Wellness Library

Prescription Drug Use On the Rise

Even with the threat of serious adverse drug reactions, drug usage has not decreased. In an article in the January 7, 1999 New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that, “Prescription drugs are the fastest-growing component of personal health expenditures amounting to $78.9 billion in 1997.” This rate of consumption is growing at an

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Prescribed Drugs Top Abuse List

On September 9, 2004, a startling report titled, “2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” was issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. The study was a good-news, bad-news scenario in that it showed that fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but

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Olympic Nutrition Article

Are you eating like an athlete? How can you improve your nutrition with healthy, high energy, high nutrient food? Roxanne Fisher of BBC Good Food interviewed 21 olympic athletes from the last summer games on their daily diets. The following nutritional choices summarizes what is shared among most of the athletes. For breakfast most of the athletes

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Super Bug Danger Increases

A story reported in December of 2000 by NBC News carried the headline, “It’s a danger of staggering proportions. Every year, one in 20 hospitalized Americans 1.8 million people develop an infection, with 88,000 of them dying. The biggest threat: “supergerms” resistant to antibiotics.” The NBC report was prompted by a new study from the

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Summertime Tips for Your Health

Since summer is well upon us, we thought it quite appropriate to add some tips for responsible outdoor exposure to heat and sun. The American Red Cross recommends several common sense tips to prevent problems. Try to restrict your outdoor strenuous activities to the early morning coolest hours. Stay indoors as much as possible. Drink

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