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(Posted July 16, 2008) "As the world's population ages, gets richer, smokes more, eats more and drives more, noncommunicable diseases will become bigger killers than infectious ones over the next 20 years,...."; "After tobacco and blood pressure, 'alcohol' is the third-leading health risk factor for people in industrial countries to develop cardiovascular diseases, cirrhosis of the liver and cancers."; "The medical costs of obesity-related problems such as diabetes, stroke and heart disease run near $140 billion, or more than 6% of all health-care costs."; "The stroke rate for women ages 35 to 54 tripled over a decade, likely spurred by increasing abdominal obesity...."; "Among subjects who are equally overweight, those with more abdominal cavity fat, or visceral adipose tissue, compared with those with excessive subcutaneous adipose tissue, are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease."; "... visceral fat appeared to account for at least one-third of the association between fetuin-A and diabetes incidence."; "Exercise will not cut the risk of heart disease in those who are overweight unless they also slim down..."; "Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level...."; "...average blood flow typically increases 22 percent during and after bursts of laughter compared to a decrease in blood flow by 35 percent during mental stress."; "Helping others makes us feel capable and full of purpose."

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4/2001 - Listed as a credible source of Public Health information by the Open Directory Project (quite an honor for a personal Web site!)
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