Health (General)

Health (General) – Weekly Newsletter for March 1-7, 2011

Chris Christie defends Michelle Obama's obesity campaign

NEW YORK - Even though US First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against obesity was mocked by Sarah Palin and some conservatives, Republicans Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have sided with her. During separate morning news programs, Christie, 48, who is the Governor of New Jersey, and Huckabee, 55, who is the former Governor of Arkansas, defended .... Read the original article  : Chris Christie defends Michelle Obama’s obesity campaign.

Health (General) – Newsletter for March 2, 2011

Dead bones give clues to heal back pain

LONDON - The bones of people long dead could be the key to healing chronic back pain, says a new research. It is combining the latest computer modelling techniques with archaeology and anthropology, developed by the Universities of Leeds and Bristol in the UK. Researchers there are analysing spines from up to 40 ... Read : Dead bones give clues to heal back pain.

Health (General) – Newsletter for March 1, 2011

Hour of daytime sleep can lower blood pressure

WASHINGTON - Even an hour of sleep in daytime could help lower blood pressure after mental stress, researchers say. A study conducted by Ryan Brindle and Sarah Conklin from the Allegheny College in the US, found that participants who slept 45 minutes in daytime had lower average blood pressure after stress than those who did .... Read the original article  : here.

Health (General) – Monthly Newsletter March 2011

Can't quit smoking? Blame it on faulty brain receptor

LONDON - Do you know why it is so fiendishly difficult to quit smoking - because of a faulty receptor in the brain. It can lead to an uncontrollable desire to smoke, thanks to the defect in a receptor protein normally activated by nicotine, which curbs the desire for yet more of the drug. ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Can’t quit smoking? Blame it on faulty brain receptor.

Health (General) – Newsletter for February 28, 2011

Chris Christie defends Michelle Obama's obesity campaign

NEW YORK - Even though US First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against obesity was mocked by Sarah Palin and some conservatives, Republicans Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have sided with her. During separate morning news programs, Christie, 48, who is the Governor of New Jersey, and Huckabee, 55, who is the former Governor of Arkansas, defended .... Read the original article  : Chris Christie defends Michelle Obama’s obesity campaign.