With EFFORTS - You’ll Never Walk Alone As we’re trying to cope, we approach the New Year We are told that we must exercise At the end of the night, we must get rid of fear There are facts which now open our eyes Though the winter is long If our muscles get strong ...
A WebMD Feature Top Stories of the Year 2010 Every day brings health news, but only a few stories capture our imagination. In 2010, these stories ranged from the semi-comic to worrisome to tragic. Some held our interest for months. Some were red-hot Internet items that everyone talked about for a day or so. Many ...
A Health.com Slideshow New Year, healthier you New Year’s resolutions are a bit like babies: They’re fun to make but extremely difficult to maintain. Each January, roughly one in three Americans resolve to better themselves in some way. A much smaller percentage of people actually make good on those resolutions. While about 75% of people ...
A slide show from Health.com Embrace the season Freezing temps? Check. Gray skies? Check. Crabby mood? Check again. But not for long! It may be gloomy outside, but your outlook doesn’t have to be. “There are simple things you can do to stay positive,” says Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University ...
Health.com December 26 is historically one of the most dangerous days of the year for people vulnerable to cardiac problems, including heart attacks, arrhythmias, and heart failure. And many of these so-called Merry Christmas coronaries will hit people who didn’t even realize they were at risk when they unwrapped their gifts the day before. But ...
NIH Health Information Making Your Resolutions Stick – How to Create Healthy Habits New Year’s resolutions—they’re easy to make but easier to break. Why is it so hard to make the healthy changes that we know can help us feel better and live longer? And why is it so hard to make them last? NIH-funded ...
Volume 10, Issue 55 December 24, 2010 Richard D. Martin, Editor ‘Twas a Night in the Chatroom ‘Twas the night before Christmas, whilst at my own house, I was at my computer clutching my mouse. My socks were drooping, my ankles were bare, A nor’easter was bringing some more frigid air. My kids were all ...
HealthDay News Popular heartburn drugs, including proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists, may raise the risk of pneumonia, new research finds. Researchers in Korea analyzed the results of 31 studies on heartburn drugs published between 1985 and 2009. “Our results suggest that the use of acid suppressive drugs is associated with an increased risk ...
US Dept. of Health and Human Services Press Release New proposed Affordable Care Act regulations announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will bring new transparency and scrutiny to proposed health insurance rate increases. These proposed rules allow HHS to work with states to require insurers to publicly disclose and ...
HealthDay News Store aisles are jammed, menorahs have been lit, and houses and Christmas trees are adorned with lights, which can only mean the holidays are officially in full swing. But with more than 15 million Americans currently unemployed, many people are finding it hard to make the season bright for themselves as well as ...