| Sowing seeds of self-care
In a world filled with 10-hour workdays, rushed meals and far too many cups of coffee, licensed massage therapist Erica Rosenfeld is offering her clients some overdue self-care in a new Main Street location. While explaining the philosophy behind her new Seeds of Well Being business, Rosenfeld compared how humans often mistreat their bodies with how people tend to misuse the Earth's natural resources. "We take as much as we can from the Earth and we don't give a lot back to it," Rosenfeld said, "And we do the same to our bodies." Trained in Colony, New York at the Center for Natural Wellness, Rosenfeld offers therapeutic massage, including oriental (shiatsu) and Swedish massage styles, from her private and refreshingly uncluttered top-floor venue.
Japanese celebrate male heir to throne
With shouts of "Banzai," Japanese celebrated the birth Wednesday of the imperial family's first male heir since the 1960s, a development that squelched hopes of reform to allow women on the throne. Princess Kiko, wife of Prince Akishino, gave birth to a boy by Caesarean section at a Tokyo hospital. The boy, who will be named Tuesday, is Emperor Akihito's first grandson and is third in the line to the throne, behind brothers Crown Prince Naruhito and Akishino. The news was cheered by many Japanese, who maintain an enduring respect for the imperial family more than 60 years after Emperor Hirohito renounced his status as a divinity at the end of World War II. Newspapers published extra editions, supporters gathered outside the hospital where the 39-year-old Kiko gave birth, and TV networks ran continuous coverage on the delivery.
Low Vitamin E Levels in Pregnancy Boosts Childhood Asthma Rates
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Children born to women who get little vitamin E while pregnant are more likely to have asthma by the time they are school-aged, a study says. The findings suggest poor eating habits, and the dearth of vitamins that result, may help explain the rising number of children diagnosed with asthma since the 1980s, researchers said. About 20 million Americans have the chronic lung condition that inflames airways, making breathing difficult, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Women getting the least vitamin E were 5 times more likely to have children with persistent asthma at age five compared with women getting the highest levels, the study found. Children whose mothers got little of the antioxidant vitamin were also three times more likely to suffer from wheezing, a hallmark symptom of the potentially fatal breathing disorder.
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