Archive for December, 2008
Health Tips: Let’s Get Walking
Tips to Get You Moving
Benefits of Walking
Helps prevent & control diabetes
Reduces the risk for heart disease
Helps prevent osteoporosis
Bolsters immune system
Helps control weight
Improves circulation
Helps breathing
Combats depression
Walking for Fitness
For health benefits, physical activity should be moderate or vigorous and add up to at least 30 minutes per day. Walking briskly is considered a moderate activity.
The walking program [...]
Is it a Cold, the Flu or Pneumonia?
Gail Carlson, MPH, Ph.D., Continuing Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
Your head hurts, your eyes are watery, your muscles ache, and your cough is getting worse. You feel like climbing into bed, turning on the vaporizer and taking something to relieve the symptoms. But is that going to do the trick? The common [...]
Storage and Handling of Breast Milk
Storage and Handling of Breast Milk
Wash your hands before pumping breasts or handling breast milk.
Storing
It’s best to store breast milk in glass or hard plastic bottles. Plastic bottle liners are not designed for long-term storage of breast milk. However, individually sterilized breast milk freezer bags are designed to store breast milk for freezing. Breast milk [...]
