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‘Thin May Not be in for African-American Women’

By Guest PostJuly 3, 2010Culture, Healthafrican-american women, american psychological association graduate student awa, bmi, body mass index, body shape, college of education, curvy body, department of educational, mu, rashanta bledman, school and counseling psychology, university of missouri, women

COLUMBIA, Mo. —Many women today are dissatisfied with their weight, body shape and size, and often strive to be unrealistically thin.

A University of Missouri graduate student has found that black women actually differ from white women in their perceptions of the ideal body shape and size.

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Why be Spiritual?

By Guest PostJune 21, 2010Culture, Healthgod, Health, religion, spirituality, worship, yoga

Before we delve into why one should be spiritual, we should understand what is meant by being spiritual.

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‘Spending Time in Nature Makes People Feel More Alive’

By Guest PostJune 20, 20101 commentHealth, Naturebrick-and-mortar box, fuel for the soul, Germany, journal of environmental psychology, Nature, netta Weinstein, professor of psychology, psychologist, richard ryan, university of hamburg, university of rochester

Feeling sluggish? The solution may require getting outside the box – that big brick-and-mortar box called a building. 🙂

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Mediterranean-Style Diet Improves Heart Function

By Guest PostJune 19, 2010Healthamerican heart association journal, cardiovascular disease, circulation: cardiovascular quality and outcomes, coronary artery disease, electrocardiogram, emory twins, heart rate variability, heart study, holter monitor, hrv, indiana university in Bloomington, jun dai, mediterranean-style diet, non-hispanic, western-type diet

A study of twins shows that even with genes that put them at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, eating a Mediterranean-style diet can improve heart function, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

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Is Breast Cancer No. 1 Killer of Women?

By PravdaJune 19, 2010Healthaids, brca1, brca2, breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases, estrogen, gene, ilona milova, la fornarina, mastectomy, menopause, olga budiakova, oncologist, pneumonia, portrait of a young woman, raffaello sanzio

The issue of breast cancer avoidance concerns many women. Opinion polls reveal that 98% of them overestimate the threat. Olga Budiakova, a breast physician, talked to “MedPulse.ru” to dispel certain myths about breast cancer.

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New Evidence that Chili Pepper Ingredient Fights Fat

By Guest PostJune 9, 20102 commentsHealth, Scienceacs, antiobesity, calorie intake, capsaicin, chili, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, jong won yun, journal of proteome research, molecular insight, obesity, pepper, protein, proteome, weight loss

Scientists are reporting new evidence that capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body.

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