May Provide Health Benefits for the Consumer
The multi-billion dollar organic food industry is fueled by consumer perception that organic food is healthier (greater nutritional value and fewer toxic chemicals). Studies of the nutrient content in organic foods vary in results due to differences in the ground cover and maturity of the organicfarming operation. Nutrient content also varies from farmer to farmer and year to year. However, reviews of multiple studies show that organic varieties do provide significantly greater levels of vitamin C, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus than non-organic varieties of the same foods. While being higher inthese nutrients, they are also significantly lower in nitrates and pesticide residues. In addition, with the exception of wheat, oats, and wine, organic foods typically provide greater levels of a number of important antioxidant phytochemicals (anthocyanins, flavonoids, and carotenoids)….
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Symptoms Questionnaire
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Environmental Exposure Questionnaire
Breast Cancer Research 2010
Family history of later-onset breast cancer, breast healthy behavior and invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a cohort study
A family history of later-onset breast cancer (FHLBC) may suggest multi-factorial inheritance of breast cancer risk, including unhealthy lifestyle behaviors that may be shared within families. We assessed whether adherence to lifestyle behaviors recommended for breast cancer prevention–including maintaining a healthful body weight, being physically active and limiting alcohol intake–modifies breast cancer risk attributed to FHLBC in postmenopausal women…
Scientific American, October 2010
A Healthy Lifestyle Reduces Breast Cancer Risk for Women Either with or without a Genetic Predisposition
Moderate exercise, little booze intake and holding down one’s weight might be key strategies that reduce the odds of getting breast cancer—even if a woman’s mother or sister has had the disease. New data from 85,644 U.S. women, who were followed for an average of about five and a half years as part of the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, confirms earlier evidence that healthy lifestyle choices can sometimes trump genes and environment when it comes to breast cancer…
BMJ 2010
Toothbrushing, inflammation, and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from Scottish Health Survey
Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing interest in the possible link between dental disease, specifically periodontal disease, and cardiovascular disease. Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, and markers of low grade inflammation have been consistently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease…
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Facts you need to know about Sunscreen and safety
According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), there has been a surge in exaggerated SPF claims above 50 and new disclosures about potentially hazardous ingredients, in particular recently developed government data linking the common sunscreen ingredient vitamin A to accelerated development of skin tumors and lesions. The evidence against vitamin A is far from conclusive, but as long as it is suspect we recommend that consumers choose vitamin A-free sunscreens…
Scientific American Mind, May 2009
Avoiding Sugar Key to Ending Senior Moments Lowering blood sugar levels may thwart forgetfulness
Senior moments, those pesky instances of not so total recall—forgetting where we left our keys or what we did last weekend—are a subtle but significant part of the aging process. Another effect of growing old: rising blood sugar levels, which typically take off in our late 30s or early 40s as our bodies become less adept at metabolizing glucose in the bloodstream. Now a study has linked these rising levels with momentary forgetfulness, pinpointing exactly where in the brain the aging process acts—a finding that could help the elderly ward off memory lapses…
Scientific American, February 2008
Plastic (Not) Fantastic: Food Containers Leach a Potentially Harmful Chemical Is bisphenol A, a major ingredient in many plastics, healthy for children and other living things?
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous compound in plastics. First synthesized in 1891, the chemical has become a key building block of plastics from polycarbonate to polyester; in the U.S. alone more than 2.3 billion pounds (1.04 million metric tons) of the stuff is manufactured annually…
The New York Times, March 3, 2009
Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
BOSTON — In a first-year pharmacology class at Harvard Medical School, Matt Zerden grew wary as the professor promoted the benefits of cholesterol drugs and seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects.
Mr. Zerden later discovered something by searching online that he began sharing with his classmates. The professor was not only a full-time member of the Harvard Medical faculty, but a paid consultant to 10 drug companies, including five makers of cholesterol treatments…
The New York Times, March 17, 2009
Vital Signs Exercise: A Pace for Fitness: 100 Steps a Minute
A journey of a thousand miles may begin with a single step, but even if you take just 2,999 more within half an hour, you may be on the road to fitness. A new study finds that people who walk to keep in shape can achieve the right intensity if they take at least 100 steps a minute…