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Don Hall, DrPH, CHES, Founder and President of Wellsource, home of LifeLong Health

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Our goal is to provide practical information you can use to make healthy choices regarding your personal well-being. Making Healthy Choices™ health newsletter includes:

• Reports of new health findings

• The latest health guidelines for preventing disease

• Practical tips for enhancing health

• "Quick Tests" to check your health

• Health calculators

• Resources for health promotion programs
   

Past Issues of Making Healthy Choices™

Year 2007

Issue 39

Year 2006

Issue 38
Issue 37
Issue 36
Issue 35
Issue 34
Issue 33
Issue 32
Issue 31
Issue 30

Year 2005
Issue 29
Issue 28
Issue 27
Issue 26
Issue 25
Issue 24
 

Year 2004
Issue 23
Issue 22
Issue 21
Issue 20

Year 2003
Issue 19 - The Flu
Issue 19
Issue 18

Issue 17 -- Blood pressure and lifestyle change, Overweight increases cancer risk, Leading causes of hospital stays, Time watching TV and risk of diabetes, Dietary fats and total:HDL cholesterol ratios, Dietary fiber and colon cancer risk, Vitamin D and muscle function, Leading causes of hospital stays, Folate and risk of breast cancer, Steps to a healthier US, Eating breakfast reduces the risk for obesity and diabetes, Physical activity cuts risk of mortality, Sleep needs,

Issue 16 -- The common cold, Economic cost of drug abuse, Whole grains and risk of stroke, Physical activity and risk of stroke, Plant sterols and stanols lower cholesterol, Red grape juice has antioxidant properties, Vitamin D and peak bone mass in young girls, Exercise enhances and protects brain function, Leading causes of death 2002, Body weight and medical care costs, Nutrition counseling, Exercise and upper respiratory tract infections, Walking and hip fracture rate

Issue 15 -- Preventing high blood pressure, Quitting smoking adds longevity, Removing disparities in health and longevity, Nutrition and prostate cancer prevention, Selenium and vitamin E reduce bladder cancer risk, Nut consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes, High protein diet and weight loss, WHO identifies leading health hazards, C-Reactive protein, Diet trial and heart attacks, Benefits of exercise on cardiovascular health, Enhanced fitness has anti-inflammatory effects

Year 2002

Issue 14 -- Healthy fats, Nuts, Dietary reference intakes (DRIs), Trans fat labeling, Diet and risk for Alzheimer's, Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, Osteoporosis screening, Food density and calorie intake, Sugar sweetened drinks and obesity, Fruits and vegetables and coronary heart disease, Beverages and HDL levels, Vitamin E and early artery plaque, Hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease, Glycemic index & glycemic load, Walking v. vigorous exercise

Issue 13 -- Smoking during pregnancy and crime rate, Sleep and longevity, Smallpox vaccination, Food-borne illness, Dairy consumption and insulin resistance syndrome, Stopping smoking, Water and coronary heart disease, Physical activity

Issue 12 -- Excess vitamin-A increases hip fracture rate, Homocysteine levels and Alzheimer's disease, Antibiotics in animal feed, Excess weight and chronic diseases, Hostility and coronary artery calcification, Exercise and survival, Physical activity prevents disability

Issue 11 -- B-vitamins for ailing hearts, DASH diet for blood pressure and BP standards, Glycated hemoglobin--A new marker for heart risk, Metabolic syndrome, Physical activity and breast cancer risk

Year 2001

Issue 10 -- Surroundings affect calories eaten, Calcium and prostate cancer risk, Excess weight and risk of heart attack, Stress survey after terrorist attack, Decreasing breast cancer risk, Anthrax findings, Physical activity and cancer risk, Leading causes of death in the U.S.

Issue 9 -- Dietary fat and diabetes, Heart health guidelines, 10 year risk of a heart attack, Alzheimer and B-vitamins, Stress and blood pressure, Physical activity and protein needs calculator, Diabetes care

Issue 8 -- Glycemic index and heart disease, Stroke prevention, Pathological gambling, Preventing pre-eclampsia, Physical activity and heart disease in women, Osteoarthritis, Healthy foods index

Issue 7 -- Vitamin C in serum and mortality rates, Trans fatty acids and heart disease, St. John's wort, Preventing diabetes through lifestyle changes, Excess weight and cancer risk, Treating depression with exercise, Preventing mental decline, Births -- latest trends

Issue 6 -- Overweight children, Mood and overeating, Detecting and treating depression, Diabetes rates, Cholesterol levels and longevity, Exercise and sleep, Physical activity trends, Heart disease decline slows, Depression "Quick Check", Exercise Calorie Calculator

Issue 5 -- Whole grains and diabetes, National TV turnoff week, Clean air, Exercise and osteoarthritis of the knee, How long will you live?

Issue 4 -- Salt and high blood pressure, health defined, reducing breast cancer risk, fitness of Americans, diabetes prevention

Issue 3 -- Getting more calcium, antioxidant guidelines, depression, stomach and  colorectal cancer, top 10 health issues

Issue 2 -- Dietary fiber, stress and immunity, artery disease in teens, young adults and cholesterol, fit Finns live longer, longevity facts
 

Year 2000

Issue 1 -- An apple a day, low sat. fat diets for children, lowering cholesterol, diet and heart, teen pregnancy
 

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