| Healthy Indoor Environment First Step in Managing Allergic Diseases
Taking steps to reduce indoor air pollution and maintain a healthy home or office is the best defense against allergic diseases including chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma, according to a team of experts presenting the latest research at the Healthy Indoor Environment Conference held in conjunction with the ACAAI Annual Meeting. .
Crawford Central adopts nutrition program
Some goodies have been longtime favorites for school kids. Crawford Central adopts nutrition program By Jamie Musick 11/19/07 — Some goodies have been longtime favorites for school kids. But many parents will soon be reconsidering the numbers of iced cupcakes and fudge brownies they're bringing to school, and perhaps choosing pre-sliced apples and broccoli florets instead for their children's classroom parties. And elementary and high school administrators will be closely monitoring how many chicken patties and fried foods students are purchasing throughout the week. .
SMOKED OUT: Diboll students hand out information on dangers of smoking, perform experiments to demonstrate those dangers
While one group of Diboll High School students marked Thursday's Great American Smokeout by handing out information about quitting smoking, another group was out behind the school building lighting up cigarettes. Diboll's Drug-Free All-Stars, along with the Region 5 Prevention Resource Center, were at Angelina College handing out information about the dangers of smoking and tips on quitting. .
NEWS- Pesticide poison: Area schools behind the times in pest control
There's no question that certain health ailments have soared in frequency over the past decade. The incidence of asthma, allergies, and autism are at an all-time high in children, according to numerous medical studies, and many doctors are pointing to the link between chemical pesticides and such health problems. Nationally, some states have banned the use of pesticides in schools, and in Virginia-- at the urging of the Virginia Department of Education and the Department of Environmental Quality-- nearly two dozen school systems have adopted "integrated pest management" plans, in which pesticides are used only as a last resort. Two school systems are noticeably missing from that list, however, and environmental advocates are bugging them to change that. "Our kids are really sick today," says Jackie Lombardo, who's affiliated with both the advocacy nonprofit Friend and Advocates for Children, Teachers and Schools as well as the Piedmont branch of the Sierra Club.
Chamber members have it all: new business, new websites, new jobs
Enjoy the Patriots Game at Sky Lounge on Monday, Nov. 10, and you�ll be supporting the High Hopes Foundation.
For only $10 at the door, you�ll enjoy the game with some very enthusiastic friends, get some raffle tickets (and you can buy more) for great items like Patriots or Budweiser gear, storage at College Bound Movers, airline tickets, golf stuff, restaurant gift certificates, and autographed Pats� and Red Sox items. Your $10 tax-deductible donation gets you in the door, and 100 percent of the proceeds benefit High Hopes Foundation.
The event is sponsored by Stonebridge Benefits Group and Buy Timeshare.com/VP Resales. Ticket printing was donated by The Copy Shop on Route 101A across from Pennichuck Square.For tickets, call Stonebridge Benefits at 289-8683 or High Hopes at 429-1010.
All women face high risk of heart disease
A woman dies of heart disease about every minute in the United States. Only 13 percent of women view it as a threat. Stephanie Hammar-Samuels sure didn't. On a hike up Mount Herman in fall 2005, she was the one nagging her buddies to go faster. The next morning, she woke up nauseated. She assumed she'd come down with the flu, but the urge to vomit persisted for more than a week and was sometimes so strong she had to pull her car to the side of the road. She thought she might be pregnant, but the home test came back negative. Then she noticed she was short of breath walking up a flight of stairs. Hammar-Samuels was 39 and healthy; a nonsmoker with no history of heart problems in her family. But coronary heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women older than 25, doesn't discriminate.
Calling in sick when nothing hurts
Most of us have called in sick, sometimes even when we feel fine. But have you ever gone through the trouble of typing up, printing up and handing your boss a phony doctor's note?KOMO 4 News conducted a few experiments to find out what it takes to sell a fake sickness to the boss.First we bought several phony excuses from the Web site phoneyexcuses.com, which specializes in just that. Then, with the help of three employees of Jones Soda, we sent in our hidden cameras to see whether their bosses bought the phony excuses. Our first accomplice handed over a phony doctor's note for a future medical visit. And we mean business when we say "phony." The list of doctors on the slip was actually the list of the cast members from the ABC show "Grey's Anatomy." And the address of the phony doctor's office was that of the Space Needle.
Nutrition: Fighting cholesterol through diet
It's possible. Studies show that you can lower your cholesterol through diet. It often takes a little bit of a lifestyle change, but chances are, with a little hard work, you'll feel better. Diet therapy should really be the first line of treatment with elevated cholesterol, and if medication is involved, diet should also be included. A change in diet, if on cholesterol lowering medications or not, will help decrease the overall risk of heart disease. A low-cholesterol diet is classified as a daily intake of less than 300 mg of cholesterol, less than 7 percent calories from saturated fat, and less than 30 percent of calories from fat, and an increase of complex carbohydrates in place of the refined, processed carbohydrates. Sound familiar? It's a standard healthy diet. But the reduction in cholesterol and total fat as well as refined carbohydrates will benefit health in a variety of ways.
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