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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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February 9th is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Many adults can still remember the days when sports or even physical exercise by girls and women was limited and even frowned upon. Society now recognizes the positives, both physical and mental, that can be gained from participation in athletics and exercise by all. NetWellness encourages everyone, especially girls and women this February, to get involved in some sort of sport or physical exercise for your own well being and for those who care about you, and remember that NetWellness is here to help by answering your health related questions.
In this age of super sizing everything (including ourselves), the importance of exercise and good eating habits cannot be overstated. The University Fitness Center has recognized the need for health enhancement activities since the early 1980's. As a division of University Health Services, the mission of University Fitness is to provide the highest standard of service for all its members enabling them to enhance their quality of life through exercise and proper nutrition.
University Fitness membership is open to the public as well as students, faculty, and staff of the University of Cincinnati. In addition to a wide variety of exercise equipment and classes, fitness assessments, personal training, nutrition counseling, and massage therapy are available.
The staff of University Fitness has shared their expertise with NetWellness visitors for the past five years, answering nearly 200 questions on Exercise and Fitness.
Do you know the signs of a heart attack? Almost everyone can name chest pains, but there are other more subtle signs to watch for. To learn what these are read "Subtle Symptoms May Be Biggest Clues to Heart Attack" a new contribution from Charles A. Bush, MD, Medical Director at the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital of The Ohio State University.
Every 5 years the US government issues updated dietary guidelines. The latest updates were released in January of this year. Find out what the latest recommendations are and what you can do to implement them in a new article from Sharron Coplin , MS, RD, LD an Extension Nutrition Associate in the College of Human Ecology at The Ohio State University who has provided a new article titled: "New Dietary Guidelines Give Food for Thought" that will help you keep up to date on the latest information.
Possible new treatments for cancer are often found in places most of us would never look. In an article titled: "Lozenges May Offer Bite-Sized Cancer Prevention" by Chris Weghorst, PhD, Associate Professor at the School for Public Health at The Ohio State University, learn more about ongoing research in the use of black raspberries in treating oral cancer.
"Hemochromatosis - A Common but Unrecognized Disease" by Mark Wurster, MD, Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University has authored this interesting overview of one of the most common diseases that you may never have heard of.
NetWellness welcomes Ellis Arjmand, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and Director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness Research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Arjmand has a particular interest in pediatric otology. His research interests center around childhood hearing impairment. Dr. Arjmand will be answering questions on Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, joining his well-respected colleagues in this NetWellness topic.
Coming soon to a computer near you - an improved NetWellness - finding the health information you need is just about to get easier! Look for the rollout of a complete redesign of NetWellness in the coming weeks.
We are always trying to improve to meet your needs. What do we do well? What can we do to better fit your needs? Please send your comments through our "Feedback" feature and we'll get them into the right hands. Thanks again for using NetWellness!
NetWellness is a non-profit consumer health Web site that provides high quality information created and evaluated by health professions faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University, and The Ohio State University. Started in June 1995, NetWellness was one of the first health sites on the Internet.
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