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Teen girls make better health choices with intervention program

For two consecutive years, researchers examined measures of cardiovascular fitness and self-esteem in sophomore girls attending Trenton Central High School and found students are making better health choices with an intervention program. Low Density Lipoprotein levels — the unhealthy cholesterol — also decreased significantly. WHF Teen Esteem is a gender-specific approach to teen girls’ health and wellness and is meant to be a replacement for traditional gymnastics and health classes.

Health :: Children show strong preference for those smiled on by fate

Children as young as five to seven years of age prefer lucky individuals over the less fortunate, according to new research by psychologists at Harvard University and Stanford University. This phenomenon, the researchers say, could clarify the origins of human attitudes toward differing social groups and help explain the persistence of social inequality.

Health :: Millstone Coffee Expands Flavored Offerings with Introduction of New Cinnamon Gingerbread

Believe it or not, the holiday season is just around the corner. Before you know it, the streets will be bustling with shoppers, malls will be donned with holiday decor, and the sounds of the season will be echoing through your ears — bringing with them the anticipation of seeing family and friends once again for a season filled with good times, good memories, and great holiday foods.

ADHD :: Preschoolers with ADHD Improve with Low Doses of Medication

The first long-term, large-scale study designed to determine the safety and effectiveness of treating preschoolers who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with methylphenidate (Ritalin) has found that overall, low doses of this medication are effective and safe. However, the study found that children this age are more sensitive than older children to the medication?s side effects and therefore should be closely monitored. The 70-week, six-site study was funded by the National Institutes of Health?s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and was described in several articles in the November 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Pilates :: Rowing session strengthen the core area of body

Joseph H. Pilates created his exercising system by looking into various sports and modified exercising routines in such a way to suit needs of a modern person. Following the guidelines of our teacher almost a hundred years later we are still modifying the exercises to address new needs of a modern person.

Insomnia :: Visualize Something Boring

We like this one in particular. The beauty of it is you can turn a negative into a positive. Just visualize that you are someplace that you have always found extremely boring. It could be listening to a particular teacher who was so boring that he or she almost always put you to sleep. Perhaps it’s some friend or acquaintance whose incessant talk and theories put you to sleep. Maybe it’s your work, maybe it’s your commute each day.