Medicine and Health

Atkins diet: This diet is all about regulating carbohydrates and is used for weight reduction and maintenance. This is a very popular diet and many have found it has changed their lives. It has 4 phases; the first with no carbohydrates and very restricted food groups allowed. The second 5g of carbohydrate allowed, third 10g and the fourth careful monitoring of carbohydrates.

Perry County’s representative in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson today announced that her staff will visit with constituents throughout the Eighth District at Congressional Connection stops.

Clinician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with traumatic brain injury .

Here’s some good news about that new “Get Fit” program at work: A review of studies from the University of Cincinnati has found that employer-based weight-loss programs are effective , leading to a consistent, …

I went to the New Jersey State Fair this weekend and for the first time ever, I had a deep-fried Twinkie.A Honestly, it was AMAZING.A Then when we got home, I gave my 7-month old a bath, and sat him down to …

At Dixon Schwabl, an advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in Victor, N.Y., creativity forms the cornerstone of the business.

The ambitious Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan project aimed at universal elementary education may have come in for flak at home, but clearly inspires investor confidence among donor agencies from abroad.

One day I glanced at an advertisement that came in the mail and saw on the back of it a notice for a missing child.

Ruth M. Jones doesn’t know what she’d do without hot meals delivered daily to her home.

Area schools could catch a break on fees charged by county health department inspectors to check kitchens — a tab of about $25,000 for the Grand Rapids Public Schools.