Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Now this is a colon cancer risk factors statistic that will make you sit up and take notice.
Evidence suggests that anywhere from one third to one half of all cancers could be prevented – by changes in lifestyle. Some new work by researchers from Washington University finds that active people are 24% less [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Even before the full force of the economic downturn became part of the nightly news, the levels of stress Americans were feeling about our finances were pretty intense making heart healthy living more difficult.
The American Psychological Association completed a survey called Stress in America, released in October 2008 (with data collected as [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Nearly two thirds of American men are overweight, so if your man has added a few extra (or more than few) pounds to his frame he’s not alone, but should he be aiming to lose belly fat fast?
Men tend to gain their weight around the waist, and as soon as they hit 30 [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Back pain injury is familiar to just about everyone, whether it’s the ache that comes after a day of heavy yard work, or the constant, tearing pain that’s with you all the time, back pain is a common complaint.
Highly physical occupations like construction, factory work or nursing, even computer work, can [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
So many of us, famous, infamous and everyone in between struggle with our weight. Which begs the question is there such a thing as an easy to follow diet?
Think about the people you know and how many of them are on a diet, counting calories or carbs in an effort to drop a [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
As much as medical science knows today about the body and ways to keep it healthy, doctors can’t always explain why cancer affects one person and not another. With prostate cancer being one of the most common, though slow growing, cancers in American men – lots of work is being done in [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Many parents gaze at their newborn and wonder if their child will be tall and strong. But no matter what Mom and Dad bring to the genetic equation, there are likely other factors that influence adult size like the time of year and whether he or she falls into the summer babies group.
This [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
It appears that moms pass on experience to their children without even trying, at least if you’re a mouse according to some surprising new nuture versus nature based research appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience. But it does have some interesting implications for human moms in the future too.
If you’re wondering, as I [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Obesity is a huge health issue, and if you’ll pardon the bad pun, getting bigger all the time with a large percentage of people miles away from normal body fat levels.
What’s more, recent figures have the prevalence of obesity growing for adults (33.3% for men; 35.3% for women), kids and adolescents (16.3% [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
It’s believed that smoking is responsible for 80% to 90% of all symptoms of lung cancers. But now a new study shows that smoking (including dangerous second hand smoke) might also contribute to other, non-lung cancers, more so than anyone ever thought before.
Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, [...]
