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Baseball legend steps up to the plate to raise awareness of fatal lung disease
(BPT) – All-Star centerfielder Bernie Williams is taking on a new role as an advocate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) awareness in honor of his dad Bernabé who lost his life to this rare and fatal lung disease. In this new role, he’s teamed up with Boehringer Ingelheim on Breathless(TM) (www.BreathlessIPF.com), a national education campaign […]
Small weight gain can raise blood pressure in healthy adults
Gaining just five pounds can increase your blood pressure, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions 2014. Many people understand the health dangers of large amounts of extra body weight, but researchers in this study wanted to see the impact of a small weight gain of […]
Involved parents raise slimmer adults
Remember that slim kid in school — the one with the cook-from-scratch mom? He’s likely one of the fittest dudes at your high school reunion, according to new research from Cornell University, published online in the journal PLOS ONE. “One of the best safeguards against your children becoming overweight as adults is how involved you […]