Posted on April 23rd, 2012 by discoveryourhealth
In order to help address the complex issues of health definition and maintenance, Emory Continuing Education and Emory Predictive Health Institute have partnered to build a Certified Predictive Health Partner program for metro Atlanta area professionals.
Many skills are required to successfully handle this growing field of study, including a basic understanding of human biology and [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2012 by discoveryourhealth
Writer: Kristi C. Glazer, Health Partner Intern, Emory-Georgia Tech Center for Health Discovery and Well Being
We’ve all heard the benefits of a healthy diet – longer life span, more energy, decreased risk of health problems - but how about happiness? According to Tyler Graham’s and Drew Ramsey’s new book, “The Happiness Diet,” the way one eats [...]
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Posted on April 9th, 2012 by discoveryourhealth
This topic comes up now and again: People who are sleep deprived eat more. Since a new study shows this result, we are looking at this new information and sharing it.
Researchers found that people who were deprived of sleep ate more than 500 additional calories per day. They say that chronic lack of sleep may [...]
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Posted on April 2nd, 2012 by discoveryourhealth
A new study shows that men who drank one sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who did not drink any sugar-sweetened drinks.
The daily sugar-sweetened drink consumption was also linked to higher levels of harmful lipids in the blood and inflammation.
Researchers say that men who drank [...]
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