Getting good quality rest during travel is important to ward off the headaches, fatigue and decreased concentration caused by sleep loss. Traveling is fun but it can be exhausting with the stress of airplane travel and road-trip driving, unfamiliar surroundings and uncomfortable beds and pillows. There are ways to avoid sleep loss on the road: [ Read More ]
For the past 9 years Coolibar, the nation’s leading sun protective clothing manufacturer, has conducted a survey among the nation’s dermatologists during the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), to determine their recommendations for the best methods of sun protection. Research results from the 70th Annual Meeting, the largest meeting on record, [ Read More ]
There is evidence-based support that re-focused nutrition, exercise, and healthy emotional coping strategies may play roles in maintaining optimal health while living with Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis. “Take Charge of Parkinson’s Disease: Dynamic Lifestyle Changes to Put You in the Driver’s Seat” (ISBN: 978-0-9823219-3-5) is an unusual how-to book for [ Read More ]
This year, make sure your New Year’s fitness resolution includes your kids. Doing so could make working out and losing weight a lot more fun, according to fitness expert Michael Berry. Berry, director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Wake Forest University, said fitness with the kids must include more than a predictable schedule. You [ Read More ]
The holiday season can be a busy and stressful time. The Minnesota Chiropractic Association and Dr. Scott Bautch, past president of the American Chiropractic Association’s Council on Occupational Health, encourages you to consider the following tips to help keep you and your loved ones stay healthy, happy and safe this season. Stay hydrated! Drink at [ Read More ]
A new study published in the January 2012 edition of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that beef can play a role in a cholesterol-lowering diet, despite commonly held beliefs. The study found that diets including lean beef every day are as effective in lowering total and LDL “bad” cholesterol as the “gold standard” of [ Read More ]