Healthy Lifestyle
Weight Loss Allows Mount Pleasant Woman To Do More Than Ever Before
MOUNT PLEASANT In 2011, a walk down the driveway left Kathy Poplawski short of breath. Last month, she hiked glaciers and mountains, dug for gold and climbed up the face of a cliff while on vacation in Alaska. Poplawski, 61, of Mount Pleasant, credits her new healthy lifestyle and her more-than-110-pound weight loss for her […]
Cdc: 200,000 Yearly Heart, Stroke Deaths Could Be Prevented
Americans hear frequently that a healthy lifestyle could stave off some of the most deadly diseases facing adults, particularly heart disease and strokes. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [1]backs up that advice with a number: At least 200,000 deaths each year from cardiovascular disease could be prevented. More than […]
New In Self-quantified Health : Smart Toothbrush + More
Living a healthy lifestyle can be tough to maintain, especially when youve grown accustomed to eating junk food, drinking alcoholic beverages and forget to keep up with your hygienic needs. People say that if you want to change your lifestyle, you can, you just have to stick with your plan and not deviate. And now, […]
Healthy Aging: Its In Your Genes But New Research Study Suggests You Can Take Steps To Shift The Balance.
This article is sponsored by Health, Fitness & Body Building Wyckoff, NJ (PRWEB) August 29, 2013 A new research study conducted by Serena Dato et al.*, and published in the August 2013 issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, cites oxidative stress as both the cause and consequence of impaired functional homeostasis characterizing human aging. […]
Tayag To Grace Health Caravan In City
DEPARTMENT of Health Assistant Secretary Enrique Tayag will grace the kick-off of Baguio Day celebrations on August 31 with a dance number to promote healthy lifestyle among city residents. Tayag, DOH’s ambassador for health lifestyle, will lead the Go for Health initiative a healthy lifestyle movement to prevent non-communicable diseases through physical activity, healthy diet, […]
Bmi Isn't The Best Measure Of Weight
GustoImages / Getty Images Body Mass Index (BMI) provides an easy way to measure obesity, but more doctors are questioning its accuracy and usefulness. BMI is supposed to estimate the amount of body fat a person carries based on height and weight, and categorizes people based on what is appropriate for their size. BMI readings […]
Losing Weight: Lifestyle Changes Trump Any Diet
What’s the best diet for maintaining a healthy weight and warding off chronic diseases? Is it a low-carb diet, a high-carb diet, an all-vegetable diet, a no-vegetable diet? Researchers say you’d be better off just forgetting the word diet, according to an editorial published today (Aug. 20) in the Journal of the American Medical Association […]
Heart-attack Survivors Often Make No Changes
Theres no stronger scare tactic into leading a healthy lifestyle than suffering a heart attack or stroke, which is why it may be surprising that many survivors dont make changes needed to improve their health. A study published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows one in four men doesnt […]
10 Habits Of Healthy Families
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Many Stroke, Heart-attack Survivors Make No Changes After Event
There’s no stronger scare tactic into leading a healthy lifestyle than suffering a heart attack or stroke, which is why it may be surprising that many survivors don’t make changes needed to improve their health. A study published in April in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows one in four men doesn’t make […]