Archive for May, 2009
Keep West Nile Virus at Bay This Season
By Jessica at 6 May, 2009, 6:55 pm
(ARA) – West Nile virus arrived on the east coast of the United States in 2000, drawing plenty of media attention. Since then, the virus has gradually migrated west to the Pacific coast, and human cases have been documented in nearly all of the 48 continental states.
While the disease is no longer grabbing the same [...]
Personal Health Records Put Consumers in Control
By Jessica at 6 May, 2009, 6:35 pm
(ARA) – Barb Kerecz is a busy woman. The Connecticut-based working mother of five has a lot of organizing and record keeping to do to keep household chaos under control. There are forms for everything — immunization records, sports sign-up sheets, permission slips and other paperwork for her children’s activities as well as her own. [...]
Read More >>Living Wills Protect You at All Ages, Stages of Life
By Jessica at 6 May, 2009, 6:21 pm
(ARA) – “People act as if death is contagious. It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life,” so said Morrie Schwartz in the 1997 best-seller by Mitch Albom, “Tuesdays with Morrie.” The popular biography made death seem almost accessible given Morrie’s comfort level talking about it. Yet, most people still avoid the [...]
Read More >>Don’t Let the Recession Make You Gain Weight
By Jessica at 6 May, 2009, 5:43 pm
(ARA) – Comfort food and fast-food sales are soaring — chocolatier Cadbury’s profits soared 30 percent in 2008, and McDonald’s saw a 5 percent increase in U.S. sales this past January. Grocery store comfort foods like boxed macaroni and cheese and canned ham are also staging a comeback.
Two-thirds of American adults are medically overweight or [...]
Ronnie Nose Says ‘Don’t Blow It’ This Season
By Jessica at 6 May, 2009, 5:25 pm
(ARA) – What does a cartoon nose with red sneakers and year-round sniffles have to do with learning about nasal allergies? Well this nose, Ronnie Nose, is the star of “Don’t Blow It,” a new online health game that uses humor and animation to help teach people about nasal allergies.
The objective of “Don’t Blow It” [...]