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We eat a huge amount of wheat. Unfortunately, the majority of the wheat products that we consume are highly refined and processed to the point where they are worthless and actually harmful to our bodies.

Vegan, Vegetarian & Raw Foods products are something worth researching.

Did you know that the nutritional powerhouse of the wheat product is in the seed (or berry) itself…NOT in the refined flour products? If you were to sow wheat berries, in approximately two weeks you would have access to wheatgrass, which contains all of the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and nutrients that your body needs every day.

The health benefits of wheatgrass are numerous and amazing, as is the list of foods you can create with this unique ingredient. From breads to cookies to pizza to desserts…you can even use wheatgrass to treat a variety of physical ailments!

I have just convinced myself that I need a wheatgrass kit. Not only will this be very beneficial for my family’s health, a growing kit like this will be an activity my whole family will enjoy.

A number of physical therapy programs have now started to use the Nintendo Wii gaming system as part of treatments to help people recover from strokes and other central nervous system injuries.

One institution using the gaming system is the Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Hospital (part of the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus).

Unlike traditional game consoles that are controlled by levers and buttons on hand-held devices, the Wii is controlled by a remote that is able to sense its position relative to a sensor. This allows the console to be controlled with three-dimensional movement and large-body gestures.

Dodd Hall purchased a Wii, and now their patients who are recovering from strokes, spinal injuries or brain trauma are able to use the Wii approximately 30 minutes a day for two to three days each week.

The Wii helps physical therapy patients improve their balance, coordination, upper and lower body strength, and general stamina. Patients use the Wii not just to play games but also to look up news or other information through an Internet connection. This activity helps patients maintain and improve their mental functioning.

There are also patients who use the Wii to play bowling or boxing games that require full-body movement. This builds coordination and strength.

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There are some new studies recently published in the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrating how important hand washing is in preventing the transmission of disease in a household setting.

This is new because the majority of prior studies on the importance of hand washing have implicated touch as the single most important disease transmission route but have focused on workers in the food and health industries.

In one study researchers tested various household surfaces for traces of the polio virus in homes where infants had recently been vaccinated against the disease. The weakened virus from the vaccine is shed in infants’ feces for a short time afterwards so traces of the disease would indicate exposure to the infants’ feces. Researchers found that 13 percent of bathroom, kitchen and living room surfaces tested positive for polio.

In another study, researchers tested toilet bowls in homes where at least one person had been diagnosed with a salmonella infection. As much as three weeks after the infection, toilet bowls were still found to be contaminated with the bacteria. This suggests that even long after an infection has passed, it still has the capability to spread throughout a house.

In a third study a volunteer touched a door handle that had been contaminated with a virus and then shook hands with a number of other volunteers. Tests later determined that this spread the virus to six other people.

The main results show us that people should focus on cleaning key disease transmission surfaces in the home like doorknobs, faucets and toilet flush handles. In addition to washing their hands after sneezing or using the toilet, or before eating, people also need to do so after changing diapers, cleaning up after pets, touching trash cans, or cleaning any surfaces or utensils that might have come into contact with waste or raw food.