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Coffee Limits Blood Flow To Heart Muscle During Exercise

In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan. 17…

Johns Hopkins Scientists Exploit Novel Route To Reverse Enlarged Hearts In Obese Mice

In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan. 17…

Diabetic Geri Winkler Arrives In Nepal On Bike After More Than 4,800 Miles Spent In The Saddle

In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan. 17…

FDA Warns Manufacturers About Illegal Steroid Products Sold As Dietary Supplements

In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan. 17…

Obese Patients Should Not Be Discriminated Against For Treatment

Obese patients deserve the same standard of care as their non-obese counterparts, states an editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet.Because of financial pressures, denial of joint-replacement surgery to patients with a body-mass index greater than 30 became a policy of UK Nationa…

Research Shows The Biggest Health Threat To Fat And Obese People Isn't The Fat Itself But The ...

Obese patients deserve the same standard of care as their non-obese counterparts, states an editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet.Because of financial pressures, denial of joint-replacement surgery to patients with a body-mass index greater than 30 became a policy of UK Nationa…

Health Tip: Promote a Healthy School (HealthDay)

Severely obese patients may experience significant, long term improvements in blood pressure as they lose substantial amounts of weight after gastric bypass surgery, thereby contributing to their overall health, according to a new University of Pittsburgh study, published in the March iss…

Ankle Flexibility Gains During an 18-day Intensive Stretching Regimen

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

For Fitness and Health

Fitness isn't something that should be ignored. IMHO fitness should be an element of your daily schedule. I think the problem most people have with the idea of fitness is, well, simply put laziness. Laziness is harder to combat then most people think. If it was easy I'd expect …

Don’t Fall For These Weight Loss Gimmicks!

Have you heard about the new weight loss patch? You wear it behind your ear, and it speeds up your metabolism and helps you control your appetite. It sounds pretty reasonable, doesn’t it? After all, if someone had told you five years ago that you could quit smoking by sticking a circle of…