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Posts by Carla Mills, ARNP
A study published in The Archives of Internal Medicine this month found that physical activity seems to override the effect of "fat" genes in determining whether a person becomes overweight or not. The Study Researchers at the University of Maryland studied 704 Amish people in Lancaster County, Pa. The scientists identified those people who carried the FTO gene variant (which has been associated with...
9/26/2008 7:01:43 AM
Do you remember your childhood vaccinations - the smell of alcohol that warned of the impending pain of needles? I sure do. I've had patients tell me they still get nervous around doctors and nurses and needles, all because of those awful shots. I hate to break this to you - but some of those shots have worn off and there are other vaccinations you need as an adult that you may not have had yet. Don't...
9/19/2008 7:37:01 AM
The risk of having any form of cancer is scary but ovarian cancer is scarier than most. A few things make it frightening. It's hard to detect early and unlike breast, cervical, colon and some other types of cancers we don't have any screening tests for it. And it is one of the deadlier cancer types. But in June of 2007, the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, National...
9/12/2008 6:42:48 AM
If there is a seed from which all health and wellness grows it is balance. If there is root cause for most of the unhappiness and disease we experience in our lives, it is lack of balance. A pendulum is a simple object possessing powerful forces of nature that you can use to bring your life into a more comfortable and healthy balance. Technically, a pendulum is an object attached to a pivot that is...
7/29/2008 7:14:15 AM
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