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Making Healthier Schools for Our Children

February 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments

 
 
By Michael Walton, Myvoicedc Health & Fitness Contributor
 
 
Hola!  Today we will address the final subject matter of the five part series on giving healthy tips and guidelines to parents for your children to follow.  We will conclude by addressing how your child is eating while at school and how to become involved with making that [...]

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Local Child Suffers Salmonella Infection

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

As part of their Christmas vacation, Justin and Jennifer Krieger took their children David and Alexandra to Colorado.
“We were so excited. This was our first family ski trip; David was finally old enough to go to ski school,” says Jennifer. But moments after they arrived, Jennifer says David got sick.
“After getting him signed up, he [...]

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R&B Artist Charlie Wilson Announces Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

With Early Detection and a Promising Prognosis, Famed Vocalist Teams with the Prostate Cancer Foundation to Raise Awareness and Funds for Research
 SANTA MONICA, CA/February 5, 2009—Charlie Wilson, the famed R&B artist widely known as the lead vocalist for the GAP Band in the 1980s and his gold-certified album, Charlie Last Name Wilson, announced that [...]

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“At the Doctor’s Office”…What to Ask Your Child’s Physician

January 28th, 2009 · No Comments

By Michael Walton, Myvoicedc Contributor 
Myvoicedc.com family, what an exciting time we are living in!  Seeing so many of us come together for the Inauguration of President Obama was such a beautiful site to behold. I believe that it shows so many things about the character of our country, one of those characteristics being that when [...]

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Magnificent Wellness

January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Carl Powell,  Fitness Expert
Beating the Winter Blues
Each year just after Holiday Season many people suffer from the Winter Blues or what is now referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder.
In the middle of this economic recession, with job loss and belt tightening all around, an estimated 35% of the population will suffer from a mild [...]

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Essence Presents: The Black Woman’s Guide To Healthy Living

January 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Hey Ladies, if you’re like me, living healthy is something you may struggle with daily.  There are days where I crave sweets, my favorite…dark chocolate ! Yes  I’m addicted to it. Then I have days, (let me be honest…sometimes months ) I don’t exercise.  I have good intentions, but I don’t allow myself the time [...]

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Eating Healthy, Even When Going Out

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Happy 2009!!  So we’re off to a new year with a fresh and exciting outlook on the future.  Raise your hand if one of your New Years resolutions was to make a healthy amendment to your eating habits or to practice a healthier over all lifestyle.  . .  Please, not everyone at once!  Well, for [...]

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Eating Habits Can Affect Your Brain

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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The beginning of the new year is traditionally a time when many people think about changing their diets. With all the parties and extra eating during the holidays, many try to make up for that in January by watching what they eat.
However, studies have shown that [...]

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Keeping Our Youth Healthy!

December 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

By Michael Walton, Contributor 
Hello myvoicedc.com family! I hope that you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday and that you are focused on fitness as we lead into 2009. My focus on fitness, outside of my own personal goals, has shifted more and more toward helping our youth fight the current obesity epidemic. On November 8, 2008 [...]

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Baltimore Bullet Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe on Men’s Health

November 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

He’s an NBA Hall of Famer who’s flamboyant dribbling, passing, and play-making on the court left crowds asking “How Did He Do That?” But Earl, ‘The Pearl’ Monroe isn’t just here to talk about his glory days with the Baltimore Bullets, he’s also raising awareness about an important men’s health issue.

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