Your body is constantly sloughing off old cells and growing new ones. For example, you shed 600,000 particles of skin every hour, about 1.5 lbs a year. By 70 years of age, you will have lost 105 lbs of skin. Gray’s Anatomy … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention
Wellness/Prevention: Obesity and Car Accident Fatalities
An analysis of over 57,000 automobile collisions concluded obese drivers are 21-80% more likely to die after the accident, depending on the severity of their obesity. Two possible reasons for the increase include: vehicle design and safety features … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Alcohol and Calories
Alcohol contains 7 kcal/g (second only to fat, which contains 9 kcal/g). A glass of wine has 178 calories and takes 38 minutes of brisk walking to burn off. A regular alcohol drinker may get up to 10% of their total calorie intake from … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Drowsy Drivers
4% of United States adults have fallen asleep or dozed off while behind the wheel. Sleepy driving is more common among adults who sleep less than six hours per night, snore, or fall asleep randomly during the day, compared with people who do not. … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: How Are You Doing This Year?
Only 8% of people succeed in achieving their top New Year's Resolution. Journal of Clinical Psychology, December 2012 … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Cell Phone Addiction
Cell phone and instant messaging addictions are driven by materialism and impulsiveness and can be compared to consumption pathologies like compulsive buying and credit card misuse. Cell phones may be used as part of the conspicuous consumption … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Essential Oils
Essential oils, which form the basis of aromatherapy for stress relief, are reported to have a beneficial effect on heart rate and blood pressure following short-term exposure and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. After 45 minutes of … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Sleep and Insulin Resistance
High levels of insulin resistance can lead to the development of diabetes. Teenagers who normally sleep six hours a night can improve insulin resistance by 9% by simply sleeping one additional hour. Sleep, October 2012 … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Sleep and Pain?
Sleep disorders lead to 253 million days of sick leave a year in the United States. 63.2 billion dollars are lost a year due to insomnia. A third of this is due to absence from work, while the other two thirds is due to a loss in productivity at … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Get Your Sleep!
Sleep disorders lead to 253 million days of sick leave a year in the United States. 63.2 billion dollars are lost a year due to insomnia. A third of this is due to absence from work, while the other two thirds is due to a loss in productivity at … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: High Blood Pressure and The Brain!
A recent study found evidence of structural damage in the brains of hypertensive and pre-hypertensive people in their 30s and 40s. This sort of damage to the brain has been linked to cognitive decline in older people. According to Dr. Charles … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Staying Healthy!
"The preservation of health is easier than the cure for disease." ~ B.J. Palmer … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Keep Young Drivers Safe
In May 2010, New Jersey implemented Kyleigh's Law, requiring all 16-20 year old drivers with a permit or intermediate license to display a reflective decal on the front and back license plates of vehicles they are operating. The decal is intended to … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Cherries and Gout
Eating cherries over a two-day period reduced the risk of gout attacks by 35%. Arthritis & Rheumatism, October 2012 … [Read more...]