Posted on Wednesday, 9th May 2012 by Hanna
They say it takes a village to raise a child, but sometimes, it takes a child to inspire a village. Such was the case with Marshall Reid, a 12 year old from Sanford, North Carolina, on a mission not just to change his own health, but the health of his family and millions of other [...]
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Posted on Friday, 4th May 2012 by Hanna
FRIDAY, May 4 — Managing your blood pressure is the most important thing you can do to help lower your risk of stroke, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, experts say. Yet many people don’t realize they’re at risk of having high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 14th April 2012 by Hanna
The weather is warming up and many are beginning to plan for summer. This Friday, March 30, The Doctors are going to explain how we can get our bodies ready for the new season too. This Friday’s episode is titled, “Simple Secrets to Shrinking Your Waistline.” Many of us walk around with what are referred [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 5th April 2012 by Hanna
THURSDAY, March 29 — Researchers say they’re designing patch-like devices to wirelessly transmit information about a person’s vital health statistics, potentially freeing patients from the wires and sticky electrodes of electroencephalograms and electrocardiogram . The devices, currently envisioned to be more like a temporary tattoo than a medical patch, could conceivably measure heart activity and [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 24th March 2012 by Hanna
In a time when nearly 17 percent of America’s children are considered obese, there are several fingers being pointed and many debates taking place. Sometimes restaurants are under fire for advertising and serving unhealthy food to kids. Our schools catch flak for the menus and junk food they provide. More recently ad campaigns have insulted [...]
Posted on Tuesday, 20th March 2012 by Hanna
March 20, 2012 — When children have access to a parent, sibling, or grandparent’s medicines, it can be an accident waiting to happen, a new report shows. A young child’s instinct to put things in their mouth or a kid’s natural curiosity may kick in. Both of these situations can lead to medication poisonings in [...]
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