Common Cold Strains: Prevention and new research

Why can't scientists create a vaccine against the common cold? As the "rhino-virus" gets more study, answers reveal how the strains develop. Furthermore, the cold strains change and vary as they afflict humans. Watch Dr. Timothy Johnson describe some new information about the common cold in this brief video clip:



Avoid sick people! Yes, this is important. But it does become a social contraversy. Should sick and contagious co-workers stay home from work? What if they need that income, and they take medicine to disguise symptoms?

EXERCISE is one of the TOP immune system boosters that you can do yourself, naturally! Don't skimp on your exercise during cold and flu season!

Focus on getting good-quality sleep.

Also, reduce stress at home and work. Create more relaxing, peaceful environments around you. Stressed-out bodies attract sickness.

Chronic Pain and Exercise: How to modify your work-outs so you stay active, healthy and pain-free

When you suffer with chronic pain, exercise can be difficult. Exercise can leave you sore. If you have fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disorder, or myofascial pain syndrome, you already feel sore so often that you don't dare "risk" feeling sore after exercise.

However, we all know the importance of getting regular exercise. Some of the many benefits include:
* Weight Control
* Improved energy
* Better sleep
* Mood regulation
* Increased metabolism
* Boosts immune function
* Lowers risk for cancer
* Reduces heart disease
* Eases joint pain
* Relieves symptoms of arthritis
* Prevents illness

The list could go on. Obviously, exercise is a critical part of a healthy lifestyle. With modifications, chronic pain sufferers can exercise, too.

This article describes this process:

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Chronic-Pain-Sufferers-Can-Modify-Their-Work-Outs-So-They-Stay-Active,-Healthy-and-Pain-Free&id=1634271

Committed to exercise, and using modifications, pain sufferers can also reap the benefits. (And Exercise is Medicine, so maybe one day they will not need those modifications because they may become pain-free!)

Physical reactions to Stress and Anxiety in troubled times

Financial stresses are some of the biggest obstacles we face, emotionally and physically.

When we are faced with emotional challenges like money stresses, our bodies respond with survival instincts. Basic biological functions are affected. Our breathing becomes faster and more shallow. Our heart rate speeds up. Our hormones and nervous system go into "overdrive".

If our bodies are kept in a stressed state, unsure of our own survival, then disease sets in. Changes in our sleep, thinking, and mental reactions are some of the first warning signs.

Martha Beck shares her ideas on how we can relax in troubled times:


As she describes, one way we physically react to stress is by freezing in it. Our bodies maintain a tense state.

Exercise and physical activity are excellent solutions to relieving stress and preventing physical damage. Of course, there are many other health benefits to exercise, too!
Plus, you can find an activity that you enjoy. Have some fun and quality-time with your family.
And it's one of the cheapest (FREE) forms of entertainment: a winning option when money's tight!

To reduce stress, prevent illness, get healthier, and save money...Exercise More in troubled times!

Exercise, Diet, Yoga reverse Cancer in Dr. Dean Ornish study

It is no secret that regular exercise, nutritious eating, meditation and yoga are great for your health. But this study shows that they are powerful enough to reverse the course of cancer!

As Dr. Dean Ornish says, the body is more dynamic than we thought. Watch this video for more (then read on, below):



And what I find amazing about the results of the study was that the program suggested a mere 30 minutes of exercise daily! 30 minutes!

How many Americans who are facing death by cancer can't find 30 minutes for exercise every day?

Dr. Ornish describes how you can genetically alter your body to reverse cancer. He studied men with prostate cancer. He says these same tactics can be helpful in reversing other forms of cancer, too, such as breast cancer.

In the past, we have seen research studies that demonstrate how an exercising group were less likely to get cancer than non-exercising groups. And how research participants who ate healthy low-fat, vegetarian diets were less likely to get cancer than their study counterparts who ate less healthy foods.
But Dr. Dean Ornish's study is very different...
He studies men who already had been diagnosed with cancer. This study takes exercise from prevention to treatment status. This is significant, and of vital importance to anyone recently diagnosed with cancer!

This study is amazing, and it shows how, truly, Exercise is Medicine!