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Affirmation of the Week
It might be time for plastic surgery.
Cut some of those credit cards in half.
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Weekly Wellness Radio Show
The Turn On your Inner Light Radio Show airs Tuesday evenings 7:00 to 7:30pm, on WGBB 1240AM in Long Island.
March 03, 2009 Show - Maggie Jackson, “Balancing Acts” columnist for the Boston Globe and author of Distracted. If you multi-task, you need to listen to this interview. www.maggie-jackson.com
Feb 24, 2009 Show - James Rapson and Craig English. James, a marriage and family therapist and Craig, an award winning writer and actor, close friends and collaborators on their book: Anxious to Please: 7 Revolutionary Practices for the Chronically Nice. It’s time to please yourself.
Click archives for directory of past shows.
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Health Tips of the Week
- Vitamin D improves muscle power and force in adolescent girls according to a new study.
- Move over, Vitamin C because Vitamin D is now the “new star” claimed to help prevent colds.
- New research at the University of Haifa studied sexual harassment in the public sector: Women sexually harassed at the workplace tend to leave the organization. The women quit out of a sense of weakness.
- Raising a child with a disability can cause more day-to-day stress and long-range health problems than parenting a child without disabilities, according to a new study that looked at a clinical measure of stress along with parents’ survey responses.
- Air pollution caused by traffic near the home affects asthma severity in children, resulting in repeated hospital encounters. Investigators suggest that early-life exposures to traffic pollutants may affect asthma severity and development.
- Students helping other students learn – peer tutoring- has been proven to boost academic achievement and social skills in students with and without disabilities.
- A new study found that when surgeons take part in a series of exercises before operating they performed better in surgery. The exercises were useful to surgeons beginning their day as well as fatigued from being on call. This was a simulated study. Next step is the operating room.
- As the flu season peaks, there is a partial mismatch in flu vaccines to what is actually going around.
- Even one drink a day increases the cancer risk in women. Men, stay tuned to the latest research about you.
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Article of the Week
Movie Therapy for Recession Stress
This year’s Oscar contenders had a golden thread connecting their diverse themes, cultures and settings which lifted the audience out of a “dark knight”- HOPE. The message: a slumdog can rise from rags to riches to live with a soul mate; from whatever point of time you live your life, you can experience love and dignity; you can fail and lose many times and then when the timing is right, you give wings to your dreams; you can be flexible and change your dreams if they no longer work for you; everyone has the power to leave a lasting legacy; moreover, no one is above the truth. During the recession Hollywood is doing great offering inexpensive, quick and effective therapy.
Movies are traditionally a form of escapism providing an intermission for a negative mindset, a worry loop. Anonymously, without the stigma of seeing a shrink, you get to watch the main character wrestle with his or her problems, go through a dark tunnel of the mind and then see the light to emerge as a hero. more
Recently Released Book
Addicted to Stress: A Woman's 7 Step Program to Reclaim Joy and Spontaneity in Life
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