“Avoid sunlight, it will give you skin cancer.”
You've probably heard people say it, but it isn't always good advice. Sunlight is our most important source of vitamin D. The current epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency is largely a result of avoiding healthy levels of sun exposure.
The amount of sunshine time we need in order to make enough vitamin D varies from person to person. It is affected by things like skin type, time of day and time of year. Often, just a few minutes of sunshine several times a week is enough.
This is the first in a series of blogs about the benefits of parental monitoring. If you aren't sure that this topic is important, or if you assume that excellent parental supervision is a given, try walking through your local shopping mall during after-school hours and just observe how many unsupervised kids there are.
Parental monitoring is an effective method of preventing your kids from engaging in high risk behaviors. But, this series isn’t just about parents. The relationships and communication of grandparents, aunts, uncles and caring friends with kids can have an extremely positive effect on developing youth.
Do you have cancer?
Do you know someone that does? Have you or someone you know survived cancer? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to read on!
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) has released an educational DVD called "Food for the Fight, Guidelines for Healthy Nutrition During and After Cancer Treatment". It is full of practical dietary strategies to help survivors remain healthy during treatment and prevent recurrence of their cancer.
This series of blogs examines the relationship between forgiveness and health. The following research describes benefits of forgiveness therapy for patients dying of cancer. 
This blog is one of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits. This report is about forgiveness and patients with heart disease.
One risk factor for first-time heart attacks is an elevated blood level of homocysteine. High homocysteine levels can be lowered by administering vitamin B12 and folic acid. The question has been whether or not this treatment would result in reduced disease and death from heart attacks.
This blog is one of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits. Science continues to show a relationship between health and forgiveness.
Are you physically fit?
Many of us think that we are really fit, if we exercise regularly. Clearly, if you are exercising, keep up the good work! However, most of us neglect to consider all components of 'exercise'. 
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This blog is the third of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits.
A recent study (April 2010), conducted at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, investigated the relationship between forgiveness and apology based on the heart's ability to return to normal rate following a laboratory mental exercise.
While preparing to write this post I received a telephone call from a long time friend. I hear from him now and then, usually when he is not quite sober and yet longing for the sobriety of his past.
Our friendship goes back to when he was a budding student with intellectual and musical ability that could have been harnessed into something great. He married a fine girl in our community and I had the privilege of being her obstetrician for her first two pregnancies.
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