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Study Shows Long-Term Weight Control Is Achievable With Monthly Counseling
People who
shed weight and want to keep it off might benefit from monthly personal
contact interventions, researchers reported at the American Heart
Association’s recent Conference on Nutrition, Physical Activity
and Metabolism.
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Beyond Fashion: Why You Gotta Wear Shades
Cheap
sunglasses may cost you less, but are they just as likely to protect
against the effects of harmful UV rays as expensive sunglasses?
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Traveling Abroad? Make Sure Plans Include Trip to the Doctor
If
you’re one of the millions of Americans who will travel abroad
this summer, make sure your plans include a trip to the doctor, said
Dr. H. Thomas Johnson, a Saint Louis University family physician.
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Don't Forget Your Most Important Muscle: Your Heart
Many
of us
work out to target a specific part of our body. We want six-pack abs,
bigger biceps or a firmer bum. We all want to look good on the outside.
Full Article
"I Have A Headache"…Now What Should I Do?: Knowing Headache
Type Can Help Identify Prevention and Treatment
In
today’s world, almost anything could give a person a
headache.
The term "headache" is used and often overused to describe a reaction
to life’s general frustrations. For those people who suffer
from
headache related pain, identifying it as "I have a headache" is not
specific enough to find relief. In order to find the appropriate
treatment to alleviate headache pain, it is critical to delve deeper
and identify a specific headache type.
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Sore Wrists and Hands Can Result from our Work: But is it Carpal
Tunnel? Prompt and Proper Diagnosis Key to Receiving Correct Treatment
Do
you feel
numbness, burning pain or a tingling sensation in your hand or wrist
that seems to increase at night; have difficulty holding objects
without dropping them; or find it increasingly difficult to perform
repetitive movements such as using your computer mouse or keyboard
without pain? If so, then you may be one of the estimated 2 million
people in the United States affected by carpal tunnel syndrome,
according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
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Moderate Level Of Aerobic Fitness May Lower Stroke Risk
A
moderate level of aerobic fitness can significantly reduce stroke risk
for men and women, according to a large, long-running study of more
than 60,000 people.
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Across America Hearing Check Challenge Begun for Better Hearing and
Speech Month
The
Better Hearing Institute (BHI) has launched the Across America Hearing
Check Challenge (www.hearingcheck.org),
a nationwide campaign to help
millions of Americans reclaim their quality of life by facing up to
unaddressed hearing loss. The campaign will serve as the central theme
for Better Hearing and Speech Month, which occurs during the month of
May.
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Watch Your Eyes When Playing Sports: Ophthalmologists Recommend Eye
Protection for All Athletes
Sean
Peterson was looking forward to spending some time with his friends
playing paintball one spring weekend. As a former college basketball
player, Sean enjoys sports, and paintball seemed like a fun opportunity
to employ some of his athletic skills. But what started out as an
enjoyable outing eventually turned into a medical emergency. Sean moved
his protective mask briefly, and in that brief interval, a paintball
hit him in his left eye.
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Posture Improvement Is The Cure For Chronic Back Pain
The
number
one cause of back and neck pain is not overdoing it with a sport,
workout or household chore but rather poor standing or sitting posture.
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Longer Work Days Leave Americans Nodding Off On the Job
Prolonged
work days that often extend late into the night may cause Americans to
fall asleep or feel sleepy at work, drive drowsy and lose interest in
sex, according to a new Sleep in America poll released by the National
Sleep Foundation (NSF).
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Reducing Kids' Salt Intake May Lower Soft Drink Consumption, Reducing
Obesity, High Blood Pressure And Later Health Risks
Children
who
eat less salt drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks and may
significantly lower their risks for obesity, elevated blood pressure
and later-in-life heart attack and stroke, according to researchers at
St. George’s University of London, England.
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Adults May Not Get Enough Rest or Sleep, New Study Reveals
Early
to bed
and early to rise, something we learned as children, makes sense given
the number of Americans who suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep
disorders.
Full Article
Why Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension And Cardiovascular Disease
in Women Is So Important
Women
face
unique risks for developing hypertension and special challenges in
keeping their high blood pressure under control, according to new
research published in a special issue of Hypertension:
Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Short 10-Minute Workouts Provide Measurable Results Says Fitness Expert
Short
10-minute bursts of exercise throughout the day can help shed pounds
and are an effective workout according to Chris Freytag, a fitness
expert for Prevention Magazine and author of a new
book on the subject.
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Burgers, Fries, Diet Soda: Metabolic Syndrome Blue-Plate Special
Otherwise-healthy
adults who eat two or more servings of meat a day — the
equivalent of two burger patties — increase their risk of
developing metabolic syndrome by 25 percent compared with those who eat
meat twice a week, according to the results of new a new research
study. published in Circulation: Journal of the American
Heart Association.
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New Study Shows Tobacco Control Programs Cut Adult Smoking Rates
Greater
investments in state tobacco control programs are independently and
significantly associated with larger and more rapid declines in adult
smoking prevalence, according to a study by researchers at Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and RTI International, an
independent nonprofit research institute based in Research Triangle
Park, N.C. Researchers were able to quantify the link between
comprehensive tobacco control programs and a decrease in adult smoking
— observing a decline in prevalence from 29.5 percent in 1985
to
18.6 percent in 2003.
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Article
Irregular Exercise Pattern May Add Pounds
The
consequences of quitting exercise may be greater than previously
thought, according to a new study from the U.S. Department of
Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that
determined
that the weight gained during an exercise hiatus can be tough to shed
when exercise is resumed at a later date.
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System Developed to Rank Order Foods on Overall Nutritional Quality
Top
nutrition
scientists from throughout North America have developed what is
believed to be the world's most sophisticated system to rank order
foods on the basis of overall nutritional quality.
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Researchers Nix Low-carb Diet
For
most of
the past decade, there was much hubbub about the Atkins and Zone diets.
Both focus on quick, effective ways to lose weight through high-protein
and low-carbohydrate foods. Today, many still swear by them.
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Four Health Behaviors Can Add 14 Extra Years Of Life
People
who
adopt four healthy behaviors – not smoking; taking exercise;
moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit and
vegetables a day – live on average an additional fourteen
years
of life compared with people who adopt none of these behaviours,
according to a new study.
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Strong Link Between Obesity And Colorectal Cancer
A
clear,
direct link between obesity and colorectal cancer, the second most
common form of cancer in Australia with more than 12,000 new cases each
year, has been shown in a new analysis by The George Institute for
International Health in Sydney, Australia.
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