Is your job hazardous to your health?
Byline: Viren Naidu Health vs. wealth It certainly gives us more pleasure to choose french fries over a bowl of broccoli salad for lunch. Today, people hardly have the time for inconsequential things such as counting calories. Pallavi Jha, Managing Director, Dale Carnegie Training Institute,...

The need for health promotion for adults who are visually impaired.
Abstract: Health promotion interventions for adults who are visually impaired have received little attention. This article reports what is currently known about the health, overweight and obesity, and levels of physical activity reported by these adults. Conclusions about the need for health promotion activities based on this information are...

Rittenhouse Women's Wellness Center: Internal Medicine plus Nutrition, Fitness, Emotional Well-Being and Skin Care.
New center adds wellness services to internal medicine, combining nutrition education, fitness planning, emotional support and skin care services with primary care in one location. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctor Leslie Saltzman D.O., a Philadelphia-based internist, has announced the launch of the Rittenhouse Women's Wellness Center,...

Editorial.
My grandmother, for whom I'm named, was one tough gal. Born and raised in Texas, she rode horses when she was three and could shoot a gun when she was a teen. One hot summer's day, my grandmother was walking in downtown Longview when she suddenly collapsed on the...

Physical activity and diabetes: opportunities for prevention through policy.
Diabetes and its complications are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States and contribute substantially to health care costs. The first article in this special issue reviews what is currently known about the pathophysiology and epidemiology of diabetes. (1) Type 2 diabetes, previously referred to as...

The Right Moves: A Girl's Guide to Getting Fit and Feeling Good.
SCHWAGER, T., & SCHUERGER, M. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1998. 276pp. $14.95 (p). Today's girls are still not hip to good health. Susceptible to food fads and dangerous diets, most girls are clueless about nutrition and fitness. They are more likely to listen to the latest...

A FLAMING FAILURE.
"The policy on folic acid is a flaming failure, leading to an epidemic of birth defects we don't need to have. " --GODFREY OAKLEY, M.D. Part One In October 1982, The Saturday Evening Post first reported on an obscure and unheralded study from...

A time to sue? (On the web: www.cspinet.org).
To sue or not to sue, that is fast becoming the question as Americans try to deal with the obesity epidemic, heart disease, diabetes, and other diet-induced diseases. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (publisher of Nutrition Action Healthletter) and others have long encouraged legislation, regulations, and...

This Holiday Season, Miraval Tucson Responds to America's Growing Levels of Stress.
Special Value-Driven Packages and Expert Programs Designed to Help Consumers Live Better, Longer Lives TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans are gearing up for what will undoubtedly be one of the most stressful holiday seasons ever, compounded by worries over the troubled economy. While it's clear...

Clarinol(TM) CLA and Puregels(R) Featured on Hit Television Show 'Living in Style'.
Television segment to educate viewers on the weight management benefits of Clarinol(TM) CLA providing consumers an edge in their battle of the bulge. CHANNAHON, Ill., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- This month the hit television show 'Living in Style' will highlight the weight management benefits of Clarinol(TM) CLA....