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Overweight Owners Lead Pets to Obesity
May 9th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSdog_37243498_0.jpg "[title]")
Richard French, DVM, MS, PhD, Dean of Animal Studies and Allerton Chair of Animal Health Sciences at Becker College is urging pet owners to pursue healthy lifestyles.
Nearly Half of US Adults Do Not Protect Their Eyes from UV Radiation
May 9th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSreading_90362113_1.jpg "[title]")
Despite the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) to eyes and vision, 40 percent of US adults do not wear sunglasses while outdoors, and nearly half of drivers do not protect their eyes on the road. Unprotected exposure to the sun increases risk for serious vision problems like cataracts, abnormal eye growths, cancer of the eye and surrounding skin, and macular degeneration.
JAMA Suggests Chiropractic for Low Back Pain
May 9th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/shutterstock_107135465_0.jpg "[title]")
An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests patients try chiropractic services for the treatment of low back pain. According to the article, surgery is not usually needed and should only be considered if more conservative therapies fail.
Children’s Mental Health Day, May 9
May 9th, 2013Statistics on Youth Who Struggle with Mental Illness![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSBrain_59352130_0.jpg "[title]")
Thursday, May 9 is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. More than 420,000 children in California live with serious mental health disorders:
>>Experts estimate that one in five children struggles with a mental illness.
Warning Against So-Called 'Diet' Foods and Beverages
May 8th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSsenior_112163738_1.jpg "[title]")
Is "diet" really anything more than a marketing buzzword? That's the question bestselling nutritionist JJ Smith is asking, and the answer may be surprising. In her book Lose Weight Without Dieting or Working Out, Smith contends that most, if not all, of the products being labeled as diet may in fact be contributing to the obesity epidemic.
What Makes Moms' Brains Better?
May 8th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSsleepday_68402926_1.jpg "[title]")
With Mother's Day coming up this Sunday, the scientists at Posit Science, developers of the brain fitness program BrainHQ, have reviewed millions of data points from people training their brains to determine if there are any cognitive abilities that Moms are notably better at than the rest of the population. To their surprise, it turns out there are.
Eating Right With Celiac Disease
May 8th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSFood_bread_72546715_0.jpg "[title]")
Celiac disease is estimated to affect one out of 141 of Americans, or just under 1 percent of the population. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages Americans to learn about celiac disease – it can affect your health or someone you love.
There's More To Asthma Than Meets The Air
May 8th, 2013Where You Live with Asthma Matters, Air Quality is Just One of Many Factors![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSAsthma_82444438_0.jpg "[title]")
There is still no cure for asthma, so for 22 million people in the US, this chronic disease continues to be a daily burden no matter where they live. But it's not just air pollution they should be worried about.
Sunkist Promotes High Blood Pressure Education Month with Zesty Challenge
May 7th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/shutterstock_128152862_0.jpg "[title]")
This May, High Blood Pressure Education Month, Sunkist invites Americans to join in the fight against heart disease by taking the S'alternative Pledge, challenging consumers to flavor their foods with a squeeze of fresh Sunkist lemons for one week to reduce sodium intake.
New Article from Vision.org Examines the Promise of Personalized Medicine
May 7th, 2013![[title]](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_thumb/news/SSpharmacy_101369599_0.jpg "[title]")
In YouGenics: The Decoding of Personal Health, Vision contributor Dan Cloer reviews three books about advances in genomic science that are changing medicine.
