http://www.treasurelifemag.com Promoting physical, mental and spiritual wellness Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:09:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some 58 percent of Americans never wear a helmet when riding a bicycle, 70 percent never wear hearing protection when using a gas lawn mower or leaf blower, and 27 percent never use sunscreen when they’re in the sun for a long time, according to a nationally representative poll of ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/americans-engage-in-risky-behavior-new-survey-finds/ If you're an asthma sufferer, make sure the medical history at your doctor's office includes your employment and recreation plans. A new screening tool developed by Tel Aviv University researchers may save you a trip to the emergency room later on. It has long been suspected that physical exertion itself, as ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/research-finds-link-between-exercise-asthma/ Adults with diabetes experience a slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in the disease and persists into old age, according to new research. Given the sharp rise in new cases of diabetes, this finding means that more adults may soon be living with mild but lasting ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/adult-onset-diabetes-slows-mental-functioning/ A new study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight. The research indicates that obesity may contribute to the development of ovarian cancer through a hormonal mechanism. Ovarian cancer ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/obesity-elevates-risk-of-ovarian-cancer/ Brooke Burke was spotted over the holidays out with her hubby David Charvet and her children while sporting a Rockin' Baby Pouch holding 9-month-old son Shaya. It was last year that we reported on Brooke Burke's own line of eco-friendly post-partum wraps called Tauts, which is designed to help women regain ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/brooke-burke-seen-sporting-rockin-baby-pouch/ As news about the tragic death of Jett Travolta, the teenage son of famed actor John Travolta, begins to filter out, the focus is beginning to shift to the controversial religion the family belongs to and whether their Scientology beliefs could have contributed to his death. Jett Travolta apparently died from ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/was-jett-travoltas-death-avoidable/ A slow, chronic starvation of the brain as we age appears to be one of the major triggers of a biochemical process that causes some forms of Alzheimer's disease. A new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found when the brain doesn't get enough sugar glucose -- ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/brain-starvation-as-we-age-appears-to-trigger-alzheimers/ Indulgence in a high-fat diet can not only lead to overweight because of excessive calorie intake, but also can affect the balance of circadian rhythms – everyone's 24-hour biological clock, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown. The biological clock regulates the expression and/or activity of enzymes and hormones involved in ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/high-fat-diet-can-disrupt-biological-clock/ Contact with nature has long been suspected to increase positive feelings, reduce stress, and provide distraction from the pain associated with recovery from surgery. Now, research has confirmed the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery. A recent study by Seong-Hyun Park and Richard H. Mattson, ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/flowering-plants-speed-post-surgery-recovery/ Moderate drinkers often have lower risks of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive loss, according to researchers who reviewed 44 studies. In more than half of the studies, published since the 1990s, moderate drinkers of wine, beer and liquor had lower dementia risks than nondrinkers and appear to receive certain health benefits. ... http://www.treasurelifemag.com/index.php/moderate-drinking-can-reduce-risks-of-alzheimers/