Adult Health
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The Pearls and Perils of the Paleo Diet
I know how emotionally-charged discussions about diet can get. So, with that in mind, (as well as the fact that for over a decade I was a vegetarian), I’ll be treading cautiously on this topic of the Paleo diet. Not only do I not want to add to the polarization that already exists in the
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Outsmarting the New Obstacles to Your Health
I knew the moment I heard my first lecture in nursing school (highlighting the details of what happens when the body becomes riddled with disease), that I would spend my career focused on preventing illness. My calling it seemed was to learn all I could about ways to keep the body healthy, strong and disease-free.
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An Adult Topic: Preventing Dementia…
Recently, a neighbor expressed great concern (actually fear) regarding the fact that because her parents developed dementia, she too would follow that same course. I immediately and emphatically responded that we have more control than we think over whether or not we develop a particular illness…even if there is a genetic predisposition for it to
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Getting Healthy Before Getting Pregnant
You might be surprised to find out just how little attention is paid to this concept in our culture. Yet today, with 1 in 6 children affected by either a neurological, behavioral or developmental disorder (including 1 in 50 with autism) and 53% of our kids affected by one or more chronic illness (such as