Health & Fitness
Sponsored Post: Back To School Health Tips
This sponsored blog post is from Swedish Medical Center. Back to School Health Tips By Christen Oskouian[1], MDGeneral Pediatrician, Swedish Issaquah Primary Care The last days of summer are counting down! Here are some timely tips to help ensure the school year goes well. To and From School Safety: The school bus is a […]
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 […]
Fitness Tips For Injury Prevention And Extra Comfort In Your Ski Boots!
30 August 2013 It’s time to get fit for the snow… here’s Dr Craig McLean with same valuable and timely advice By Dr Craig McLean, fitness expert for the Ski Club of Great Britain and sports injury chiropractor. Now you’ve heard that preparing your body for skiing is a great idea for preventing injury and […]
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, […]
Take A Few Minutes To Exercise — Hard And Fast — And You're Done
Kim Williams, a trainer at Baylor Tom Landry Fitness Center in Dallas, Texas, demonstrates her boxing technique on Friday, July 26, 2013. (Rex C. Curry/Dallas Morning News/MCT) In the futuristic world of winsome dreams, cheeseburgers have single-digit calories; workouts, single-digit minutes. Well, hold tight to your jet pack. The magic wand has been waved — […]
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. […]
How To Overcome A Workout Rut
I hear it all the time. “But I’m doing everything I can, and I just can’t seem to lose these last 5 to 10 pounds!” In fact, many of my celebrity clients originally came to me trying to break out of their own workout plateau, when they needed to lose those last pounds – got […]
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 […]
10 Tips For Saving Money On A Plant-based Diet
Diabetes prevention. Hypertension control. Heart health. Weight loss. Fiber intake. There are many reasons why adopting a plant-based diet is good for your health[1], so why not make a good thing better? Better, in this case, means more affordable. Save money and eat healthier (and cross off a few 2013 New Year’s resolutions) with tips […]