Dfb: Progress Report Week 1 When Alcoholics fall off the wagon, they usually drink themselves into unconsciousness and alienate all their friends and family When a fat person falls off, we seem to land in a place where food is served is 2 minutes or less There is no alienation, hell, we invite the family over for buffet style meals I was doing well until Friday I had a sneak peak on the scale and saw that I had already lost 25 pounds without doing any exercise All ...

Is Modern Life Hurting Your Health? How often have you said to yourself, "I wish things would slow down"? "I wish life was simpler!"Modern life can be taxing Today we live faster, work more, and have less free time than ever before In addition, our 'conveniences' often come at the expense of the purity of our environmentIt's no wonder we are the 'stress generation' Did you know that you hear more news in one DAY that your great-grandparents heard in ...

Open, Full And Imperfect: What You Must Know About Your Heart Last Friday was National Wear Red Day, an intentional opportunity to wear a red dress as a symbol of awareness of the fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women in AmericaI didn't wear a red dress, but I did get my very first electrocardiogramI wish I could say that I had planned it that wayThe truth is that I was experiencing chest pain, a terrible ...

Give Me Accutane Or Give Me Death: The Politics Of Prescriptions Any teenager will tell you that acne can drive you crazy, but is it dismal enough to drive you to kill yourself? Since its market debut in 1982, enraged parents and lawyers have implicated Accutane in the hospitalizations and suicide deaths of over 200 teenagers in the USAccutane (isotretinoin) is one of Hoffman-LaRoche’s most popular and controversial pharmaceuticals Doctors prescribe Accutane for patients with severe nodular acne that does ...

Obesity - Not Everybody Agrees It Is An Epidemic Obesity has become such an important topic in health and self-improvement circles that it deserves its own "News and Views" column Here is the February, 2006 issue **Book claims obesity "epidemic" is a big lie In his new book, "Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic", writer Eric Oliver claims that the ramped up concern over obesity in the last ten years has been driven by the weight loss industry According to ...

Enuresis Is Something To Talk About Enuresis, or bedwetting, is common in children as they grow up Almost everyone has experienced this in their lifetime at least once, so the commonality of this issue should be easy to discuss However, in many homes it is an issue never faced and the child is left feeling embarrassed and unsure as to what is happening to their body The best way of consoling a child that is facing enuresis is for the parent to gain more than basic knowledge ...

Steroids: Could Your Child Be Next? "Players that are guilty of taking steroids are not only cheaters, you are cowards Show our kids that you're man enough to face authority, tell the truth and face the consequences” — Donald Hooton of Plano, Texas, who testified before Congress that his son, Taylor, a high school baseball player, committed suicide in 2003 after steroid use Does your child use steroids? Of course not That's what concerned parents want to believe Yet scores of young people are ...

Novel Drug Compound Kills Multiple Hiv Strains Vanderbilt University, Brigham Young University, and Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals Report Novel Drug Compound Kills Multiple HIV Strains; Synthetic Small Molecule Acts Through Unique Strain-Independent Virucidal Mechanism NASHVILLE, Tenn PROVO, Utah DENVER Feb 6, 2006 Vanderbilt University, Brigham Young University and Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc today announced that one of a family of compounds, called Ceragenins (or CSAs) shows potent virucidal activity in in vitro laboratory tests against multiple strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS CSAs were invented by Dr ...

Effective Remedies For Arthritis - Eight Treatment Techniques Anyone Can Use! Arthritis is the most common disorder leading to crippling and deformity It affects about 70 million Americans Because there are more than 100 different kinds of arthritis, it is important to know what type of condition you’re dealing withEffective methods for dealing with arthritis include the following:• Medicines: Both over-the-counter and prescription anti-inflammatory medicines will help with symptoms More specific disease-modifying medicines may be needed• Exercise: This “treatment” helps ...

Acid Reflux Disease, Causes And Effects To counter the surge in the prevalence of acid reflux, lots of over the counter medications have been churned out of our pharmaceutical companies A lot of theories abound, medically and naturally, about the root cause of this disease The first explanation for the cause of this condition is that because of the incompetence of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) acidic contents of the stomach are allowed up into the esophagus, which results in a burning sensation The LES is a ...