Good News in Study Results: Nearly all stroke risk preventable

A new Canadian lead study just completed that involved 6,000 participants suggests that 90 percent of the risk of having a stroke is preventable through lifestyle changes.

Dr. O’ Donnell and Dr. Yusuf of McMaster University studied stroke patients from 22 countries over a period of 3 years and their findings suggest ten risk factors

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Plants that can clean your homes air

I just read a posting on the Broken Secrets Blog and it reminded me that a wonderful way to enhance the appearance and health of your home or office space is to put some plants in these areas. This is because as you most likely know plants produce oxygen during the day so their presence

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How to Reduce Eye Strain when reading a PDF document

I am always reading to learn more about personal and business development so I can share more with you and my clients. One kind of book I am reading more of recently are the electronic kind, more precisely PDF documents.

When I was reading one of Seth Godin’s e-books I found a tip worth sharing

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Important Reminder: Laughter is the Best Medicine

We all experience some sort of stressful events in our lives. It can be positive stress called Eustress or negative stress called Distress. Stress has so many causes I will not even start to mention them but the effect of any stress is always (as you and I both know) how we respond to the

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De Clutter to Remove Stress at Home or at Work

Does having too much stuff on your desk or piled around your home drive you a bit crazy? Yes! Me too, but did you know that according to one of the pioneers in De-Cluttering Paul Talbot AKA The No Clutter Guy www.dialaspeaker.com  many people do not take the time to de-clutter since they find the

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Take Time to be Silent

Hello Again,

Just like me I am sure you have noticed that a lot of workplaces and homes are hubs of daily living activity but few have a time each day in which silence is encouraged. The brain needs silence to integrate what has been learned, to search out new ideas and simply to rest

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Are Canadians Healthier than Americans?

How does the health of Canadians compare to the health of Americans? I am in Vancouver, Canada right now to speak at a conference and in the papers I am seeing a lot about health care reform in the US. Will health care reform in the US make a difference? Only in the future will we

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This International Women’s Day Reduce Stress

March 8th each year is International Women’s Day and I just read a note online from a student who said “I didn’t know it was International Women’s day until my professor asked all the male students to stand up and applaud all the women in the classroom.” When I read that I though, wow! What

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