Health News

Get your mind out of the gutter.  A survey of happily married couples conducted by Headwater Travel, the UK's top ranked travel company, found time together and time apart were keys to happy, long lasting relationship.  The survey also revealed a good argument once a week was important too.  (My wife and I have that one covered and then some.)  Click read more for additional findings from the survey.  And yes it's in there and more than once a week.

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Two signature events of the Utica-Rome area are "America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk" and WIBX Slocum Dickson Heart Radiothon broadcast on our sister station WIBX. This year, the radiothon begins Friday, March 2 and continues on Saturday, March 3rd, the day of the run/walk. All of us at Big Frog 104 participate as "guest" hosts broadcasting a few hours on the air.

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When the holidays are over, temperatures drop, the snow falls, and there isn't enough daylight, the winter blahs can set in. We at Big Frog 104 will do what we can to chase those blahs away.

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The popularity of yogurt is proving to be a boom to upstate New York dairy farmers. With New Berlin based Agro Farma, makers of America's best selling yogurt Chobani, having already announced plant expansion plans and Johnstown's Fage USA--another yogurt maker--expanding its facilities the demand for milk from upstate farmers is bound to increase. The Little Falls Times reports that even more yogurt making production might be in the offing.

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Losing weight is a common New Year's resolution.  Although it's a good idea to become healthier, it isn't very realistic.  Most exercise for the first few months or even weeks into the New Year before quitting.  Why?  Because exercising isn't fun.  If it was, more people would do it.  But what if you could make working out fun?  Combine laughing and exericse.  Now that may be something worth doing.  It's a reality and it's called laughing aerobics.  You laugh every time you move.  It's funny at first, but I think after awhile this could get on youyr nerves.  You be the judge.

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No, this is not a hoax.  J. Wilson of Corning, Iowa consumed nothing but water and dopplelbock beer, a hardy brew favored by an order of German monks,  for 46 days.  His purpose according to LA Weekly was not to experience a continual buzz but to test his willpower and exercise his spirituality. He has now chronicled his experiences in a book entitled "Diary of A Part Time Monk".

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Ok, here's a subject we may not want to think about, but one that we'll be dealing with the next several months...shoveling. We've already seen some snow during the "Frog Days of Fall", and much more will be on the way. Every year, we hear advise on how not to over exert ourselves, when shoveling.

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I know people who have a Facebook page and boast of having 200 "friends". But how many of them are "real" friends, friends that you share your innermost thoughts and feelings with? According to a study cited by MSNBC we don't have as many as we used to.

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Setting your clock back an hour early this Sunday morning may lead to depressingly shorter days, but experts believe the end of daylight saving time is healthy in general.

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Anthony, Glen, Isaac and Christian want you to take breast cancer seriously, even if that means they have to send pictures of their sculpted bodies to your cell phone.

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The common cold - you're not really sick, but everything aches and you can't find a comfortable position sitting up or laying down.  And as we all know, only Granny Clampett had the sure cure for the common cold and that's not legal in most states.

According to WebMD, there may not be a cure, but there are some things you can do to feel better.
"You may find you need 12 hours of sleep each night, so don't set that alarm. You'll be most comfortable in a warm, humid environment. It's also important to drink lots of water. This makes mucus flow more freely and helps with congestion."

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After doing 50 minutes on a treadmill I feel a sense of great  accomplishment. Imagine how insufficient I felt when I heard about the 100-year old man who ran and finished a full marathon yesterday in Toronto, Ontario. According to AP Fauja Singh finished the marathon in a little under 8 hours some 6 hours behind the race winner Kenneth Mungara of Kenya.

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