Drinking Lots of Water Can Help Keep Holiday Weight Gain at Bay : Everpure Water Filtration Products Offer Festive Ways to Stay Healthy This Season

The holiday season may very well be the most wonderful time of year, but when it comes to waistlines, it can also be considered the most dangerous. Everpure LLC, the world leader in commercial grade water filtration systems, offers several products for consumers that help incorporate the recommen...

A Festive White Knuckle Ride?

LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- It is not only joy and goodwill that epitomise Christmas and the New Year. It is also stress, unrealistic expectations, letdowns, tension and, not least, drinking and partying. This can be one of the worst times of the year for someone with alcohol issues: ...

Stomach – Most Affected During Festive Seaso

Enquiries on ailments related to stomach like diarrhoea, food poisoning and indigestion formed the majority of help-calls made to NHS Direct this festive season. NHS Direct is// a telephone and internet health counsel service and can be contacted on 0845 46 47. Stomach ache, tooth ache and co...

Care for the elderly at home while away during the festive season

People who wish to leave and go out of town during the winter break and are unsure of where to leave the elderly have an answer in the form of home care // . This was put forth by Hamilton care providers. Calls by HealthCare Providers New Zealand chief executive Martin Taylor for a review o...

Daily alcohol intake can lead to binge drinking

... a daily basis to experience its mood-altering affects. Drinking for a festive feeling "Regular drinking builds up tolerance, therefore daily drinkers w...ir usual drink or two to make a difference with everyday life and gain that festive feeling," says lead author Catherine Paradis, a Universit de Montral PhD ca...

Regular exercise reduces depressive symptoms, improves self-esteem in overweight children

... want to go, 15 or 20 minutes after I do, I feel so good I could go for another run." Acknowledging running isn't for everyone, she suggests a more festive family affair that could include a walk in a park or around the neighborhood, a game of pickup basketball or tennis. Peer group activities may work be...

Second Annual Courage Cup Race Raises More Than $5,000 for Courage Center's Ski and Snowboard Program

...t," said Summer Kelly, marketing director for Trollhaugen Winter Recreation. "All of the participants worked together to make the day an enjoyable and festive one! We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day." For more information on Courage Center's Ski and Snowboard program visit http://www.coura...

New Toast to Women Website to Raise $100,000 for Women With Heart Disease

... In addition to free e-cards, a simple, "green" alternative to traditional paper cards, visitors to ToastToWomen.com will find helpful eating tips, festive menu ideas from WomenHeart's ALL HEART Family Cookbook and heart healthy drink recipes. Consumers can also enter to win one of several heart health...

DaVita.com Promotes Kidney-Friendly Foods for Super Bowl(R) XLIII

... need to limit their protein intake and DaVita.com offers several lower protein appetizers like Spicy Crunch and Munch Mix , Raw Veggies and Dip , festive Pineapple Cheese Ball and Cranberry Dip with Fresh Fruit . For full Super Bowl recipes and other kidney-friendly options visit http://www.davi...

Roche Offers Fun Experience with ACCU-CHEK(R) Aviva Through New Rock My Meter Website

...signing a virtual meter skin, picking or creating original music and having it dance. The finished creation displays on a video billboard in a fun and festive environment. Then they can save their creation and place it in a lineup to be voted on by others, as well as send it to their friends. "Today, ...

Festive in Biological News

If you don't want to fall ill this Christmas, then share a festive kiss but don't shake hands

We've all heard people say 'I won't kiss you, I've got a cold'. But a report just published warns that we may be far more at risk of passing on an infection by shaking someone's hand than in sharing a kiss. A group of hygiene experts from the United States and the UK have published the first de...

USGS Science Picks

...g/meetings/fm08/ . A Kiss is Just a Kiss Mistletoe is So Much More This Christmas when you pucker up under the mistletoe, consider this: while festive and fun, mistletoe also provides essential food, cover and nesting sites for an amazing number of birds, butterflies and mammals in the United States....

Family ties that bind: Maternal grandparents are more involved in the lives of their grandchildren

...ther in order to sustain frequent (daily or a few times a week) contact with their grandchildren than paternal grandparents. Mr Pollet says, As the festive period approaches, we can still see that family get-togethers are integral to the celebrations. Many people will be going the extra mile to ensure the...

Festive in Biological Technology

What To Do When a Holiday Guest Shows Up With a Pet

...(CVMA). "Nevertheless, whether you're a pet lover or not, it's always good to be prepared if ever asked to house a four-legged visitor during times of festive gatherings." The CVMA encourages people to ask the following questions before deciding whether to accept or refuse a pet visitor: -- If you hav...

Confoti: Revisiting a dotcom business model

...foti uses IDC and InfoTrends data to predict a $450M annual market for its photo-customized products. That's a lot of confetti. But don't let the festive party goods faade fool you, as it initially did me. There is some very compelling technology behind these colorful chips of paper. That technology g...

Who is minding the Innovation Gap?

...son and with sparkling weather framing joyous graduates, family picnics, the Indy 500, and heated up baseball pennant races, the holiday holds its own festive note as well. I don't think anyone has figured out how to greet people after the holiday. Did you enjoy the weekend doesn't quite sound appropriate. D...