The ProHealth CFS and FM Bumper Sticker Challenge -
The Winning Ideas Will Receive $50 Gift Certificates

Recently we posted a request in our Community message board stating Help Us With New Product Ideas for CFS and FM. We're receiving lots of good ideas so keep 'em coming. One suggestion that really got people excited was CFS and FM awareness BUMPER STICKERS. Starting now, you can submit suggestions at wellness@prohealth.com. Either ME-CFS or CFS is great - along with FM, of course, and the two winners will be announced next month. The bumper stickers will then be available at our general store. Please note, if ideas are duplicated, we'll use the one we received first.

Also, watch for a new look in your next newsletter. We'll connect you to as much information as always, but via a more compact e-mail package that will be easier to read at a glance. Not only will it fit better in today's shrinking e-mail "preview" window ( fewer images, links, etc.), but it will be easier for your computer to receive and download. We care about you, and we want to make sure we continue to be your source on treatment, research and communtiy news for CFS and FM

ME-CFS. And you?
Rich Carson, CFS patient and ProHealth Founder

Flat On Your Back and Moving On - Meet CFS Patient Mark Pullinger

Mark was a promising young jazz musician when Chronic Fatigue Syndrome struck. It turned his world upside down.   more

Natural Treatments for Depression, Anxiety, Stress

Mood disorders are at heart biochemical illnesses, says Richard Podell, MD - and many natural treatments can support the body's own healing systems.   more

Which Diet is Best For You? A Simple Test May Tell

Clinical trials of weight loss diets have produced inconsistent results, and now Harvard researchers think they know why.   more

Stress Hormone Linked to Cancer Development, Treatment Resistance

The stress-response hormone epinephrine (adrenaline) appears responsible for making cancer cells resistant to normal cell death and treatments, new study reports.   more

Coming Soon - A Live Q&A Chat with Nancy Klimas, MD -
In the ImmuneSupport.com Chat Room

Doctor Klimas is a leading expert on CFS, immunology, allergy, disability, stress, & much more. Watch for updates on our Community Message Board.

• DePaul study finds 56% of CFS patients also have FM, MCS, or both
  
  
• Upper respiratory illnesses more frequent in CFS patients; linked to high stress
  
  
• Dubbo team IDs 35 genes expressed in post-mono fatigue syndrome
  
  
• More Abstracts
  
  

• CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) linked to modest, continuing weight loss
  
  
• Supplemental GLA (borage oil) linked to less weight regain in formerly obese
  
  
• Significantly lower levels of magnesium in blood of depressed Type 2 diabetics
  
  
• More Abstracts
  
  

Ya gots to work with what ya gots to work with. - Stevie Wonder

Nurturing: Help Others Grow

Nurturing others is deeply rewarding. It is like preparing someone else's garden for springtime. From raising a child to mentoring a student or colleague, to just passing along wisdom, generativity (the ability to help others grow) gives us a feeling of power along with love. It also protects us against depression and low self-esteem.

Try this simple exercise: Whatever you are doing, offer a smile and a warm comment or even a hug to the person next to you right now... You may find you've brightened their day and your own.

From Why Good Things Happen to Good People, by Steven Post, PhD,
and Jill Neimark, Broadway Books, New York, 2007.

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Every purchase made at ImmuneSupport.com funds research - as does every purchase made from ProHealth's Health Resource catalog.

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