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Health suffers as economy creates stress (Detroit Free Press) Tue Oct 07 00:13:33 PDT 2008 Economic stress is taking its toll on the United States' emotional and physical health, new survey data show: More than half of Americans report irritability or anger, fatigue and sleeplessness, and almost half say they self-medicate by overeating or indulging in unhealthy foods. Read full article »
Runners should strive to avoid stress fractures (The Scranton Times-Tribune) Tue Oct 07 01:32:40 PDT 2008 First of four parts on running. The 13th Steamtown Marathon is three weeks away. After training each spring and summer for the first seven Steamtown Marathons, not a Columbus Day weekend goes by without my thoughts turning to this great event. Read full article »
In brief: Health updates (10/7/08) (Anchorage Daily News) Mon Oct 06 23:39:36 PDT 2008 Living Well With Chronic Illness, 7-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 5, Christ Church Episcopal, 5101 O'Malley Road. A six-session program of self-management for those suffering from chronic illness. Traditional and innovative skills and techniques will be taught to improve the quality of life. ... Read full article »
Mental Stress of Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer (Psych Central) Mon Oct 06 08:00:25 PDT 2008 While certainly beneficial for the advancement of science, the unraveling of the human genome has resulted in a conundrum for women testing for hereditary breast cancer. Personal beliefs about inconclusive DNA testing for hereditary breast cancer are associated with cancer-related worry, and such... Read full article »
Spirit of Women Presents Health and Wealth (Hattiesburg American) Mon Oct 06 04:41:33 PDT 2008 Forrest General's Spirit of Women knows that a healthy lifestyle and financial well-being are two key components to helping eliminate stress in your life. Read full article »
Health Briefs (SouthtownStar) Tue Oct 07 02:16:24 PDT 2008 Depression screenings Read full article »
Health Notes (The Buffalo News) Tue Oct 07 03:48:50 PDT 2008 Catholic Health System's HealthConnection will present “Are You at Risk for Diabetes?” at 6 p. m. today in Marian Professional Center, 515 Abbott Road. To register, call 447-6205. Read full article »
Health calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times) Tue Oct 07 00:53:49 PDT 2008 The complete Health Calendar is posted online at www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com . Scroll down to Living and click on Health. Read full article »
Work pressures, health vie for claims on midday meal (Norwalk Advocate) Mon Oct 06 20:10:18 PDT 2008 Time is getting tighter in the corporate world, so much so that even the executives who run the businesses that help keep the economy going are able to spend less time at the lunch table. Read full article »
Book Review: The Essence of Health by Dr Craig Hassed (Blogcritics.org) Mon Oct 06 16:42:30 PDT 2008 A scientifically oriented book which does more than just help people get better. One of the problems with modern healthcare is that, at least in my experience, it tends to treat each person as a set of disparate symptoms. This is particularly true of specialists: your neurologist doesn’t want to... Read full article »