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Featured podcast: “A Meditation to Help You with Chemotherapy”

admin11kcesarz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:53:05 +0000

With this hypnotic and relaxing guided imagery podcast, Belleruth Naparstek can help you cope with the stresses of going through chemotherapy.

Using "cleansing imagery," the "Meditation to Help You with Chemotherapy" podcast is designed to help your body’s own natural healing power do its work.

The net effect is to cast a more positive light on your treatment, lift your spirit, and help reduce some of the side effects of chemotherapy. Check out our coping with chemotherapy podcast.

Listen to or download other health-related podcasts at our Healthy Living To Go audio library.

The value of prevention

admin99ntygiels — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:14 +0000

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A positive attitude can go a long way in helping you maintain good health. So can regularly scheduled mammograms.

By getting mammograms regularly, women can reduce their risk of breast cancer by potentially detecting it in early stages when it's more treatable.

We’ve long recognized the value of prevention, and that's why we created a television commercial to acknowledge the benefits of early detection.

Five hard hitting diseases that can be stopped with exercise

admin11kcesarz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:09:14 +0000

As the old saying goes, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and Robert Sallis, MD, believes this is as true now as it was years ago.

Dr. Sallis says some of our deadliest diseases can be treated (and even prevented) with good old-fashioned exercise. He says there's a clear relationship between exercise and stopping the following diseases:

• Heart disease

• Diabetes

• High blood pressure

• Cancer

• Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Sallis advises that 30 minutes of moderate exercise is like a round of medicine in treating high blood pressure. He also highlighted the benefits for women treating breast cancer, pointing out that exercise is like a natural chemotherapy.

"Women who exercise for 30 minutes five times a week have a 50-percent less mortality rate than those who don't," he adds.

Podcast: Meditations to help you cope with chemotherapy

admin10kavesian — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:34:05 +0000

Recovering from chemotherapy treatments can be tough. That’s why our health experts designed a podcast to help you relax and recuperate. Our guided imagery podcasts are gentle and engaging meditation programs that help you soothe mind, body, and spirit and achieve positive health results.

Listen or download now.

Stop smoking already!

admin10kavesian — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:08:32 +0000

The bad news: Smoking causes more deaths from heart disease than it does from cancer. If you continue to smoke (even as little as one cigarette a day), you are dramatically increasing the risk of having a heart attack.

The good news: As soon as you quit, your risk begins to decrease.

Let us help you quit smoking.