When a person starts losing weight, where does the fat go? And what parts of the body can you expect to see results? As it turns out, we lose weight proportionally. To learn more about the latest on how weight loss is “distributed,” read this article on CNN by clicking here…
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Check out this 3 1/2-minute video from the Institute of Functional Medicine’s Jeffrey Bland, PhD. He has some very interesting words of wisdom (and science) as it relates to the way we classify and understand disease, both as a term and as a place in our lives.
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We see a lot of people with heart disease of varying bodily size–some skinny, some not-so. A study now finds that heart disease risk might better be predicted through measurement of waist size. For more information these new theories from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, you can click here to read a […]
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A recent issue of Time Magazine covered a bunch of info on chronic pain, and one article available online has a nice summary of the costs involved. I was particularly intrigued by the fact that chronic pain seems to have a financial demographic as well. To check out the whole article, click here.
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From the New York Times: For the first time since it began issuing dietary guidelines, the government offered new recommendations last month that clearly favor the health and well-being of consumers over hard-lobbying farm interests. The new science-based Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released Jan. 31 by the Departments of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services, […]
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A huge study in Europe has found that eating an abundance of fruits and vegetables has a significant positive impact on your health. We knew that already, right? But now we know that eating more than the recommended daily allowance does even more for you! Check it out: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/heart-health-fruits-veggies-life-saving/story?id=12639620
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At least, that’s what this article in the New York Times seems to say. Check it out here (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/how-meditation-may-change-the-brain/?src=me&ref=homepage)…
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Very cool new development in free online technology for those of us who are in the healing arts, or are simply interested in the beauty and complexity of the human body. Good has made BodyBrowser, a sort of 3-D mapping of the human body. Check out http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/ (you may need the latest version of a […]
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I just watched a great 1 1/2 minute video on YouTube. A man who took a picture of his daughter every year from birth to 10 years of age has created a time-lapse video of her development. Just thought it would be a fun one to share:
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People who engage in Zen meditation do feel pain, new research reveals, but they don’t think about it as much.The observation could have a bearing on the treatment of chronic pain among patients struggling with the impact of conditions such as arthritis and back pain. The findings are from a recent study in the medical […]
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