DPJ on the offensive, but party members remain apprehensive
Democratic Party of Japan House of Councillors member Chiaki Takahashi visited DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa at the party headquarters in Tokyo last Thursday. The two discussed Ozawa’s scheduled visit to Ise Grand Shrines in Mie Prefecture–one of his regular annual events.
Takahashi, who was elected from the Mie prefectural constituency, took the opportunity to relay information regarding Read the rest of this entry »
David Servan-Schreiber was 31 when he was diagnosed with a walnut-size brain tumor and given six months to live. After surgery and chemotherapy, the young neuroscientist asked his oncologist if he should change his diet.
“Eat whatever you like,” his doctor told him. “It won’t make much of a difference.”
Servan-Schreiber thought otherwise. For the next 15 years, he threw himself into researching the body’s natural defenses; today he believes dietary Read the rest of this entry »
Fico spoke of how one’s lifestyle is too easily taken for granted.
“I think people think you get sick from bad luck, bad germs and bad genes,” he said. “That’s not really the case. It’s about life choices that affect your lifestyle.”
Diet, sleep patterns and stress all can compound demands on the human body, Fico said.
“Those end up being the problems that become disease patterns,” he said. “We want people to be aware that your health is dependent Read the rest of this entry »
Salt Lake City has been named the “Fittest City in America” by Men’s Fitness magazine, as announced in the February 2009 issue which hits newsstands this week. The title was secured as a result of the magazine’s annual survey of the top 50 U.S. cities to determine which urban locale demonstrates the strongest commitment to health and fitness. This accolade is in addition to being recently singled out as the best city for women by Women’s Health Read the rest of this entry »
The Republican Party once a long and proud tradition
of pro-choice heavyweights, including former Minnesota Gov. Arnie Carlson,
former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, Sen. Arlen Specter and former
Connecticut Congresswoman Nancy Johnson. They have all since retired from their
offices.
, a group
that works to elect pro-choice Republicans and to take the anti-choice planks out of the Republican party platform. RMC’s priority for this election
was Read the rest of this entry »
Four of those patients were sent to Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle for possible hyperbaric treatment, where they were put inside a chamber containing a high concentration of oxygen.
Two of the patients treated at Virginia Mason were released Tuesday afternoon and the remaining two were receiving treatment as of 4:30 p.m. and scheduled to be released later Tuesday night, hospital spokeswoman Alisha Mark said.
One woman who reported symptoms Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2008)
— Elderly people who have a positive outlook, lower stress levels, moderate alcohol consumption, abstention from tobacco, moderate to higher income and no chronic health conditions are more likely to thrive in their old age, according to a study in the October issue of The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
The first study of its kind, researchers from Portland State University, the Kaiser Permanente Center Read the rest of this entry »
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All fats are not created equal. That was a recurring theme at the recent Worlds of Healthy Flavors conference, an annual collaboration between the
and nutritionists at the Harvard School of Public Health. The conference, which brings together chefs from the food service industry and leading experts in
and medicine, is intended to help food purveyors expand healthy meal choices for consumers.
The message that not all fats are bad has been around Read the rest of this entry »
Published: February 2, 2009
Lisa Magee is a busy mother of four. She says that’s all the more reason to get her body straight and off her intense sugar cravings.
Lisa says, “For years I have known I was addicted to sugar I would crave sugar. I would prefer to eat a doughnut over an egg.“
Lisa decided to do a five day detox to cleanse her body. It’s a raw diet where all her food is vegan and Read the rest of this entry »