Alzheimer's disease - The silent and painful disease
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE is a form of dementia. Persons affected by this disorder experience progressive deterioration in memory. The disease wipes out memories of date, time, one's current address, telephone numbers...

Deep breathing exercises for stress management
LEARNING TO breathe deeply is the first step in learning to relax. The deep diaphragmatic breath is the core of relaxation exercises. Place one hand first below your rib cage. Take a deep breath and as you inhale notice the movement of your hand.

Breastfeeding and family foods - (Nat'l Breastfeeding Week: September 18 to 24)
THE THEME of this year's breast-feeding week focuses on continuing breastfeeding for two years or beyond. It also seeks to remind us of the risk and cost of introducing foods other than breast milk to a child before six months old.

Inside the insulin pipeline
INTENSE RESEARCH into new ways to deliver insulin for the treatment of diabetes mellitus is bearing good fruit. For many diabetics, insulin shots are a fact of life.The drug is necessary to control their blood sugar, decrease the risk of complications...

Stem cells promise miracles, but there's a dark side, too
HUMAN STEM cells boast a kind of immortality. They are able to precisely copy themselves, over and over, for our entire lives. We shed and regrow our outer layer of skin cells once every 27 days or so...