Welcome to another edition of the Wellness Report! As summer approaches, some of you may be looking forward to taking a dip in your local public swimming pool. Before you take the plunge, I suggest you take heed. The Center For Disease Control reportedly collected some pool water from outdoor and indoor public pools in [...]
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US Newborns Are At GREATER Risk Than In 68 Other Countries?!
Welcome to another addition to The Wellness Report. Yes, you read that headline correctly. Being a newborn in the good ‘ole USA is not as great as you might expect. In fact, according to a report done by Save The Children, roughly 11,000 US newborns die every year. That figure is worse than Egypt, Peru, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Decline of the Human Species?
Welcome back to this week’s edition of the Wellness Report. Today we are going to discuss a topic of a human nature (RIP Michael Jackson) When it comes to human species, things may not be so well after all. Although it applies to you city slickers, it can apply to people in the suburbs too. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Is There Finally A Cure For AIDS?
Welcome back to the Wellness Report. Today, I want to discuss some of the headlines you may have seen recently about people being ‘cured’ of AIDS. Some examples of this include an American in Berlin, 14 patients in France, and a baby in Mississippi. One case involves a HIV positive man, Timothy Brown, who underwent a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »HPV Vaccine Doing Wonders For Women and Young Girls
Welcome to another edition of The Wellness Report. In today’s segment, I want to talk about the progress being made to prevent the spread of HPV. Five years ago, a program was launched using girls aged 12 to 26 in Australia. Within the first two years of the program, there was a 59% drop in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »French Businessman Accused of Breast Implant Scam
Welcome to another addition of The Wellness Report. Today, we are going to take about the latest scandal as far as health is concerned. Some French businessman are about to go on trial for selling implants with cheap silicone in them worldwide. They breast man in question (Jean-Claude Mas) is being charged with swindling and [...]
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As reported on FOX News, researchers have come to the conclusion that the common procedure of hair removal for many women may have unwanted repercussions. Recent years have seen the skin disease called Molloscum Contagiosum spreading in adults. Small nicks or cuts in the skin, which could occur with hair removal, can make it easier [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Can Physical Therapy Do The Job As Well As Surgery?
Welcome to another addition of The Wellness Report. In this week’s segment, we take a look at an issue that effects many Americans. If you have bad knees and have been contemplating surgery as the remedy, I’m here to tell you that you have another option. According to the Washington Post, there was a study [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Paying for Excess Flight Weight
Glad you made it back for another addition of The Wellness Report. Today, we are going to touch on a topic that really hits above the belt. These days it really doesn’t pay to be overweight. Not only have some airlines started to charge obese customers for extra seats, one airline has taken it a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Slim Down Belly Fat In Time For The Summer!
“It’s spring again, Everybody know it’s spring again, To the girls and boys and people above, This is the time to fall in love…” Welcome to another addition of The Wellness Report! Shoutout to Biz Markie for those lyrics…. We are at that time of year and many of you are a little behind on those [...]
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