A report suggests the phrase “working overtime is killing me” may be as factual as it is figurative. According to a long-term study of more than 10,000 civil servants in London, working overtime is bad for the heart.
The research, published online in the European Heart Journal, found compared with people who did not work overtime, [...]
A study conducted in Finland at the Ruku University Hospital by Mikael Ekblad, found that smoking during pregnancy may increase a child’s risk of developing a psychiatric disorder during childhood and young adulthood. It was recently presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Substantial evidence already exists that smoking during [...]
A University of Michigan study, published in the March 2010 issue of Medical Care, researchers compared a set of critical factors that can affect hospital deaths: hospital occupancy, nurse staffing levels, weekend admission and seasonal influenza.
Hospital admission when beds are filled to capacity can lead more deaths. The study found a high occupancy increases the [...]
Hospital admission and stay are very difficult and extremely stressful times. In addition to being sick, distressed, and oftentimes in pain, the hospital experience is wrought with uncertainty and the sense of helplessness. A patient is dependent upon the hospital staff for treatment, food and human contact. And being uprooted from the daily activities of one’s [...]
A recent study conducted in Japan found that drinking a cup of green tea daily may cause a 20 per cent reduction of the risk of tooth loss and improve oral health. Also, drinking additional cups creates additional reductions of risk, with five or more cups a day associated with a 23 per cent risk [...]
One of the greatest health issues of our time is the health risks caused by obesity.
Here’s an outstanding lecture given about the tremendous health crisis it has caused in our country. Jamie Oliver, well known chef was given an award by TED for his efforts to help Americans eat healthier and reduce the incidence of [...]
The results of a University of Pennsylvania study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that a specific meditation, Kirtan Kriya performed daily for eight weeks increased brain activity in areas important to memory and actually improved their cognitive function in people suffering from memory decline.
Kirtan Kriya (KK), originated in the Kundalini yoga tradition, [...]
Interview with Dr. Garland
Several prominent Vitamin D research studies have found that higher blood levels of the active and circulating form of Higher serum levels of the main circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), are associated with significantly lower rates of colon, breast, ovarian, renal, pancreatic, aggressive prostate and other cancers.
Their research findings, [...]
I’ve always suspected that violent video games were unhealthy to the mental health and well-being of children playing them.
New research in the field of video games investigated how violent games affect the emotional behavior of children and how it impacts their response to life events.
Playing video games that are violent, for as little as 20 [...]
Teenagers sent to bed earlier by their parents are protected from depression and suicidal thoughts. A study by James Gangwisch, PhD, of Columbia University in New York, examined data from 15,659 adolescents. A total of 1,143 teens (7.3 percent) suffered from depression and 2,038 (13 percent) had suicidal thoughts. Teenagers whose parents mandated bedtimes at [...]