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All in the Telomeres
Why it’s all about the telomeres
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Back to School: Got your Paddle?
With millions of our children back to school in full swing, one Georgia charter school is bringing back a controversial way of keeping those kids in line: paddling on their buttocks! The school, which serves children in grades K through 9, distributed consent forms to all
Why Coconut Oil Is My New Best Friend!
I’m not saying to ditch good old olive oil, but I think we need to expand our horizons when it comes to the oils we buy. Coconut oil can help with diet, health, beauty and more! For a while, coconuts generally got a bad rap because
Sun And Our Eyes
We lather our kids up with sunscreen before they go outdoors from the time they are babies. We buy SPF long sleeve swimsuits and reapply after every swim or at least try! So we get it, sun damage to skin is nothing to be cavalier
Why Meditation Can Save Your Life
Taking only a few minutes to relax everyday could help you lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. One study followed over 4,000 patients at least 45 years old who had some degree of coronary disease. After six years, the patients reporting higher levels of stress, depression,
Kids Are Watching Too Much TV!
A recent study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting looked at kindergartners and first graders and divided them into groups based on how much TV they watched daily: less than an hour a day, 1-2 hours a day, and 2 or more hours
What Should I Buy Organic?
Let’s face it, if we bought every item in our kitchen certified organic, we may have to take out a second mortgage on our homes or at the very least cut costs somewhere else. So being informed helps us choose wisely about what to spend
Light Exercise As Good As Quitting Smoking!
Yeah, yeah, yeah – we know exercise is good for us… Two studies about light exercise recently came out that share good news for those of us that hate the gym and like to do things “our way not the hard way” when it comes to
5 Things You Need To Know About Sunscreen
1) ONE MORE TIME PLEASE – WHAT DOES SPF MEAN? SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. It is actually a measure of UVB protection. To determine this, scientists mimic high noon sun indoors and expose people with sunblock and without sunblock and compare how long it takes both
Do I Really Need Sunglasses?
By now, we all know the detrimental effects of the sun’s ultraviolet rays to our skin, but did you know your eyes are just as prone to these effects? While it’s difficult to say exactly how much UV exposure damages the eye over time, we do