The word “mindfulness” has become popular in conversations recently as more and more studies are proving that people who are practicing a type of meditation called “Mindfulness” are becoming healthier than those who do not. Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by...
March is a special month for us at Alliance Healthcare Foundation. First, it’s National Nutrition Month, so organizations all across the nation will focus on healthy eating and living strategies that can greatly affect their communities’ health and...
What’s Health got to do with it? This past Thursday, I traveled to Los Angeles to attend the Prevention Institute’s “Primary Prevention for Change” workshop at The California Endowment. More than 100 public and nonprofit health workers, advocates, policy...
Americans are more depressed now than ever. That’s an unfortunate fact, isn’t it? According to a study from San Diego State University psychology professor Jean M. Twenge published on ScienceDaily.com, “Americans now report more psychosomatic...
San Diego, CA—Alliance Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a nonprofit organization which works to advance health and wellness for the poor and underserved in San Diego and Imperial County, recently hired Chief Financial Officer Paul Brown and Program Officer Michele...
Last week, we looked at how our diets sometimes lead us straight to obesity, and we highlighted some San Diego-based organizations that are looking to buck the trend. Today, I’d like to focus on a second major cause of obesity: Inactivity According to the World...
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