May 29, 2015 11:12AM
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), known as “bad cholesterol”, was reduced by 60 percent when overweight adults added an avocado to a moderate-fat diet.
Having two drinks a day in one’s 50s and 60s increases the risk of stroke by a third and lowers the age at which it occurs, Swedish researchers have found.
In just two months of three-times-a-week yoga classes, older adults improved their cognitive functions, reaction times and working memory.
Chinese researchers report that acupuncture and a prescribed heat therapy were 89 percent effective in treating symptoms of benign enlarged prostate.
May 29, 2015 11:12AM ● By John McKnight and Peter Block
To build loving communities, we need only to locate and engage the talents right in our midst.
May 29, 2015 11:12AM ● By Linda Sechrist
Our stomach bacteria—derived from the foods we eat—turn out to be key in everything from moods to hunger levels to diseases such as diabetes and autism.
May 29, 2015 11:12AM ● By Meredith Montgomery
Don’t get hung up on the om-ing! Increasingly men are turning to yoga for its physical and therapeutic benefits.
Efforts are underway to recruit and train veterans to work on small farms for both financial and therapeutic reasons.
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