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July 31, 2008

Podcast 7-31-08

[display_podcast] Dr Walt Larimore’s Weekly Medical Update NewsTalk 580 WDBO Orlando Central Florida’s Morning News Listen live every Weds at 8:14 at www.WDBO.com

July 30, 2008

Podcast 7-30-08

[display_podcast] John Blok, Host of “Prime Time Florida” Moody Radio Florida Where You Turn. For Life. Listen live online at: www.MoodyRadioFlorida.fm

July 28, 2008

Worry ups men’s diabetes risk

According to the BBC, a Swedish study is reporting that anxiety, depression, and sleepless nights increase the risk of diabetes in men. Researchers found men with […]

July 28, 2008

Midlife Hormone Therapy Lowers Risk of Late-Life Dementia

MedPage is reporting a study showing that hormone therapy in midlife has been associated with reduced women’s risk of developing dementia in old age. Compared with […]

July 28, 2008

Doctor’s Appointment? Don’t Go It Alone!

ABC News has a nice article suggesting that if you are heading to the doctor’s office that you might want to persuade a friend to tag […]

July 28, 2008

Stunning News – A Blood Pressure Drug May Protect Against Alzheimer’s

HealthDay News is reporting a stunning study from the Boston University School of Medicine finding that the use of a particular class of blood pressure drugs […]

July 25, 2008

Family Meals Critical to a Child’s Health

HealthDay News is reporting (and is one of the only news outlets doing so) a new study showing that eating meals together as a family can reduce […]

July 25, 2008

Last Abortion Clinic in South Dakota Closes after Law Requires Patients be Informed

LifeSiteNews.com is reporting that on Monday, July 21, when eight women arrived at the Planned Parenthood office in Sioux Falls in South Dakota for abortions, they […]

June 1, 2011

IF cell phones can cause brain cancer, what can you do to prevent it?

A new alert about the safety of cell phones and the possibility that they might be associated with cancer (brain cancer in particular) has been reported […]

June 2, 2011

Family meals reduce risk of children being overweight

The CNN “Eatocracy” blog reports, “A study in the journal Pediatrics finds that children and adolescents who share meals with their families at least three times per […]

June 2, 2011

How (and why) to increase the number of family meals at home

Family meals have long been an American tradition. During the past several decades, however, the American family has undergone radical changes—and family meals have changed at […]

June 5, 2011

Kids who sleep less gain more weight

If kids get fewer hours of sleep, they may start packing on the pounds, researchers say in a new study. In fact, each additional hour of sleep […]

June 5, 2011

Does your child have unrecognized high blood pressure? Nearly 20% of young adults do!

Stunning research published in the journal Epidemiology indicates that nearly one-fifth of Americans who are 24 to 32 years old have high blood pressure. And, the […]