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14 Ways To Never Get Cancer and Love Your Breasts? Womens Breast Health Tips!

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First the good news, your cancer risks are very low if you have a healthy lifestyle. As many as 70% of known causes of cancers are avoidable and related to lifestyle. Your first line of defence, as expected, is avoidance of tobacco products but recent research has uncovered many small, surprising ways you can reduce your cancer risks.

14 Ways To Reduce Your Cancer Risks

Filter Your Tap Water – You’ll reduce your exposure to known or suspected carcinogens and hormone-disrupting chemicals. A new report from the President’s Cancer Panel on how to reduce your cancer risks suggests filtered tap water is a safer bet than bottled water. Read the rest of this post

Healthy Lifestyle Habits - Associated With Reduced Risk of Chronic Disease

Food Attitude Plays A Major Role in Obesity For Women

Massage - A Simple Way To Heal Feet Pain

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Jan 18, 2011

Massage – A Simple Way To Heal Feet Pain

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When your feet are painful, pamper them with the luxury of a massage. Normally, pain in the heels lasts for days if you do not give them rest. Naturally, it is impossible to give complete rest for your feet. So massage is a great alternative. Different massage procedures will give you a dose of relaxation and remove the daily stress. Massaging is also known as a technique of controlling the tissues. That is why many specialists like foot pain consultants or a podiatrist recommend this technique. Read the rest of this post

Weight Loss Surgery Breaks Obesity Cycle in Families

Holiday Season - Picking Safe Toys for Children

The Disease of Obesity - A Personal Perspective

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Jan 17, 2011

Food Doesn’t Have To Mean Eating

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Segment taken from the book “Eating the Moment – 141 mindful practices to overcome overeating one meal at a time” by Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D.

The meaning we assign to objects around us predetermines their function: a tomato in the hand of a chef means food, whereas a tomato in the hand of a heckler means feedback. You see the objects that we collectively refer to as “food” can mean other things besides being edible. Learning to recognize these other uses and meanings allow us to break the over conditioned associations between food and eating. Here are some ways to look at food as something other than food.

Food as art: inhaling life into nature morte. Food is both the subject of art and an artistic medium. Read the rest of this post

Is Canada Far Behind? - 2009 Obesity Stats Released For USA

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How To Find Success And Motivation With Your Fitness By Following These Six Rules

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Jan 1, 2011

What Your Doctor Read in 2010 – Top 10

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So what did your doctor read in 2010? Assuming he/she is trying to keep up to date and is part of the 21st century, they probably read articles on the Internet. If they did, physicians usually subscribe to a online medical journal. According to one of the top such online med journals, Medscape, most doctors read these top 10. Read the rest of this post

How Good is Wikipedia for Health Related Issues?

Advocating – A Required Skill in the 21st Century

Food Doesn’t Have To Mean Eating

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Dec 29, 2010

Advocating – A Required Skill in the 21st Century

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A big word to describe an action directly related to helping someone. Could be yourself, some one you love or for a cause you care deeply about.

For lots of reasons, arranging and receiving help and benefits that people are entitled to has become much more difficult in today’s world. Maybe it’s because our social and health systems are swamped or because it’s simply a bureaucratic way of minimizing costs. It’s certainly a paradox that in a world where there is so much, it’s becoming increasingly harder to receive even minimal support. It’s painfully obvious that without an effective advocate strategy, many individuals and groups suffer. Read the rest of this post

BC Gov't and Health Authorities Enter Dark Ages - Patients Will Suffer

VIHA Announces Drastic Cutbacks in Bariatric Surgery

Tummy Tuck & Breast Lift Journal - The Real Story

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Dec 6, 2010

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