Sondra E. Z. Hines, AILT, is an adjunct professor of health & wellness and is certified to teach group fitness exercise and Zumba. Wednesday Wellness - Fitness News You Can Use is published weekly. Email: sondraezhines@yahoo.com.

If you are looking to heat things up in the bedroom, try adding yoga to your fitness routine?

RealAge, an online site devoted to health and fitness, reports that after 12 weeks of this ancient practice of deep breathing and stretching, ladies will “enjoy more sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, and satisfaction.”

The benefits for men include “improvements in desire, satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, and orgasm.” Men, like women need to participate a minimum of 12 weeks to see results.

An Eye For An Eye
For a fee, a doctor in Laguna Beach, CA, is offering to do for others what genetics gave me naturally. Thanks to my grandmother, I inherited her green eyes. Hence, Dr. Gregg Homer is attempting to manipulate DNA by using laser technology to change eye color. The cost -- $5,000 -- comes at a premium to those desiring to permanently discard colored contacts. Although the procedure has yet to receive FDA approval, Homer is generating buzz.

Good News for Minority Teens
A study of 72,561 teens finds African-American and Asian less likely to use drugs and alcohol vs. other races. The research, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found: 48 percent of American Indian youth reported using substances, 39 percent whites, 37 percent Hispanic, 36 percent mixed-race, 32 percent blacks and 25 percent Asians. “What surprised us the most was the relatively lower rate of use among African Americans,” said psychiatry professor Dan Blazer of Duke University Medical Center. “The public perception is that that’s not the case.”

The Odds Are Against Them
The news is not as great for kids suffering from asthma. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report children from single-parent families are 50 percent more likely to return for asthma treatment than those from two-parent families. “Parents play an important role in controlling their child's asthma and it takes time, energy and resources to follow their physician's treatment plan, including reducing triggers and consistently giving medicines," says Dr. Terri Moncrief in a news release. Read more: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/healthcare/story/2011-11-07/Home-environment-affects-asthmatic-kids/51104696/1

Kids Keep Growing & Growing …
Researchers say kids may be doomed to obesity long before they make it to the playground. Tracking 44, 000 babies, a study found “those who rose two or more major percentiles - for example, going from 50 percent to 90 percent - before age 2 were twice as likely to be obese at age 5 and 75 percent more likely to be obese at age 10.” This data is an early indicator “to doctors and a sign to parents that babies might be overfed or not spending enough time crawling around, “ says pediatrician Dr. Elsie Taveras, the study's lead author and an obesity researcher at Harvard Medical School.

Free Bellydance Class – Lotus Dance Studio, Saturday November 12, 2011. RSVP to info@lotus-studios.com or call 980.428.6396.

Fitness Tip – To eliminate dandruff, crush two aspirins in a spoonful of shampoo and rub into your hair. Leave on 1-2 minutes before rinsing. The salicylic acid helps to heal the scalp of nasty flakes.

Also in the news …
• 20 Years and counting – November 7, 1991 Ervin Magic Johnson made an astonishing confession that he tested HIV positive. Today, Johnson is a Los Angeles businessman/ entrepreneur who continues to be a strong advocate for HIV/AIDS and appears to be in good health.
• Condolences – To the Overweight Lover, Dwight Arrington Myers, 44, better known as rapper/actor Heavy D. Your smooth lyrics and funky music take me to another fitness plateau in my aerobics classes. And to boxing champ Smokin’ Joe Frazier, 67 who passed from liver cancer.

Until next time, I wish you good health and wellness!

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