Spring Clean Your Diet
Baylor Scott and White HealthEver thought of improving your eating habits as a spring cleaning job? Just as you give your house and garage a thorough once-over every year, you can do the same with your diet.
Ever thought of improving your eating habits as a spring cleaning job? Just as you give your house and garage a thorough once-over every year, you can do the same with your diet.
The Misericordia University Women with Children program offers single moms the opportunity to earn their bachelor's degree while providing free housing for their children. It also offers significant financial aid, subsidized childcare and a built-in support system that prepares them for life after graduation.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin is mounting an exhibit commemorating Lady Bird Johnson at the United States Botanic Garden. The Washington D.C. exhibit will run May 24 through October 13, and will be the first at the Botanic Garden's recently completed First Ladies Water Garden.
For Better Hearing and Speech Month, the House Ear Institute (HEI) is educating the public on noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) with the top five ways to protect their hearing. Exposure to excessive noise causes about 30 percent of all hearing loss yet this type of hearing loss is preventable.
Are you constantly saying "what" or asking people to repeat themselves? You might be missing out on more than you think and it may be a sign of hearing loss. The House Ear Institute (HEI) is encouraging people to think about how hearing impacts their life and to ask themselves the tough questions.
Aches and pains are common in children and teens. Most of the time, they are fairly benign and dismissed as growing pains. However, musculoskeletal pains can signal several serious conditions, says Sangeeta Sule, M.D., pediatric rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), the most common form of arthritis in children and teens.
"Get ready to master the art of marination this May," says The Association for Dressings & Sauces (ADS). The Atlanta-based trade association of salad dressing and sauce manufacturers and suppliers to the industry recommends unleashing your inner grill master as you embark upon summer grilling season.
The Society for Women's Health Research encourages women to take charge of their health throughout the year. But for those women who have fallen behind with regular exams and screenings, National Women's Health Week (May 11-17, 2008) is the perfect time to take charge, take action, and get healthy.
If you're buying antihistamines in bulk in an effort to keep your allergy symptoms in check, it might be time to rethink your strategy.
Springtime is ankle sprain season for many foot and ankle surgeons, as March Madness awakens amateur athletes from their winter hibernation. These three simple tips can help players of all skill levels reduce their risk for ankle sprains.
With spring arriving officially this week, for many Americans allergy season will arrive soon as well. But that doesn't mean the sneezing and discomfort that comes with seasonal allergies has to be close at hand. With a bit of planning, effort and common sense, many people can limit their suffering during allergy season "“ or perhaps even avoid it altogether, says a Saint Louis University allergist.
As spring break commences, college students across the nation will be in situations that could include excessive sun exposure, alcohol, and sexually transmitted diseases. There are many unique health threats for young women to be aware of as they head to the beach or venture out on vacation.
Mary Muscari, associate professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York, offers advice on preventing shaken baby syndrome. Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) refers to the medical findings that result from the violent shaking of an infant or young child.
Scripps professor, author of new book on insomnia, can discuss challenges of sleeplessness. Insomniac, combines narrative with scientific investigation to detail the reality of living as a writer with insomnia.
National Wildlife Week is scheduled for April 19-27 and this year's featured activity is a Wildlife Watch, a chance for people of all ages to get outside and observe the wonders of nature and then report back on all their fun discoveries.
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, passed in February, instructs the Treasury Department to distribute "rebate" checks totaling some $100 billion to working-class families across America. But Robert Ricketts, the Frank M. Burke Chair in Taxation at Texas Tech's Rawls College of Business, said the package also includes tax cuts designed to jump-start the automobile industry and to encourage American businesses to buy new equipment this year.
April is National Car Care Month and The Vinegar Institute joins the Car Care Council in offering motorists advice to keep their vehicles in tip-top condition. The Car Care Council offers terrific maintenance tips to keep cars running clean and safe in an effort to advance the benefits of cleaner air, energy conservation, and safer roads. But, take it a step further and make your newly-maintained ride sparkle and shine.
Tulane University experts are available as sources for your stories on hypertension, diet, kidney disease, spring allergies, alternative spring breaks, and more.
This news short offers tips for using garden and seed catalogs to spark children's interest in gardening, food, nutrition, health and the environment.
Jeff Korte, Ph.D., principal investigator of a National Cancer Institute funded study and assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), tracked HPV infections in women with existing STDs to analyze the impact of genital infections over a two-year period. Korte found that HPV infections lasted longer if Chlamydia also was present. "HPV persistence is one of the most important risk factors for cervical cancer", said Korte.
The Early Intervention Network has launched a PSA campaign that allows Internet users worldwide to raise awareness of autism's early warning signs for national Autism Awareness month in April. "Autism is treatable if caught early," said Jayne Lytel, who heads The Early Intervention Network and author of Act Early Against Autism, a new Penguin release.
April is Autism Awareness Month and one Texas Tech University expert is not only creating awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but she has created a Web database of information and services accessible to people with autism and their families. The Web site will launch at the beginning of April, just in time to kick off Autism Awareness Month.
Parents shouldn't horse around when it comes to playground safety. Whether it's in the neighborhood park or their own backyard, adult supervision and risk awareness are the keys to keeping kids playing and progressing, according to two University of the Sciences in Philadelphia occupational therapy professors.
Autism services and support offered through the Institute for Child Development (ICD) at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have received a major boost from three separate grants totaling over a million dollars.
Researchers from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are tracking coyotes using GPS and sorting through coyote scat to determine what the animals eat and how they affect deer populations.
If you're one of the millions of Americans who will travel abroad this summer, make sure your plans include a trip to the doctor, says H. Thomas Johnson, M.D., a Saint Louis University family physician.
When the highly anticipated National Mathematics Advisory Panel report is released this week, many teachers will be told to focus on the "critical" topics and foundations in mathematics. The suggested emphasis on the essentials may help educators stay on the same page, however, it will not guarantee positive results from children who may struggle with the subject.
The arrival of daylight-saving time this weekend means extra time for evening yard work or barbecues, but for some it also means sleepy days at work and even a bit of crankiness.
For college students, Spring Break is traditionally a time of carefree escapades in tropical locales with plenty of good times, relaxation and, of course, alcohol. George Dowdall, Ph.D., and Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Ph.D., both professors of sociology at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, offer tips to college students on how to stay safe.
As college basketball programs across the country begin to make the final push for the NCAA's "big dance," millions of fans are taking advantage of the 24-hour sports news cycle to stay updated on all the scores that could affect their teams' chances of postseason play. When the tournament finally begins, these same fans will be looking to follow games through the streaming online video services offered by CBS, the NCAA's official network.
National Professional Social Work Month is celebrated each year in March. Learn more about the value of social work for individuals, families and communities.
Grinnell College experts available on following spring-related topics: health campaigns, women's history month, arts advocacy day, global warming concerns, morel mushroom season, Autism Awareness Month.
Our alarm clocks may spring forward on March 9, but our biological clocks may take longer to adjust. That's because our internal clocks are so tightly wound to many physiological and behavioral processes. Researchers have made remarkable strides in identifying genes and neural pathways involved in regulating our internal clocks, and such advances could lead to new treatments for insomnia, jet lag, depression, obesity, and other disorders.
In recognition of National Sleep Awareness Week (March 3-9), USP's Dr. Philip Gehrman shares sleep hygiene tips to be sure you're harnessing the benefits that may come from a good night's rest.
With March noted as National Nutrition month, it is a good time for consumers to beware that the perceived benefits of vitamins in soda can be deceiving. USP's Dr. Ara DerMarderosian notes that unlike encapsulated vitamins, which have prolonged shelf lives and precise nutritional values, vitamins in soda are not as stable.
First time runners, more likely to ignore foot and ankle pain, are at higher risk of injury, warns Temple University podiatrist Howard Palamarchuk. He advises beginners to pay careful attention to signs that they might be pushing too hard.
Believe it or not, there's more to St. Patrick's Day than green beer and bar specials.
March is Save Your Vision Month, and one Texas Tech University expert has a few tips on how to prevent eye-sight injury and disease and improve longevity of good vision.
"Now's the time to spring into action and chart your course for maintaining a healthy lifestyle," says The Association for Dressings and Sauces (ADS). There's no better month than National Nutrition Month (March) to transform your eating regimen into one that is both healthy and rewarding.
Do you ever happen upon a pile of, well"¦ mess, and think, "How am I ever going to get that out or how am I going to clean that?" Well, we're here to help. The answer to all of your cleaning woes this spring is as easy as saying just one word "“ VINEGAR. That's right. From banishing grease and grime to cleaning chrome fixtures and unclogging drains, consumers trust vinegar for a variety of household chores.
Don't go overboard when it comes to spring cleaning, says a germ expert at Saint Louis University. You can actually make yourself sick by cleaning too much.
With the official start of spring about six weeks away, for many Americans the start of allergy season is close at hand. But that doesn't mean the sneezing and discomfort that comes with seasonal allergies has to be close at hand as well. With a bit of planning, effort and common sense, many people can limit their suffering during allergy season "“ or perhaps even avoid it altogether.
Discussion on the value of lymph node dissection in bladder, testes, prostate and renal cell cancer surgery, respectively.
Open kidney surgery of all kinds is effective but becoming a lost art.
A review of a report that notes reported problems using a variety of hemostatic devices during laparoscopic nephrectomy.
Discussion of a study which assessed robotic partial nephrectomy for patients with complex kidney tumors, which were defined as hilar, completely endophytic, or multiple tumors.
Jaspreet S. Sandhu, MD - Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York presented "The Role of Urodynamics in the Male Cancer Patient" at the 105th Annual Meeting of the the New York Section of the American Urological Association.
Report the feasibility of sequential bilateral minimum incision endoscopic surgery (MIES) on seven patients on dialysis with bilateral RCCs.
Texas Tech University, home to some of the nation's most prominent wind researchers, has experts available, as tornado season made an early entrance across the Southeastern United States.
Surgical morbidity associated with administration of targeted molecular therapies prior to cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Metastatic renal cell carcinoma with venous extension undergoing radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy: prognostic implications