Vibrant Life back issues from March 2004:
What works.
Mar 01, 2004; ... The wonderful world of health can sometimes contain a vast swirl of contradictions. Do this; take that. Go here; stay away from there. Trust your doctor. Trust your herbs. They're wrong. I'm right. This will save you. This will kill you. Go soy. Go dairy. Go crazy! In my own ...
On November 12, 2003, Vibrant Life lost a true friend.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... On November 12, 2003, Vibrant Life lost a true friend. Ralph Blodgett became editor of the newly named magazine (it was previously called Life and Health then Your Life and Health) in 1984 and introduced innovations and features that continue to this day. Ralph's deep ...
Black cohosh shown to fight night sweats.(lifelines)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Women have long used estrogen and progesterone drugs to ease such menopausal symptoms as hot flashes. While these drugs certainly help, they also increase the risk of heart ailments, some cancers, and Alzheimer's disease. A recent double-blind clinical trial by the National ...
No pain, no problem.(lifelines)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Exercise does your heart and immune system good. But there's a limit. Overexercising may actually do a body harm. So what's the best way to gauge the intensity of your workout? An ongoing study of Harvard men who graduated before 1950 suggests that if exercise feels hard, you're ...
Good memories outlast bad.(lifelines)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... During those moments of retrospection we all experience, we're more likely to remember the good times than the bad. Several studies, which included lab research, found that people's perception of past events is mostly pleasant. However, depressed people don't share this bias ....
Another nail in the secondhand smoke coffin.(lifelines)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Researchers from Montana and the University of San Francisco recently examined the impact of a short-lived Helena, Montana, 2002 smoking ban. Although the ban lasted only six months, reverberations from the smokeout were far-reaching. While the ban was in place heart-attack ...
Time + TV / = fat.(lifelines)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... TV watching can affect more than your mind. It can also help determine your girth. A recent study of 50,000 women revealed that for every two hours per day of TV watching, the risk of obesity increases 23 percent. Diabetes risk shoots up 14 percent. Interestingly, sitting while ...
Fast-track nutrition: eat healthy, even while watching the clock.(Physical Health)(Cover Story)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Nutrition? Who has time? You're in a hurry! While it may be fun to savor the rich aroma of slow-cooking food coming to life on the stove or in the oven, your life doesn't afford much downtime. You live in the fast lane--going, doing, deciding, changing, attempting, rebooting, restocking, ...
Sleeping without breath.: one woman's frightening story.(treating sleep apnea)
Mar 01, 2004; ... The Greek word "apnea" means "without breath" People with untreated sleep apnea slop breathing repeatedly while they slumber, often hundreds of times, often for a minute or longer. --American Sleep Apnea Association In early January 2002 I awoke with a headache so bad ...
10 proven antidotes for workplace burnout.
Mar 01, 2004; ... A week's worth of work lands on your desk with a resounding plop. "I need these completed by tomorrow morning," the boss says as be or she walks briskly out the door. You stare at the towering pile. The phone rings incessantly. Your stomach screams for another antacid. Lunchtime comes and ...
Transform hurt into healing: fighting back from grief's dark door.
Mar 01, 2004; ... A woman, desperate for emotional relief, wrote to an advice columnist, asking for help and guidance. Anonymously signing herself as "Grieving in L.A.," the writer explained that her best friend had died from cancer "She was only 27 and was the friend I had searched for all my ...
Red raspberry: rich in color, flavor, and medicinal value.(herb watch)
Mar 01, 2004; ... The red raspberry bush (Rubus idaeus) is a friend of many gardeners. Even though it's densely covered with numerous small prickles, it produces an abundance of luscious berries. While the plant is indigenous to Europe and Asia, it's now cultivated in gardens throughout the temperate ...
Betty Crandall: surviving chronic pain with a healthy dose of Scripture.(fit people)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Pain in her hands forced Betty Crandall to visit her doctor the day before the moving vans arrived. She'd initially blamed the persistent hurting and blisters on overuse and exposure to cleaning solutions during the days leading up to the interstate move. "But it got to the ...
Lifetime nutrition: eating healthy isn't kid stuff.(Taste and See)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Everyone, including senior citizens, needs good nutrition. Regular meals that include foods from all the food groups, in the appropriate amounts, add to the basic feeling of well-being that accompanies good health. Yet those past 50 do have some nutrition needs peculiar to their age ...
Good-deed doers.(times of your life)(performing acts of kindness)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Back where I come from," the Wizard of Oz told the Tin Man, "there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. They are called phila--eh, phil--um, yes, uh--good-deed-doers." Call it what you like--good-deed doing, paying it forward, random acts of kindness--doing something ...