| Frequent weighing won't harm, may help
Frequent self-weighing will not make you depressed, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota. The study published in the journal Preventive Medicine found no strong evidence linking frequent scale-stepping and depression in women. In addition, daily weighing, rather than once a week or month, was associated with lower Body Mass Index levels in women 40 or older. Finally, a study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine found that daily weighing is helpful "to individuals trying to lose weight or prevent weight gain." Keeping track of your weight is not just for weight loss. Research from the National Weight Loss Registry has determined that almost all successful weight-loss maintainers have some kind of "5-pound warning system," a way of monitoring their weight before it gets out of control.
Traditional books: the final chapter?
BEIJING, Jun 5 -- Roaming about a bookshop used to be the favorite pastime for Huang Jiwei, a famed Beijing-based writer, publisher and avid book collector. He takes great pleasure in spending hours sauntering among the stalls and shelves, discovering interesting titles and taking them home. "The experience is something similar to a shopping spree," he says. "But it is great fun even if you end up not buying any books." He can still recall his first trip to a bookstore as a primary school boy in the 1960s. Every school day, Huang would pass by a tiny Xinhua Bookstore outlet somewhere near the Fragrant Hills in western Beijing. He was often tormented by the fact that he could not afford to buy the books. "The auntie at the bookstore was so kind to invite me to sit down and read the picture-story books free of charge! From that time, I have cherished a tender feeling for bookstores," says Huang, who admits he has spent less and less time in the bookstores in recent years.
Susan Samueli Center Adds Naturopathic Treatments to Integrative ...
IRVINE -- The Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, dedicated to advancing patient care through education, evidence-based research and applied integrative medical therapies, today announced that it has added naturopathic treatments to its line of services. The Center is the first university in Southern California to offer naturopathic treatments, which will be administered by Dr. Suzanne Tang, a Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Acupuncturist fully credentialed through UCI. Dr Tang sees patients at UCIs Gottshalk Medical Plaza and the centers off-campus clinic at Lindora in Irvine. Naturopathic services are designed to optimize treatments and therapies that leverage the bodys inherent ability to heal itself. Naturopathic principles and treatments are tightly integrated with the most advanced medical treatments available today to create a powerful new approach to diagnosis and therapeutic treatments for the patient, said Dr.
Drug Company in Talks Over Malaria Treatment
Representatives of the Swiss-based drug company Novartis are in Mozambique to discuss supplying their anti-malarial drug Coartem to the Mozambican Health Ministry. The company's Director of Public Affairs, Malaria Initiatives, Lee Wells, told AIM on Tuesday that he has been in preliminary discussions with senior health officials, and with Anglican Bishop Dinis Sengulane, who heads the Mozambican branch of the Roll Back Malaria campaign. .
Pearce weighing run for Congress against Flake
That must be why millions of Mexican migrants are standing around jobless at Home Improvement Centers thourghout the nation, and why who knows how many more are on welfare in California and other irresponsible States. Comment has been reviewed July 16, 2007 .
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