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May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, a perfect time to take steps to lower your blood pressure. State health officials say if Illinoisans reduced their sodium intake by 30 percent, it would prevent
May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, a perfect time to take steps to lower your blood pressure.
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Never mind spending hours in the gym! According to a study in The American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Journal... 7 minutes of a particular high intensity workout is all it takes to transform
According to a study in The American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Journal, seven minutes of a particular high intensity workout is all it takes to transform your body.
Weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations -- so-called polymorphisms, according to a new study from the Netherlands.
Weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations -- so-called polymorphisms, according to a new study from the Netherlands.
Although spring arrived late this year in parts of the United States, the summer allergy season will still be strong, according to a sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Although spring arrived late this year in parts of the United States, the summer allergy season will still be strong, according to a sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations -- so-called polymorphisms, according to a new study from the Netherlands.
Weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations -- so-called polymorphisms, according to a new study from the Netherlands.
Music can help soothe the fear and anxiety of critically ill patients who have been placed on ventilators, reducing both their stress and their need for sedatives, according to a new study.
Music can help soothe the fear and anxiety of critically ill patients who have been placed on ventilators, reducing both their stress and their need for sedatives, according to a new study.
Dermatologists are saying that new federally mandated labeling laws for sunscreens should help Americans make smarter choices when it comes to products that provide the best sun protection.
Dermatologists are saying that new federally mandated labeling laws for sunscreens should help Americans make smarter choices when it comes to products that provide the best sun protection.
A child whose mother lived near heavy traffic while pregnant faces a relatively higher risk for developing a respiratory infection before the age of 3, a new study suggests.
A child whose mother lived near heavy traffic while pregnant faces a relatively higher risk for developing a respiratory infection before the age of 3, a new study suggests.
Wellness Program Raises Breast Cancer Awareness By: Wendy Ray
(Sikeston, MO)--Teachers in the Sikeston Public School District don't have to go far for breast cancer education and awareness.
Sikeston school nurses and teachers have put together their own Buddy Check program. It's helping survivors of the disease and women who have never even had breast cancer!
A classroom of junior high students greets art teacher Beth Butcher everyday. She's got a lot on the table, and it's not just teaching kids. Butcher's been battling breast cancer since May of 2000. "I thought it was a fibroid like cyst," Butcher says. "It wasn't like the hard knot they tell you to look for in breast cancer awareness things." At one point doctors thought they had the cancer, but it came back. Butcher's on her fifth type of chemotherapy. "This stuff is either going to hit you or someone you love and we all need to be more involved in it," she says.
And school nurse Nikki Vaught wanted the women she worked with to be more involved with breast cancer awareness, so she came up with a plan. "We have buddy partners, that we try to remind them to do self exams and to get mammograms every year," Vaught says. They're small steps in getting the program off the ground, but they're a big deal to the women battling the disease. "I happen to have a lot of blessings in my life," Butcher says. "I have a great group of friends at work, at church and I have my family."
Butcher's prognosis is good. Doctors gave her positive news at her last check-up.
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