Have you resolved to have a new perspective on life? Here are a few basic but powerful keys to maintaining good spirits throughout the year:
Traditionally many people make New Year's vows centered on their health and happiness. Come March most forget that important goal. Why do these positive aspirations float away? Lack of time, stress, falling back into routines, a sense of failure — all are common reasons. You want to make that health goal stick, how do you do it?
In the United States breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as the most common cancer among women. A healthy diet, combined with exercise, is essential to decreasing your risk for breast cancer and boosting your immune system.
How could this unusual fruit with the green, bumpy flesh and buttery-textured interior be considered "amazing"? Here's how:
When vitamin D comes to mind, we usually think of sunshine. Sunshine is without a doubt the best source of vitamin D. However, we don't always have access to it, especially during the winter months, if we live at northern latitudes, or if we spend most of our time indoors.
There are many natural ways to support bone health, including diet, healthy digestion and exercise. Bone matrix is active living tissue and requires nourishment. We can eat the essential nutrients of our bones, specifically minerals and protein to keep them healthy and strong.
As the leaves fall and the rains remind us of what it means to live in the Pacific Northwest, many people start worrying about they can do to keep their immune system healthy and avoid colds and flus.
Incorporating grains into the diet can be challenging for the gluten-free.
Gluten-free (GF) diets can be costly. The availability of GF foods in the marketplace is on the rise, however, the market prices of many of these products make them inaccessible to those on a budget.
Finding healthy, grab-and-go snacks can be challenging for the gluten-free eater. Gluten is pervasive in most packaged snack foods.
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(formerly Professional Education in Breastfeeding & Lactation) Earn a Lactation Educator Certificate in 5 days, instructed by expert faculty of Evergreen Perinatal Education. Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 2013 8am-5pm $899
The principal speaker at the University's 32nd annual commencement ceremony is Jorge Jiménez de la Jara, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
***REGISTRATION CLOSED - CLASS FULL*** Learn responsive birth support in 4 days. Team-taught by world class faculty since 1988. Tuesday-Friday, June 25-28, 2013 8am-5:30pm $649
Students volunteer as trainers for hard-charging volleyball players at Emerald City Classic.
Deena Lewis left a job at Microsoft to design landscapes as she learned in Bastyr's permaculture certificate program.
You've heard about the soggy, sun-deprived Pacific Northwest. Here's the shocking truth (it's pretty great).
In celebration of Earth Day 2013, The Princeton Review highlights Bastyr University's commitment to "going green".
"In many cases, healthy lifestyle choices are often more effective than pharmaceutical care, and actually decrease the incidence of diabetes, heart attacks and other circulatory problems.”
The School of Traditional World Medicines will house Bastyr University's acupuncture, Oriental medicine and ayurveda programs, along with future programs drawing on medicine from around the world.