by drebanks | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog, Cancer, Preventive Wellness, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
The statistics have become familiar enough to most of us: Breast cancer accounts for almost 200,000 new cases and 40,000 deaths every year. The National Cancer Institute estimates that 12.7 percent of women alive today will be diagnosed with some form of breast cancer...
by drebanks | Oct 17, 2010 | Blog, Cancer, Exercise, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Type-2 Diabetes
It may seem obvious that sleep is beneficial. Even without fully grasping what sleep does for us, we know that going without sleep for too long makes us feel terrible, and that getting a good night’s sleep can make us feel ready to take on the world. When we...
by drebanks | Oct 12, 2010 | Blog, Exercise, Heart Disease, Longevity, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Type-2 Diabetes
Over the last twenty years, Americans appetite for prescription drugs has exploded. One need only to turn on the TV to see ad after ad suggesting that there is a pill to satisfy any pain, discomfort or ailment that you may encounter. The message seems to be: “No...