20th anniversary edition of “The Healthy Heart Handbook” includes New Statistics, Quizzes, and Charts

# Washington, D.C. - infoZine - A must read for women who want to show their hearts some love, “The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women” is an invaluable and easy-to-use resource every woman should read from cover to cover. A full-color, 122-page booklet from “The Heart Truth” campaign, it is packed with the latest information on preventing and controlling the risk factors for heart disease the No.1 killer of women.

“The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women” a publication of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, contains new information on women and heart disease and offers practical suggestions for reducing the risk of heart-related problems. Read more » »

The Midas Dogs of the Footsie portfolio has been running for six years. Based on the ten highest-yielding shares among the UK’s largest companies, the experimental portfolio has consistently outperformed the FTSE 100.

Indeed, if investors had put £10,000 into the portfolio in 2001 and followed our instructions from then on, they would be sitting on shares worth almost £21,000.

In other words, canny stockpickers would have doubled their money - and then some. The Footsie has risen by less than 17% over the same period, so the Dogs really have proved their mettle.

Our approach is loosely based on a theory devised by American investment guru Michael Read more » »

By Moe Johnson
Daily Record Columnist

The race season is almost in full swing and it is easier for runners to find a run without driving very far. The Texas Round Up is today and will try and encourage people to start a healthy lifestyle. The easiest distance to run for a beginning runner or even a fast walker is the 5K distance of 3.1 miles. The 5K is a good speed workout for the more experienced runner and does not really take that much out of a runner so that they have to interrupt training to any great extent.

For a beginning runner the first step is to just finish a 5K race and experience the satisfaction of entering a race and finding out what all these runners are talking about. At most races there is a clock that will tell you the time it took you to finish the race. Early on the important thing is to finish but after only a few races that time becomes something to look at. For a slow runner Read more » »

From hurricanes to kidnappings, a diligent few got prepared yesterday at Barnstable County’s second R-U Ready Family Emergency Education Day.

A light turnout for the event showed that perhaps most people are not willing to face the multitude of disasters discussed at the conference at Cape Cod Community College. Or, maybe it was yesterday’s sunnier weather.

But those who attended were the better for it.

Judy Herron of East Wareham got a DNA swab, fingerprints and a video of her 9-year-old, Dylan, from the Masons, who compile identification kits of children that families can keep in case the child gets kidnapped, burned beyond recognition or lost. Read more » »

While IPM (integrative pest management) programs are commonly used, some say the method doesn’t go far enough, according to the Pesticide Education Program at Washington State University. Many of the sick plants submitted to the school for diagnosis are not suffering from insect pest or disease organisms.

Instead, WSU endorses PHC (plant health care), which the school describes as a more holistic way of treating landscapes. The method takes an ecosystem approach and emphasizes working with nature instead of fighting nature.

Here are a few guidelines for PHC: Read more » »

1. Mapping Ethanol Sensitivity and Tolerance in the Fly

Nancy L. Urizar, Zhiyong Yang, Howard J. Edenberg, and Ronald L. Davis

Invertebrates and humans display some common behavioral responses to ethanol, including reduced responsiveness and rapid behavioral tolerance. This week, Urizar et al. traced these effects in Drosophila to expression of the signaling protein Homer. Approximately 70% of wild-type flies were “sedated” (i.e. were motionless or had fallen on their back/side) after first exposure to ethanol vapor, whereas only 10% were sedated after a second exposure, consistent with rapid tolerance. Of 600 genes that changed in response to alcohol exposure, the authors focused on homer, whose mRNA decreased after single or repeated ethanol exposures. Mutant male flies lacking homer were more sedated by a single ethanol exposure, and had reduced tolerance. These effects were rescued by transgenic pan-neuronal expression Read more » »

The crack of the bat on Opening Day at Fenway Park is a sure sign that summer is on its way. From the Green Monster seats to the dunes of Cape Cod, summer means bright sun, ultraviolet rays and of course, sunglasses. But did you know that people with diabetes need more than sunglasses to protect their eyes?

Diabetes puts people at risk for cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss. But in the majority of cases, vision can be preserved if the disease is caught early and treated.

The experts at Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute offer these quick reminders to keep your eyes in great shape not only in the summer but also all through the year: Read more » »