Fasting News

As remuneration in the British Columbia public sector skyrockets, we bring you our annual database of who is making what in B.C.'s public service.

We have just entered the Christian season of Lent, which is traditionally seen as a time of self-examination which should include prayer, meditation, Bible study and fasting.

A nasal spray of oxytocin - often referred to as the "love hormone" - may help anorexic patients to stop fixating on negative images of body shapes and foods, Counsel and Heal reported.

Church Ladies Typewriters. They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters.

Takeout orders available at the door or arranged ahead by phone. - Holy Cross Catholic Church, 7100 West Ridge Road, Fairview, will hold fish dinners on Fridays during Lent, including today, March 21, 28, and April 4 and 11, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Choose from fish, shrimp, a combo, or macaroni and cheese.

The season of Lent calls Christians to engage in prayer, fasting from worldly attachments and almsgiving to the needy.

Listening to an American woman, presumably Dr Krista Varady and I had to laugh at her calling a fast day similar to my every day.

Witnessing the ritualistic suffering of loved ones may be more exhausting than actually experiencing extreme pain, according to a study involving Victoria University of Wellington researchers.

The Fast of Esther began early Thursday morning. Jews around the world will abstain from eating or drinking during the day, in memory of the Jewish nation's desperate appeal against annihilation in ancient Persia.

Researchers at NYU's College of Nursing recently released a study analyzing Latina women in America and their likelihood to develop prediabetes and diabetes.

Pope Benedict led the world's 1.3 billion Catholics into the 40-day Lenten season on Wednesday urging them to observe proactive prayer, fasting, penitence and alms-giving.

Due to WSFA airing Auburn's and Alabama's first round SEC Basketball Tournament games on Wednesday and Thursday, our News at 6:00 p.m. will be available only on our web site and mobile apps .

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes and approximately 27% of them do not know it.1 Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, impaired insulin secretion, insulin resistance, ... (more)

Vascular endothelium has important regulatory functions in the cardiovascular system and a pivotal role in the maintenance of vascular health and metabolic homeostasis.

VATICAN CITY, March 7 .- Pope Francis dedicated his daily homily to the virtue of charity, stressing that we shouldn't be "ashamed" to touch those who suffer, and cautioned against turning our faith into a mere ritual.

CHRISTENSEN, K. L., M. LORBER, S. Koslitz, T. Bruning, AND H. M. Koch. The contribution of diet to total Bisphenol A body burden in humans: results of a 48 hour fasting study.

During Lent, it is common to give up luxuries such as sweets. But the season should really be about actively living lives that draw us nearer to God.

The very word 'diet' used to be enough to make my stomach growl. Fad diets that promised results, but in reality left me ravenous and crying into a bowl of salad, were all I knew.

Councilor Rafael "Rifle" Salas signs his oath of office to serve a second four-year term on the Ruidoso Village Council.

Hundreds of immigration reform advocates and church leaders gathered outside St. Matthew Catholic Church Tuesday, as a part of a nationwide fasting and action effort.