Health & Fitness
What You Need To Know About March Health Deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sick of hearing about the health care law? Plenty of people have tuned out after all the political jabber and website woes. But now is the time to tune back in, before it’s too late. The big deadline is coming March 31. By that day, for the first time, nearly everyone in […]
How to Help Your Clients Increase Their Willpower
More important than exercise science to a certified fitness trainer and more important than nutritional science to a certified health coach, is the science of behavior change. Radical idea? No, not at all! Today’s leading-edge thinkers in fitness and health are absolutely clear about the central and primary role that behavior science […]
Attitude during pregnancy affects weight gain, research shows
Overweight or obese women with the mentality that they are “eating for two” are more likely to experience excessive weight gain while pregnant, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. Cynthia Chuang, associate professor of medicine and public health sciences, studied the attitudes and habits of women who gained appropriate weight and those […]
Exercise, surgically removing belly fat improves cognition in obese, diabetic mice
Cognitive decline that often accompanies obesity and diabetes can be reversed with regular exercise or surgical removal of belly fat, scientists report. A drug already used to treat rheumatoid arthritis also helps obese/diabetic adult mice regain their ability to learn and comprehend, while transplanting belly fat to a normal mouse reduces those abilities, said Dr. […]
Will your grandmother’s diet increase your risk of colon cancer?
Will a multi-generational exposure to a western type diet increase offspring’s chance of developing colon cancer? Will cancer-fighting agents, like green tea, help combat that increased risk? Those are the two questions Abby Benninghoff, an assistant professor in Utah State University’s College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, will attempt to answer thanks to a $ […]
Health Net Offers Tips On Choosing Health Coverage
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In recognition of Wise Health Consumer Month which began Feb. 1 Health Net, Inc.[1] (HNT[2]) is offering helpful tips to those shopping for health coverage. Individuals are able to sign up for health insurance in the federal and state exchanges also known as the Health Insurance Marketplace through March 31, so this […]
Nobelist proposes unconventional view of type 2 diabetes causation
At 85, Nobel laureate James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA, continues to advance intriguing scientific ideas. His latest, a hypothesis on the causation of type 2 diabetes, will appear in the online pages of The Lancet, the British medical journal. Watson’s hypothesis, which is featured as the Lancet cover story […]
Implantable magnetic ‘bracelet’ brings relief to GERD sufferers
An innovative laparoscopic procedure that implants a ring of magnetic beads to help prevent acid reflux in patients who suffer from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is the latest tool surgeons at Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) have to treat the disease. More than 30 million American’s suffer from acid reflux each month, and the risk […]
High-calorie diet could slow progression of motor neuron disease (ALS)
A high-carbohydrate, high-calorie diet could delay the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to a phase 2 study published in The Lancet. ALS is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting the nerve cells that control muscle movement (motor neurons). Patients gradually lose the […]
Fitness Franchise Founder Offers Eight Tips On How To Market A Fitness Boot Camp Business More Effectively
Chino Hills, CA (PRWEB) March 01, 2014 Marketing expert and founder of the fitness boot camp franchise Fit Body Boot Camp, Bedros Keuilian, reveals his best eight marketing tips in an effort to teach personal trainers with an entrepreneurial spirit how to market a fitness boot camp business[1] more effectively. Hoping to save personal trainers […]