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US Health Care Review You may have been hearing a lot lately about the US Heath Care System and its Siamese twin, health insurance. In the beginning of 2009, around 50 million (NPR/LA Times 3-5-09) people were not

Vitamin Studies It seems that new studies about what vitamins do or don’t do are often being published. When the press reports on these, they seem to take the approach that the latest study is the best

Walk for Health...For most of human history, walking was the main means of transportation. If you were a prehistoric person, walking was the way you went out to get your food, and the way you burned up a lot of the calories you ate. Nice balance, but those days are gone forever. Let’s get over it

Healthy Vacationing...Many people must travel for work, and at some point almost everybody travels somewhere for holidays and vacations. This is the time of year people consider their upcoming vacation plans and,therefore, is a good time to consider factors that allow them to vacation healthfully.

Be Flexible...You know you should stretch and you probably don't do it, or at least not enough. Stretching can help prevent injury and improve sports performance. For most of us, static stretching is best. Move to where you feel the stretch in the target muscle and hold for 20 seconds or more.

The Bird Flu and You...There is more news about the Avian Bird Flu (H5N1), and some of it may be frightful sounding. Even President Bush finally addressed the issue in a recent speech. He mentioned that the US Military might be called in to help enforce a possible quarantine of those afflicted, since there is

Tai Chi--What Is It?...Tai chi has gotten a lot of press lately as studies have shown it improves balance in older people. The FICSIT trials (Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques) indicated tai chi prevented falls in the study group better than any of their other approaches.

Use It or Lose It ...Alzheimer's, dementia, brain tumors, depression, memory loss and overall poor mental functioning are increasing. And as we are living longer it appears to only make sense that non-life threatening conditions become more obvious as modern medicine allows us to be alive for