Without becoming the school geek, there are things you can do to promote exercise and healthy eating at your school. Health Tip: Promote a Healthy School (HealthDay)

An acid reflux diet typically restricts the intake of certain foods that are known to increase stomach acid. Some people even claim that there are foods that “cure” the syndrome. You can currently find for sale acid reflux diet books, alongside other popular diets and cookbooks. One aut…

Doctors have long advised women that are overweight and plan to become pregnant to lose their weight because a number of studies has been conducted and shows that there is a link between obesity and pregnancy complications, such as pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure or hypertension), gest…

New research has proven that there is a connection between acid reflux and esophageal cancer and Barrett's esophagus . Mayo Clinic's gastroenterologists, G. Richard Locke III, M.D., and Yvonne Romero, M.D., say that only five percent of individulas who experience acid reflux will …

LASIK surgery is a very popular eye surgery among people who wear contact lenses or glasses. LASIK eye surgery has been proved to successfully correct common vision problems (myopia or nearsightedness, hyperopia or farsightedness, astigmatism and a combination thereof) in most of LASIK p…

Older adults who expend more energy through any daily activity, including non exercise activity, have a lower rate of death than adults who are less active. Higher Levels of Common Daily Activity Associated With Lower Risk of Death

Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States . In total, the treatment and toll of this progressive disease costs our country about $86 billion per year, a figure expected to rise as Baby Boomers age. Among the many approaches to disease management, exercise has been …

One more way to steer the overweight children toward an active lifestyle is through strength training. ACE Recommends Strength Training to Address Obesity

Cured meats , hmm... delicious! But don't eat cured meats in large portions. R ecent study shows that people who consume large amounts of cured meats have about 3% reduction in lung function compared to those who never eat cured meats . The study conducted by Graham Barr at Columbia U…

FDA is going to ban several counter skin lightening products that contain hydroquinon e because studies on rodents has shown that hydroquinone , a kind of bleaching agent that may cause cancer. While the actual risk of hydroquinone is still unknown, FDA said the products should be restr…

Benacquista Galleries,Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BAQG) announced today the launch of the TolmanDiet and Wellness Center. Benacquista President Jim Price stated, "We are pleased to announce thepre-launch of The Tolman Diet and Wellness Center,http://www.thetolmandiet.com. As a comp…

The ankle flexibility gains the participants enjoyed were retained for at least three weeks after their intensive exercise program ceased. Ankle Flexibility Gains During an 18-day Intensive Stretching Regimen

On July 18th, Sportline, America'sNo. 1 brand of pedometers and walking accessories, will wrap up SportlineSteps Across America, a Wal-Mart program that is part of their "Every DayWell-Being" initiative dedicated to spreading the word about the benefitsof walking with a pedo…

Reaching for that gallon of icecream? Reach for your computer mouse instead and do what many successfuldieters do to stick to their diet plan: buddy up to slim down. Clinical studies show getting social support by "Buddying Up" increasesweight loss success by encouraging die…

According to a new survey of 11,000 people carried out by Thomson Medstat, over three-quarters of obese Americans claim they have healthy diets. 40% of obese people in the USA say they do vigorous exercise three times a week or more. The researchers in this study wondered how many of the…

Strength training, whether you use weight training machines, elastic resistance bands, dumbbells, barbells or simply the weight of your body, offers many health benefits. Strong Reasons to Start Strength Training

The Human Health Foundation(HHF), a nonprofit organization designed to develop and fund biomedicalresearch in Italy, will be introduced on July 15th during this year'sannual Spoleto Festival by Antonio Giordano, MD, Ph.D., president andfounder of the Sbarro Health Research Organizati…

Today, the Center for ConsumerFreedom questioned the findings of a report published Tuesday in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition which "discovered" that an extra canof non-diet soda a day can cause 15 pounds of weight gain in a year. Thereview, conducted by the Harvard S…

DO NOT store watermelon in the fridge, if you want more of its nutritious value because storing watermelon at the room temperature may double the carotene levels and increase the lycopene levels up to 20%. Researchers from the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Lane, Oklahoma, USA made …

After a trial in mice, US scientists hope that early stage of dementia could be detected with a simple eye test in the near future. Dr Lee Goldstein from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston who led the test, uses a non-invasive laser to check the lens of the eye for deposits of beta-…

Why can a man live longer than the others? Is it because that he gets better food supply, better medical care, better hygiene or any number of other factors? It's not totally clear to scientists how they all add up, but it's clear that your lifestyle plays important role on your …

Celebrity Makeup Artist in Los Angeles and New York, Elke Von Freudenberg got together with Coutorture to create a set of makeup tutorials to help you improve your makeup skills and achieve the perfect look everyday. Here's the Step 1 - Primer video: and here are the links to next st…

It's great when you're able to do exercise without having to leave your seat, isn't it? Woman's Day will show you step-by-step how to trengthen and sculpt your whole body without ever leaving your beach or lawn chair with these easy-does-it moves; in the No-Sweat Workout …

The Hollywood is going DNA crazy recently. It's the Dermagenetics DNA UltraCustom face cream, the object behind the craze that claims to be able to banish your face wrinkles F-O-R-E-V-E-R! No surgeries, lasers, or any injections needed. It's face cream product that is especially …

Study shows that drinking pomegranate juice may benefit men to slow the progress of prostate cancer. Pomegranates contain a cocktail of chemicals which minimise cell damage, and potentially kill off cancer cells. The study, by the University of California in Los Angeles, appears in the jo…

Health Canada is advising consumers not to use the following products listed in the table below due to concerns about possible side effects. These products are not authorized for sale in Canada and have not been found in the Canadian marketplace. However, it is possible these products co…

"Obesity -- The New Frontier of Public Health Law," New England Journal of Medicine: In their review of the legal strategies to combat obesity in the U.S., Michelle Mello, an associate professor of health policy and law in the [click link for full article] Report Examines Leg…

Several years ago, a very interesting new idea with regard to weight loss became all the rage: eating for your blood type. This concept answered the age-old question of why not all eating plans work for all people. That much seems undeniable - people are very different with regard to the …

Your struggle with weight might have begun while you were a child, as you attempted to find out just how many cookies you could eat at one sitting. Or it might have occurred shortly after you arrived on a college campus for the first time. Those late nights of studying might have led to l…

ADDING weights to children's toys may help them improve their fitness during playtime, according to new research in the US. The study included five boys and five girls, who were an average of seven-and-a-half years old and were randomly assigned to carry either large, cardboard toy bl…

Smoking low-tar and low-nicotine — or "light" — cigarettes may actually make it harder for smokers to kick the habit. A new study shows that people who smoke light cigarettes are more than 50 percent less likely to quit smoking than those who smoke regular cigarettes. "Even…

Black and Hispanic girls are less physically active than white girls, but that this difference is attributable to the schools they attend. Ethnic Disparities in Teen Exercise

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a novel pathway that regulates the body's ability to store or burn fat, a discovery that suggests new ways to reduce obesity, diabetes and other fat-related human diseases.Genetically engineered mice, in which th…

A lifelong habit of trimming just a few calories from the daily diet can do more than slim the waistline - a new study shows it may help lessen the effects of aging.Scientists from the University of Florida's Institute on Aging have found that eating a little less food and exercisin…

If you manage to get a good night's sleep on a regular basis your chances of staying slim or becoming slimmer are significantly higher, say researchers from Care Western University, Ohio, USA, after monitoring nearly 70,000 women for over a decade and-a-half. This is the largest stud…

While diets low in carbohydrates and high in protein continue to attract the public's attention, researchers at the University of Texas - Austin report that "normal-weight" adults tend to eat more fiber and fruit than people who are overweight or obese. [click link for full …

No pain, no gain phrase usually associated with exercise may be a thing of the past if results from a study on cherry juice. Cherry Juice May Prevent Muscle Damage Pain

The familiar "no pain, no gain" phrase usually associated with exercise may be a thing of the past if results from a study on cherry juice published June 21 in the online version of the British Journal of Sports Medicine prove true in future research.Historically, a number of ap…

Blue Cross of California (BCC) haskicked off "Taking Measures for Their Future" -- a statewide Body MassIndex (BMI) training and promotion program for clinical staff (registerednurses, licensed vocational nurses, and medical assistants) throughoutCalifornia -- as part of its $…

As environmentalists have pointed out, it can be as dangerous to be outdoors behind a city bus -- walking or bicycling -- as it is to be in front of one. All the exhaust and smoke -- even when they have been reduced by clean air technology -- can damage a person's health . The danger…

Amid calls from public health and consumer advocacy groups for legislation that would require nutrition and calorie labeling on menus at fast- food and similar types of restaurants, a survey by researchers at the University of Vermont found significant numbers of people do not look at f…

Playing golf offers great health benefits that can span a lifetime and an increasing number of older Americans are enjoying those benefits more than ever. Tips for Senior Golfers

Use of the anti-depressant fluoxetine did not help patients with anorexia nervosa who had restored their body weight maintain that weight or reduce their risk of relapse, according to a study in the June 14 issue of JAMA.Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder primarily affecting young wo…

To get rid of acne, you have to understand what causes it in the first place. All in all, the formation of acne pimples a pretty complicated process that even scientists and dermatologists don't fully understand. What is known though, can be summed up in a fairly simple manner ? Acne …

A recent study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine suggests that experimental dietary regimens might calm or even reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The study, which appears in the July 2006 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, is the first to show that rest…

A scientific review in April's Nutrition Reviews shows that a vegetarian diet is highly effective for weight loss. Vegetarian populations tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters, and they experience lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other life-threatening co…

Suntory made a presentation on its recent research with Kyoto University at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science . The two partners have been conducting research on a calorie-controlled diet, which is low in calories but supplies adequate amounts …

Cardiologist Dr. Srihari Naidu has become one of the first interventional cardiologists in New York to routinely treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), a thickening of the heart's muscle, using a minimally invasive procedure known as alcohol septal ablation. The proced…

When individuals with breast or prostate cancer followed a moderate, home-based exercise program using resistance bands and walking, the patients had less fatigue during radiation treatments, greater strength and could walk farther and faster in only four weeks, researchers discovered in …

If you had the ability to design your life the exact way that you wanted to, would you? If you could create every detail of your life, how would that be? What if I told you that you have this incredible power within you? What if I told you that you could co-create your life to your exact …

The medical profession mostly rejects the idea that there is any connection between diet and arthritis (with the exception of gout), but many naturopaths and holistic practitioners disagree. There are many factors to consider with regards to arthritic diets and nutritional healing, and no…

A recent study from Scandinavia shows that the well-known differences between individuals in the efficiency of converting energy stored in food to work done by muscles are related to muscle fibre type composition and to the content of specific molecules in muscle.When muscles contract the…

There are two main types of exercise, one to improve your fitness (aerobic-training) and one to improve your strength (weight-training). It seems that for breast cancer survivors, weight training offers twice the benefit for survivors that aerobic training does. This is according to a ne…

Cosmetic Nose Surgery should be performed by a surgeon only with very talented aesthetic abilities and preferably a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon. In addition, the Rhinoplasty procedure should be performed with minimal surgical trauma to the nose, no external incision…

The treatment for anemia depends on the type and cause. Iron deficiency anemia is treated with iron (ferrous sulphate) supplements, initially taken three times a day. If nausea, stomach cramps, diarrhea or constipation occur, the medication may be taken with a little bit of food. Treatme…

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A study by a University at Buffalo pediatric researcher investigating the causes of weight gain in children after they have their tonsils and adenoids removed to treat sleep-disordered breathing has shown that removing these tissues results in less fidgeting and other non…

Changing the U.S. culture of overeating and lack of exercise is the key to addressing rising obesity rates and health care costs, former President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday at the National Governors Association's annual meeting, the ... click link for more info. Former President Cl…

Neighborhood crime, or the perception that their neighborhood is unsafe, can keep residents from the exercise they need, U.S. researchers report. Safer Neighborhoods Are Fitter Neighborhoods (HealthDay)

Hispanic American men and women get most of their daily physical activity from work- and home-related tasks, rather than recreational exercise, researchers report. Work Trumps Exercise for Many Hispanics (HealthDay)

Approximately one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardiorespiratory fitness, with an associated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as higher total cholesterol and blood pressure levels, acco…

Approximately one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardiorespiratory fitness, with an associated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as higher total cholesterol and blood pressure levels, acco…

Approximately one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardiorespiratory fitness, with an associated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as higher total cholesterol and blood pressure levels, acco…

Approximately one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardiorespiratory fitness, with an associated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as higher total cholesterol and blood pressure levels, acco…

Recent study has once again confirmed that people who follow Mediterranean Diet will live longer than any Europeans. A Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil and low in red meat can combat inflammation that silently simmers away for years inside blood vessels, lowering the risk of a heart …

As you age, the maximum pumping capacity of your heart declines, resulting in less oxygen to exercising muscles and a decrease in your cardiovascular fitness. Exercising When You're Older

As you age, the maximum pumping capacity of your heart declines, resulting in less oxygen to exercising muscles and a decrease in your cardiovascular fitness.Older people generally have to work harder than younger people to walk as fast or do other exercise, but some of the difference may…

As you age, the maximum pumping capacity of your heart declines, resulting in less oxygen to exercising muscles and a decrease in your cardiovascular fitness.Older people generally have to work harder than younger people to walk as fast or do other exercise, but some of the difference may…

As you age, the maximum pumping capacity of your heart declines, resulting in less oxygen to exercising muscles and a decrease in your cardiovascular fitness.Older people generally have to work harder than younger people to walk as fast or do other exercise, but some of the difference may…

As you age, the maximum pumping capacity of your heart declines, resulting in less oxygen to exercising muscles and a decrease in your cardiovascular fitness.Older people generally have to work harder than younger people to walk as fast or do other exercise, but some of the difference may…

A new study reveals an attractive new target for therapies aimed at the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders, researchers report in the March Cell Metabolism. A novel compound, when delivered to rats on a high-fat diet, acted on the target receptor to suppress appetite and…

A new study reveals an attractive new target for therapies aimed at the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders, researchers report in the March Cell Metabolism. A novel compound, when delivered to rats on a high-fat diet, acted on the target receptor to suppress appetite and…

A new study reveals an attractive new target for therapies aimed at the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders, researchers report in the March Cell Metabolism. A novel compound, when delivered to rats on a high-fat diet, acted on the target receptor to suppress appetite and…

A new study reveals an attractive new target for therapies aimed at the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders, researchers report in the March Cell Metabolism. A novel compound, when delivered to rats on a high-fat diet, acted on the target receptor to suppress appetite and…