November 3, 2008
- Self Control, Weight Control and What's in the Pantry
Don’t know about you, but the eater-blogger posting this entry has long avoided eating too many potato chips (uh, that would be the whole bag) by simply not buying them for the pantry at home. (…)
October 9, 2008
- Just One Workout Can Lower Diabetes Risk, Symptoms
By Bob Condor
Americans don’t have to be reminded about the health value of regular exercise. (…)
October 2, 2008
- New Report Says Cosmetics, Shampoo, Toxic to Teen Girls
By Bob Condor
Among its impressive pursuits as a private consumer watchdog organization, the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group has been at the forefront of what has to be our most urgent public health issue: Toxins in children. (…)
September 25, 2008
- Sweating Out Exercise-Induced Asthma is Just the Remedy
By Bob Condor
Whether you call it sweat or the more proper, “perspiration,” it appears getting a bit clammy while working out protects against exercise-induced asthma attacks. (…)
September 22, 2008
- Consistent Diet Stops Diabetes Kidney Damage, Heart Attacks
By Bob Condor
Being consistent? It’s almost a lost art form these days. How many professional ballplayers play for one team their entire careers? (…)
September 18, 2008
- Men, Get to Know How Diabetes Leads to Depression, ED
By Bob Condor
Earlier this year, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published a report that estimates American men are 25 percent less likely than women to visit a doctor for regular check-ups. (…)
September 7, 2008
- Your brain vs. your brain (cancer) on cell phones
By Bob Condor
A major purpose of the Daily Health Blog is to bring you outside-of-the-box thinking about personal health issues. (…)
September 3, 2008
- Fin is in: How to prevent a heart attack
By Bob Condor
This is no ordinary fish story. And it’s far from a tall tale. (…)
August 29, 2008
- Probiotics fight autoimmune disorders, heart disease, colds
By Bob Condor
Probiotics or friendly bacteria are most known for fighting the good fight against unhealthy bacteria in your gut. (…)
August 25, 2008
- Do dietary supplements work? It's your call
By Bob Condor
We are all consumers of nutrition research. (…)
August 20, 2008
- Gold Medal Secret: Hyperfocus, ADHD ADD and Michael Phelps
During his 200-meter butterfly gold medal victory at the Summer Olympics, as he unexplicably out-touched Croation swimmer Milorad Cavic with a thrusting wing-line stroke at the finish, Michael Phelps couldn’t see more than a few meters in front of himself during the last half of the race. (…)
August 18, 2008
- Discover How to Protect Your Vision with Food, Supplements
By Bob Condor
More Americans are having trouble reading eye charts. That’s the bottom-line finding from a study published earlier this month in the Archives of Ophthalmology medical journal. (…)
August 14, 2008
- Fresh research: The best diet to control diabetes
By Bob Condor
The new Barton Publishing “How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally” rightfully devotes a significant number of pages to how your diet can control and even reverse this disease. (…)
August 12, 2008
- Tofu, tempeh and your memory
By Bob Condor
Not surprisingly, the media was quick to report a July study that linked tofu with increased memory loss. As a journalist, I can see the headline is hard to resist. (…)
August 5, 2008
- Natural remedies for ADHD; Take St. John’s wort off the list
By Bob Condor
Consider a group of parents with school-age children. Chances are you can generate some lively discussion by introducing the topic of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. (…)
August 4, 2008
- Beat blood pressure without drugs, even the meds are cheap
By Bob Condor
Medical researchers are still buzzing about two new studies published earlier this year showing that older, cheaper and generic blood pressure medications featuring "water pills" or diuretics serve as an effective first defense against blood readings of 140 over 90 and up. (…)
July 28, 2008
- Study: Left ear dominates love; right ear is for directions
By Bob Condor
And now for something completely different.
No kidding.
It might not exactly be health research, but your quality of life is at stake.
No joke. (…)
July 21, 2008
- Vibration platform improves muscle and bone strength
By Bob Condor
The Beach Boys aren’t the only ones who can claim “good vibrations.” New research indicates that standing on a vibration platform might very well improve muscle and bone strength, especially in adults who are elderly and/or sedentary. (…)
July 18, 2008
- Broccoli fights prostate cancer–and here's how
By Bob Condor
Quick, name the only vegetable that is actually a flower. Got it?
Broccoli, which if you wait too long to harvest it, will become a sturdy, barely inedible yellow flower. (…)
July 14, 2008
- Tai chi practice converts poor sleep into good night's rest
By Bob Condor
Chinese healers have long believed in the power of the body’s energy or chi (pronounced “chee”). You likely know that it is the object of acupuncture needles, to realign the chi. (…)
