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Free Online Donations For Breast Cancer A Click Away
GMHBA Health Insurance today launched a series of free online health, diet and lifestyle tools and calculators. Each time a 'Send to a Friend' service is used to raise awareness of the 'Health-e-Tools' GMHBA donates $1 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer. (PRWeb) October 20, 2006 -- In this era of fast food and increasing obesity, people are also asking if their butt or gut is too big. Research shows people also want to know how many calories they need to maintain their current weight. .
Midnight munchies can signal big problems
An occasional midnight fridge foray isn't going to ruin a healthful diet or pile on pounds. But routine and heavy nighttime snacking can be a sign you're eating for reasons other than hunger, and the calories can add up fast. More serious symptoms can point to a little-known eating disorder called night-eating syndrome. .
Extension agent leads month-long diabetes class
There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. An estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed. Unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease. Karen Tucker of the Nacogdoches County Extension office wrapped up a one-month diabetes course Thursday at the C.L. Simon Recreation Center. She said more than 25 people enrolled in the class, and she will offer it again in the Spring. "Most of the people who signed up have either been diagnosed, themselves, or they have a loved one who has been diagnosed," she said. With the rise of Type 2 diabetes in children, Tucker said more school nurses have been signing up to take these types of classes.
ViTrue Unveils Video Community Platform for Online Publishers with ...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ViTrue, Inc., pioneer of the world's first user-created advertising platform, today announced that Waterfront Media, the premier online publisher of self-help Web sites, will be the first publisher to unveil ViTrue's full-featured community video technology service to the marketplace. The video platform will enable online publishers of all sizes to directly utilize the benefits of user-generated content. Through this partnership, subscribers to Waterfront Media's "What to Expect When You're Expecting" website, (www.WhattoExpect.com), companion to the best selling book series by Heidi Murkoff, will be provided with an innovative way to interact online through sharing, viewing and commenting on user-submitted videos. "We have such a supportive network of moms on WhattoExpect.com," said Heidi Murkoff.
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