Healthy
Spirit Day
Oakland
University's School of Health Sciences, Department of Campus
Recreation and University Human Resources invite you to attend
the inaugural Healthy Spirit Day, Wednesday, November
10, 2004. The event will be held in the lower level
of the Recreation Center
from 11:00-2:00 pm and 4:00-7:00
pm. This event is free and open
to the public. The day will include physical therapy doctoral
student presentations and demonstrations, health screenings,
alternative medicine information and demonstrations, sample
products, and more.
A keynote lecture will be presented at noon by Dr. Donald
Bronn, Medical Director of the Early Warning Healthcare Institute.
In this his second appearance at OU, Dr. Bronn will be speaking
on the crucial importance of pre-symptom treatment to prevent
serious cardiovascular and cancer development.
The Healthy Spirit Day is sponsored by Crittenton Hospital
Medical Center and M. Rose Corporation.
For more information, contact Jim Pearl at pearl@oakland.edu.
Full-Text Articles
(available off-campus to OU students, faculty, and staff only)
Braunstein, Joel B. (2004). Lifestyle
activity: exercise for the masses. Diabetes Forecast,
57 (5), p31.
Buckworth, Janet and Claudio Nigg. (2004). Physical
activity, exercise, and sedentary behavior in college students.
Journal of American College Health, 53 (1), p28.
Cantwell, Susan. (2004). Lifestyle
coaching. American Fitness, 22 (5), p54.
Jancin, Bruce. (2004). Lifestyle
dictates type 2 diabetes onset in teens. (Clinical Rounds).
Pediatric News, 38 (9), p36.
Lifestyle-Alzheimer's
links. (2004). Tufts University Health & Nutrition
Letter, 22 (7), p3.
Many
patients can reduce serious risk factors with lifestyle changes
alone. (2004). Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week,
April 10, p47.
Minzel, David. (2004). Whole
food therapeutics and lifestyle change in the treatment of
cardiovascular disease in men. (Therapeutic Nutrition).
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, i253-254,
p38.
Sullivan, Michele G. (2004). Blood
pressure increases shown in children and adolescents; overweight,
sedentary lifestyle blamed. (News). Family Practice
News, 34 (12), p6.
The
ABCs of food labels. (2004). American Fitness,
22 (4), p12.
Weisburger, John H. (2004). Lifestyle,
health and disease prevention: the underlying mechanisms.
Original Internist, 11 (2), p17.
Some Health-Related Web Sites
CDC (http://www.cdc.gov)
-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of
the Department of Health and Human Services, maintains this
site that contains data and statistics as well as overviews
on topics ranging from health promotion to genetics and genomics.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (http://nccam.nih.gov)
-- part of the National Institutes of Health, NCCAM is dedicated
to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices
in the context of rigorous science.
PDRHealth (http://www.pdrhealth.com)
-- This is an online version of the respected Physicians'
Desk Reference, with additional information on disease overviews,
health and wellness, and clinical trials.
PubMed (http://www.pubmed.org)
-- PubMed is the citation resource site of the National Library
of Medicine and the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov)
-- PMC is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital
archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
WebMD (http://huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/login?url=http://webmd.com)
-- WebMD is a free site offering medical information to complement
the care you receive from your medical professional.