Health Wellness

Holistic Efforts are Making a Dent in Childhood Obesity

When it comes to childhood obesity, it might just take a village. Or that’s the implication of a two-year, community-wide intervention in two low-income Massachusetts towns, Fitchburg and New Bedford, which took place between 2012 and 2014. The effort focused on messages about: reducing screen time and soda consumption, replacing nutrient-poor foods with fruits and vegetables, increasing

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Did You Know You Have Sarcopenia?

Ladies, from the moment you begin to develop in your mother’s womb, you begin to develop muscles. After you are born and through adolescence and early adulthood, those muscles continue to grow and develop. You gain strength and body mass, hopefully in all the right places. In your twenties, you felt like you could do

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Dying Wish of An Army Veteran

Death is something that none of us like to think about, but it’s something we will all face at some point in our lives. From the moment we are conceived in our mother’s womb, we are set on a course that leads to death. Some will experience death suddenly and before they are prepared to

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Houseplants and Your Health

One of the many drawbacks with growing older is discovering more things that make us down in the dumps and depressed. Sometimes it’s just the thought of growing older that gets us down. Sometimes it’s our health conditions that causes us some emotional anguish. Then there are family, job, retirement and financial issues that can

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Can Diet Changes Help Calm Children With ADHD?

According to findings published in the journal Pediatrics in February, the Mediterranean diet, mostly comprised of vegetables, nuts and healthy fats, may be linked to a lower risk of a child’s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis. It’s thought that the diet’s omega-3 fatty acids and nutrients may combat dietary imbalances pertaining to cognitive and physical growth. At the same time,