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Feature Article #1

HPV Vaccine - Effective or Not

I assume as I write this that you do not read the New England Journal of Medicine. I confess that I am not a cover to cover reader either. I receive it electronically and and read articles that deal with wellness and issues dealing with public health.
Two articles, one an editorial and an […]

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Bruce Bair | August 24th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

Lose Weight, Reduce your risk of Cancer and Osteoporosis

Shari Rivera Sharp is an ACE certified personal trainer. She trains individuals over the age of 35, and often over the age of 50. She has special certifications to do this.
I interviewed Shari on my free teleseminar Recipe to Look Better Naked Thursday July 31. She had some interesting things to say about decisions you […]

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Bruce Bair | August 3rd, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Does Your Child need to be treated for High Cholesterol

July 1, the American Academy of Pediatrics released an urgent recommendation for the treatment of high cholesterol in children. The headline I read on Medscape - a division of WEbMD, indicated that the urgency was in response to the obesity epidemic in children.
My understanding is that the “epidemic” has plateaued two years in a […]

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Bruce Bair | July 11th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

A Weekly Seminar to have your own Recipe to Look Better Naked

This week on Thursday August 7, Supplements to help you to be healthier as you lose weight. Which are good and which are not? Sign up in the box above.
READ BELOW FOR BENEFITS TO YOU OF SIGNING UP AND SHOWING UP FOR THE SEMINAR.

What is the Recipe to look […]

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Bruce Bair | June 3rd, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #5

Get your Special Report on 3 Principles to Lose Weight

The report is named: Three Things You can do to Lose Weight Without Focusing on a Diet.
 

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Bruce Bair | June 3rd, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

Hi, I am Bruce L Bair pac.
What you can expect from my blog.
As a Wellness Coach and Physician Assistant with 30 years combined experience, I will be bringing you information to help you with living healthier longer.
To do this you must constantly adapt and that means change.  There is a process of change and I […]

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Health Checklist for Women over 50

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -AHRQ- has check lists available for men over 50 and women over 50. Both list have some similarities.
The basic recommendations are

Be tobacco free
Get to and stay at and ideal body weight
Consume no more than one alcoholic beverage per day
Be physically active
Eat a healthy diet
Ask your doctor if […]

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27Aug2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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Health Check list for men over 50

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a checklist for men over 50 to help them talk to their health care provider about staying healthy.
The items on the first part of the list seem like “no brainers”.
They are behaviors like

1) Don’t use tobacco
2) Be physically active
3) Eat a healthy diet
4) […]

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21Aug2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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MSG a flavor and obesity enhancer

MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. It is used under various names to enhance the flavor of food. It has been hypothesized for some time that it is linked to obesity but no one was sure just how.
Because it enhanced flavor, it was thought that it led to over eating or increased desire for […]

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19Aug2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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Phthalates

I had never heard of phthalates until I read a blog article by Violet Blue. She is a sex educator in San Francisco who was writing about unsafe sex toys. Phthalates are just one problem in the issue of what chemicals are safe for use with humans?
The concern over the use of these […]

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17Aug2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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What to do after you lose THE WEIGHT

There is much talk from medical experts about an epidemic of obesity. There is no doubt that most of us in America eat too much and burn too few calories. In some rural counties of NC where poverty rates are high so are body weights.
What once was a sign of wealth - […]

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16Aug2008 | Bruce Bair | 1 comment | Continued
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases - are you at risk

No one who understands sexually transmitted diseases wants one. Yet, every year millions of Americans of all ages are treated for STDs. I have treated people from teenage years to those in their mid to late 60s for STDs.
What are the common STDs?
The common bacterial infections are Gonorrhea, Syphilis, and Chlamydia.
The common viral […]

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12Aug2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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Radioactive Kitchen Counters

This thought flabbergasted me, but apparently it is possible. Dr. W J Llope of Rice University in Houston is a physics professor. He tested a number of granite counter tops for the presence of uranium radiation. It isn’t clear how or why he started to do this. He does not seem […]

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31Jul2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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Chiggers

 

 
The American chigger is a mite and is a member of the spider family along with other
parasitic insects like ticks. Chiggers are red because that is their body color,
not because they suck blood. Their mouth parts are too small to penetrate deeply into our skin.
 
Chiggers have […]

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24Jul2008 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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