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The Skinny On: HMR Weight-Loss Program
Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and Nutrisystem help people lose weight with packaged meals that teach portion control. HMR (Health Management Resources) is another weight-loss program that's offering meal and snack replacements. However, HMR programs are offered at hospitals and medical centers as well as health facilities as opposed private offices.
Front Page: The Public Wants a Public Healthcare Option
- A majority of Americans want a public option for health insurance according to the latest poll. — WSJ
- George W. Bush will be giving talks as a motivational speaker.
Feel the DailyBurn
I'm becoming a big fan of DailyBurn — a website that lets its users track workout, diet, and health goals in easy-to-read charts and graphs. There's a ton of great health and fitness information on the site and it has a social side that lets users interact with other members.
If you're not very tech savvy, don't be afraid.
Healthy Dose Link Time
- Fitness DVDs to inspire your inner ballerina — Fit Bottomed Girls
- Fitness programs for cancer survivors — Shape
- Diet ads get a FTC smackdown — That's Fit
- Perfect for snacking: Lowell's Multi-Grain Yogurt — Vital Juice
- A handful of things to add to your healthy to-do list — Vitamin G
- New iPod alternative that's pre-loaded with workout music — Fresh Fitness Tips
- Strong feet make for strong legs. Strength train your tootsies — Mark's Daily Apple
- Understanding the connection with obesity, alcohol, depression — Healthy Bites
- Shopping for a diet? These 10 were found to be the best — Health
Is Christina Hendricks Losing Her Curves?
Wearing a gorgeous L'Wren Scott dress, Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks showed off her glowing skin and new, slimmer figure at this year's Emmy Awards. Hendricks, who plays the curvy secretary Joan Holloway on the popular series, is said to be dieting for her upcoming nuptials to Geoffrey Arrend.
At an Emmy afterparty, costar January Jones commented that she hopes Hendricks holds onto her signature curves.
10 Areas of Government With the Greatest Job Growth
Working for the government used to elicit groans of expectant dullness, but times have changed. Instead of criticizing working for the ultimate Man, Uncle Sam, more people are drawn to the secure nature of working for the federal government. According to a new report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, the federal government will have hired 273,000 new workers by Fall of 2012 for jobs the group calls "mission critical" — that's a 41 percent hiring increase over the three previous fiscal years.
President Obama Hopes For White House Farmers Market
In March, Alice Waters and other supporters of the local food movement thought they'd finally gotten what they wanted when the Obamas announced the planting of an organic garden in the White House. But yesterday reformers were pleasantly shocked when President Obama announced his hopes to set up a farmers market at the White House. At the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum on Thursday, Barack Obama revealed that he and the first lady are looking into the idea of a farmers market outside the White House that would sell food from the White House garden or other local farmers: "One of the things that we’re trying to do now is to figure out, can we get a little farmers’ market — outside of the White House .
Should Parents-to-Be Get Paid to Attend Prenatal Visits?
Women without health insurance or those who are not familiar with the healthcare system often skip their prenatal visits, which can lead to complications for both mother and baby. According to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, offering expectant moms $100 to begin their prenatal doctor visits in the first trimester and continue through delivery is enough incentive to have them comply.
By offering the financial reward, the researchers saw a 62 percent increase in the number of program participants and a 39 percent decrease in the number of low birth weight babies.
Exercise
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- Complications
- Motivation
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- References
- A new study found that aerobic and resistance training significantly reduced fatigue in men undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Fatigue is a common side effect of such treatments.
- Doctors at the Mayo Clinic found that exercise improves the physical and emotional well-being of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The patients exercised for as little as 60 minutes each week.
Teaching Five Year Olds Not to Beat Their Wives
Their future wives, that is. In a proposed program generating buzz in the UK, students as young as five would be educated about the evils of domestic violence.
The potential lessons are part of a broad national initiative aimed at reducing violence against women and teaching kids how to maintain healthy relationships without resorting to violence.
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