Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/health-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/health-1.php http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:53:00 GMT The First Lady spoke about her Lets Move campaign to take action on childhood obesity at a Grocery Manufacturers Association Conference. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/16/michelle-obama-takes-on-childhood-obesity.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/16/michelle-obama-takes-on-childhood-obesity.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:02:00 GMT Daniel J. Tomasulos Confessions of a Former Child (Graywolf Press, 2008) shows the path to light in your life through inner dialogue and role-taking. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/13/confessions-of-a-former-child.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/13/confessions-of-a-former-child.php dempsey87@yahoo.com (Ernest Dempsey) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:24:00 GMT When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/13/huffing-rates-rise-among-young-teens.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/13/huffing-rates-rise-among-young-teens.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:24:00 GMT A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/12/dutch-patients-expect-a-little-somethin-somethin-from-their-nurses.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/12/dutch-patients-expect-a-little-somethin-somethin-from-their-nurses.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:04:00 GMT A new study reveals that the problem isn't just in the Acreage. The study found that much of south Florida lies in a childhood cancer cluster. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/05/cancer-cluster-nightmare-in-florida-is-media-ignoring-this-story.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/03/05/cancer-cluster-nightmare-in-florida-is-media-ignoring-this-story.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:07:00 GMT This is No Time to Expand the Government's Role in Health Care, Says Think-Tank http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/24/is-medicare-is-cheating-seniors-out-of-care.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/24/is-medicare-is-cheating-seniors-out-of-care.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:21:00 GMT Studies made of the period after large snowstorms have repeatedly shown that shoveling puts people at risk for heart attacks. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/12/shoveling-snow-can-give-you-a-heart-attack.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/12/shoveling-snow-can-give-you-a-heart-attack.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:03:00 GMT Just in time for Valentine's Day, researchers have reported that chocolate may keep sweethearts safe from stroke. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/12/hearthealthy-gift-for-valentines-day-chocolate.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/12/hearthealthy-gift-for-valentines-day-chocolate.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:44:00 GMT This is a classic case of "too little, too late." How can you possibly console a community that has been devastated by a cancer cluster. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/11/emotions-run-high-in-meeting-about-cancer-cluster.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/11/emotions-run-high-in-meeting-about-cancer-cluster.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:06:00 GMT Lingering residue from tobacco smoke which clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, work in PNAS journal shows. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/11/thirdhand-smoke-the-hidden-menace.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/11/thirdhand-smoke-the-hidden-menace.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:43:00 GMT If health officials found a cluster of childhood brain cancer in Beverly Hills, the upscale community would be flooded with physicians, scientists and environmental specialists. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/10/cancer-cluster-nightmare-in-florida.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/10/cancer-cluster-nightmare-in-florida.php rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:30:00 GMT Ms. Migliore is a registered dietitian and a board-certified diplomat in clinical social work who has treated a wide range of patients struggling with eating and weight disorders. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/03/judyth-piazza-chats-with-marilyn-migliore-author-of-the-hunger-within.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/02/03/judyth-piazza-chats-with-marilyn-migliore-author-of-the-hunger-within.php judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:13:00 GMT Ten years ago, three time cancer survivor Yuthar Al Rawahy, 59, set off on a passionate mission to raise awareness about cancer in Oman. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/01/29/passionate-mission-to-raise-awareness-about-breast-cancer-in-oman.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/01/29/passionate-mission-to-raise-awareness-about-breast-cancer-in-oman.php contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:50:00 GMT Muslim Clerics from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa have expressed concern that the World Health Organization has fallen under control of the West. http://thesop.org/story/health/2007/06/23/whos-polio-vaccine-program.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2007/06/23/whos-polio-vaccine-program.php Leon@thesop.org (Leon (Producer) ) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:47:00 GMT You can see the billboards on the freeway. A girl with a stick of cigarette with a sign of a red X crossing through it. http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/01/21/two-neighborhoods-and-nicotine-gum-commercials.php http://thesop.org/story/health/2010/01/21/two-neighborhoods-and-nicotine-gum-commercials.php nelson@nelsonyiga.com (Prince Nelson Balina Omukisa Yiga)