Meditation for Anxiety and Depression?
Some 30 minutes of meditation daily may improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new Johns Hopkins analysis of previously published research suggests.
Alaska Tobacco Program Efforts Honor 50th Anniversary of Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking
ANCHORAGE — It was 1964. The Beatles landed in New York, Mary Poppins was a hit movie, Ford introduced the Mustang, and the U.S. Surgeon General released the first Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health.
Affordable Care Act Provides More Choices for Alaska Natives
JUNEAU – The Affordable Care Act provides Alaska Native people with more choices for additional healthcare coverage beyond the Indian Health Service benefit. Alaska Natives may also qualify for special coverage and protections.
How Fiber Prevents Diabetes and Obesity
Scientists have known for the past twenty years that a fiber-rich diet protects the organism against obesity and diabetes but the mechanisms involved have so far eluded them. A French-Swedish team including researchers from CNRS, Inserm and the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 has succeeded in elucidating this mechanism, which involves the intestinal flora and […]