Article Source: The Denver Post

Jeff Wilson saw a doctor recently about his high cholesterol — and five other patients with the same problem came to his appointment. It was a "group visit," a growing trend in health care that allows doctors to reach more patients and patients to get more face time with their physician, even if they have to share it.

For more than an hour, the group at Clinix in Centennial chatted with Dr. Raphael d'Angelo, who told them to exercise, cut back on sugar — including beer and soda — and pick up red yeast rice supplements and vitamin D at a health food store. They also got their blood pressure checked and went over medications.

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Article Source: Oprah Magazine - CNN

 (OPRAH.com) -- Nearly all the women I know are stressing themselves sick over the pathological fear that they simply aren't doing enough with their lives. Which is crazy -- absolutely flat-out bananas -- because the women I know do a lot, and they do it well.

My cousin Sarah, for instance, is earning her master's degree in international relations, while simultaneously working for a nonprofit that builds playgrounds at woefully underfunded public schools.

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Article Source: CNN

Atlanta, Georgia -- Imagine having your back cut open, part of your spine removed, a stabilizing device that resembles a mini oil rig mounted on your back, the outer membrane of your spinal cord sliced open and experimental stem cells injected into it -- all for the advancement of science because it's not expected to benefit you.

John Cornick, 51, did just that earlier this month as part of a groundbreaking clinical trial.

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Article Source: USA Today - AP

CHICAGO (AP) — One hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day can help teens beat the effects of a common obesity-related gene with the nickname "fatso," according to a new European study. The message for adolescents is to get moving, said lead author Jonatan Ruiz of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

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