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Environmental health goes beyond monitoring and managing the physical environment. It spans areas of public health issues, such as noise and visual pollution, waste disposal and pest control and is a major, yet often subtle influence on the health and wellbeing of a community. Living in a rundown, neglected and unhealthy physical environment, can impact directly on individual and community health. Other factors relating to the physical environment,...
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From breakfast cereal to frozen pizza to nutrition bars, processed foods are a fundamental part of our diet, accounting for 65% of our nation's yearly calories. Over the past century, technology has transformed the American meal into a chemical-laden smorgasbord of manipulated food products that bear little resemblence to what our grandparents ate. Despite the growing presence of farmers' markets and organic offerings, food additives and chemical...
68) The spinning magnet: the electromagnetic force that created the modern world - and could destroy it
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"A cataclysmic planetary phenomenon is gathering force deep within the Earth. The magnetic North Pole will eventually trade places with the South Pole. Satellite evidence suggests to some scientists that the move has already begun, but most still think it won't happen for many decades. All agree that it has happened many times before and will happen again. But this time it will be different. It will be a very bad day for modern civilization."--Amazon.com....
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Dubbed a health pioneer by the Wall Street Journal and called "crazy smart" by Dr. Mehmet Oz, Suzanne Somers has repeatedly opened up new terrain to health seekers worldwide. And now, with Bombshell, she does it again. Acting like your personal medical detective, she has found the most advanced scientists, doctors, and health professionals and gotten them to share jaw-dropping advances that will stop deterioration and set you on the path to restoration...
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The author of Undoing Depression presents an effective guide to modern anxiety, and shows how you can recognize—and rescue yourself from—its effects.
Twenty-first-century life evolves at a breakneck pace—and with it, stress seems to multiply by the day. We work long, harrowing hours. We fret over our families and finances. Our e-mail beeps and our cell phones ring. But our nervous systems were never meant to handle...
Twenty-first-century life evolves at a breakneck pace—and with it, stress seems to multiply by the day. We work long, harrowing hours. We fret over our families and finances. Our e-mail beeps and our cell phones ring. But our nervous systems were never meant to handle...
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""It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in alternative medicine, as Harrison once did. Yet the wellness...
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Are e-cigarettes one of the greatest breakthroughs of the modern age? Or just another way to keep us addicted to nicotine? In the last ten years, e-cigarettes have exploded into our lives. Because of their rapid rise, science is scrabbling to keep up with their effects, and the experts are bitterly divided. This BBC Horizon program investigates this new phenomenon with a unique experiment on a group of heavy smokers who are desperate to quit. How...
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A competent coach challenges and inspires athletes to achieve their personal best. This program analyzes the nuanced art of coaching by examining three popular coaching styles: authoritarian, distant yet approachable, and friendly; vital coaching skills in the areas of leadership, management, and communication; essential coaching qualities such as enthusiasm; the wide knowledge of athletics, sports psychology, sports medicine, and other disciplines...
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So much of our health and wellbeing comes down to how we treat our bodies every day. With the pace of life in our modern day society increasing all the time, it is often easy to overlook how our health might be suffering as a consequence. This interview based program explores the key areas of modern lifestyles that potentially can take the most toll on our health and wellbeing, including diet, exercise, smoking and other drugs, as well as stress....
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Presenter Kathriona Devereux meets with Irish researchers who are working in sustainable seaweed cultivation to find out how important this crop could be for functional foods, biofuels and cosmetics. In tonight's episode, Dr Maria Hayes and Ciaran Fitzgerald, based at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin speak to Kathriona about developing seaweed bread products with heart health benefits for the consumer.
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"More than ever, we're encouraged to spend a fortune each day on prescription drugs, and the cost and complications of conventional health treatments can be overwhelming. But there are other options--more natural and simpler to use--that can empower you to take back the control of your own body and restore your vitality. The editors of Bottom Line Inc. present ... the best and most extensive book for mature men and women looking to make the most out...
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A documentary that explores the experiences of Americans during the influenza pandemic of 1918. The documentary features stories from survivors of the influenza pandemic that swept the United States in 1918, information about seasonal versus pandemic influenza, symptoms, immunizations, treatment, and research.