Dr. Paul Lam, a practicing physician and Tai Chi master for more than 30 years, provides an overview of the ancient art of Tai Chi, and discusses the scientific evidence for its health benefits. Series: Integrative Medicine Today [3/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17600]
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How To Lose Weight In Nursing School
Nursing students gained weight from Nursing School Stress???
1. EAT RIGHT - 5-6 small meals a day, increase vegetable/fruit intake, Increase water intake to about 3-4 water bottles a day & stay away from Fast Food
2. SMARTER STUDY HABITS - Avoid study groups and isolate yourself to focus on reading/comprehending your chapters & articles which will help decrease your stress levels
3. PACE YOURSELF - Stop Procrastinating and get it done. This will help so you dont fall behind your study material and decrease your stress levels
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Humor and Laughter may Influence Health
Humor and Laughter may Influence Health. I. History and Background
Mary Payne Bennett1 and Cecile A. Lengacher2
1Indiana State University, College of Nursing, IN, USA
2University of South Florida, College of Nursing, FL, USA
Received 30 March 2005
The Experience of Laughter: A Phenomenological Study
The Experience of Laughter: A Phenomenological Study
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, RN; PhD; FAAN
Hunter College, City University of New York, NY
How Humor Keeps You Well
Hassed C
Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Monash University, Victoria.
Australian Family Physician [2001, 30(1):25-28]
BACKGROUND: The beneficial effect of humour on health has long been recognised anecdotally and intuitively but studying and quantifying that effect is difficult. 'Studying humour is like dissecting a frog--you may know a lot but you end up with a dead frog.' (Mark Twain)
OBJECTIVE: To describe some of the psychological and physiological effects of laughter and the health benefits of humour.
What is Your Real Age? Discover your biological Age..
Learn how your lifestyle choices determine your biological age.
9 Reasons Walking Meetings Are Way Better Than Sitting in the Boardroom
The Surgeon General recommends that people achieve a goal of taking 10,000 steps a day to reduce risk for disease and help lead a longer, healthier life. This is roughly equivalent to 30 minutes of activity most days of the week. How is that possible for people who work at desk jobs all day? Take a walking meeting!
feet first: promoting walking communitites
GUIDE TO WALKING MEETINGS
Thinking, talking, and walking are inextricably linked through history. It is only a recent idea that we meet around tables, seated in chairs. We want to help you rediscover and share the value of walking meetings.
Aristotle was said to walk as he taught, founding what we now refer to as Ancient Greece’s Peripatetic School of Philosophy. This name was derived from the colonnade or walkway in the Lyceum in which he taught. The Sophists, philosophers predating Socrates, were wanderers. They traveled place to place on foot delivering talks.
Got a Meeting? Take a Walk out of the Box Thinking
Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a "walking meeting" -- and let ideas flow while you walk and talk.
