Wishing You the Best of Health
Your body has been designed by God with an amazing ability to maintain itself in excellent health. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world, and this imperfection affects our ability to enjoy perfect health. We need to exercise, eat proper diets, and sometimes get medical help in order to keep our bodies as fit as possible.
Long before I earned my Ph.D. in genetics at Purdue University, I became interested in the both the ability of the human body to live a long, healthy life and the diseases that often prevent that happy outcome.
Below you'll find a selection of articles from the world of good health. To the right you'll find listed the websites I've created for a variety of health topics.
Lane P. Lester, Ph.D.
Pentagon moves to reduce stigma of mental counseling - Salon
May 1st, 2008 | WASHINGTON — Advocates of better mental health care for troops say a new Pentagon policy aimed at reducing the stigma of getting psychiatric counseling could be a small but important step. Under the new policy, troops won’t have to
Source: www.salon.com
Adwatch: McCain runs ad touting his health insurance plan - Florida Times-Union
TITLE: “Health Care Action.” LENGTH: 60 seconds. AIRING: Iowa. SCRIPT: McCain: “The problem with health care in America is not the quality of health care, it’s the availability and the affordability. And that has to do with the dramatic increase in
Source: www.jacksonville.com
McCain seeks tax credit for health care - Boston Globe
TAMPA, Fla. Republican presidential candidate John McCain wants health insurance companies to compete for your business on the open market. He would offer families a $5,000 tax credit to help buy insurance policies. “Millions of Americans would be
Source: www.boston.com
N.J. businesses paying more for health care - Newsday
TRENTON, N.J. - Employers say they’re getting hit harder by health insurance costs. A New Jersey Business & Industry survey released Tuesday shows insurance costs rose 9.4 percent last year for businesses. It found the climb hit small businesses
Source: www.newsday.com
May 1st, 2008
Habitat for Harmony
Slate - Most birds (except sea and shore birds) raise their young on an insect diet. In those suburban yards where you do see color and variety, sometimes the garden is intended to please and impress other people rather than wildlife.
Source: www.slate.com
Pacquiao: I’m 100% confident vs Marquez
ABS-CBN - He said he feels good and is eating well and there has been no reason to restrict his diet. Marquez: Age no factor Some local sports analysts see the Pacquiao-Marquez fight going the Filipino s way as he is the younger fighter among the two.
Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
Vicky Hallett and Howard Schneider
Washington Post - http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diet-fitness/the-jump-rope-workout.html _____ Fairfax, Va.: I enjoy Pilates, but have real problems with the “plank” series due to lack of upper body/arm strength.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Top DPJ lawmakers repeat dissolution calls
Daily Yomiuri On-Line - Ozawa also told reporters in Kyoto on Thursday, “It’s a given that we’ll push for the dissolution of the lower house during the current Diet session.
Source: www.yomiuri.co.jp
Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda
The Ledger - Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and elevated
Source: www.theledger.com
March 11th, 2008
Obama and Clinton clash in debate on health care
Washington Post - Resize Text CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply over health care in a debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of misrepresenting their approaches to offering coverage for 47 million uninsured Americans
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Antics of Paul Gascoigne cannot be airbrushed by strokes of genius
Times Online - Last week, Paul Gascoigne was sectioned under the Mental Health Act as a danger to himself or to others. This prompted a great wailing from the sports-writing fraternity.
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Obama, Clinton Use Different Tactics In OH Debate
News 4 - Take for instance health care. Clinton: “Senator Obama has consistently said I would force people to have health care whether they could afford it or not.
Source: cbs4denver.com
Gastro closes ward at Women’s and Children’s Hospital
News.com.au - SA Health authorities have closed an Adelaide hospital paediatric ward after 14 children and three staff fell ill with gastroenteritis. The 17-bed paediatric Rose Ward at The Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been temporarily closed to further
Source: www.news.com.au
February 28th, 2008
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