Month: May 2012
Weight Management: Strengths and Mindfulness are Missing Pieces to the Puzzle
Most of the weight management approaches out there rely on external strategies – diet pills, medication (eg, Meridia), surgery, counseling, food supplements, various exercise equipment, health clubs memberships, diet planning, and having a support …
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IUD Use Tied to Modest Weight Loss
By Carina Storrs TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) — Women who use an intrauterine device (IUD) as birth control may not have to worry about gaining weight after the device is implanted, new research suggests. Researchers compared the medical records of …
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Healthy Helpings: Try some 'intuitive eating'
Now, "treating" oneself — listening to a food craving, eating an appropriate serving of the food, then getting back on the healthy nutrition track — has long been an accepted strategy in weight management counseling. If you ignore the craving, …
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How Did This Woman Lose More Than 100 Pounds?
| This photo shows a patient's progressive weight loss on the "KE Diet," also known as the "Feeding Tube Diet." (Credit: Dr. Gianfranco Cappello) You may have already heard about the KE Diet, or “Feeding Tube Diet,” but chances are you've never seen … See all stories on this topic » |
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Exercise May Boost Survivalin Breast, Colon Cancer
Military training in the middle of Miami jolts residents out of bed
Wait, never mind, it was just a military training exercise. By Scott Hiaasen No, there was no napalm in the morning. But there was the thunderous whump whump of low-flying helicopters, and even the jarring blast of explosions at the abandoned Grand Bay …
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AeroGrow Announces Temporary Warrant Price Reduction
BOULDER, CO, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — AeroGrow International, Inc. (pinksheets:AERO) ("AeroGrow" or the "Company"), makers of the AeroGarden(R) line of indoor gardening products, announced that it will temporarily reduce the exercise …
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S. Korea, U.S. Launch Joint Air Exercise
SEOUL — South Korea and the US on May 7 launched a major joint air exercise to deter North Korean provocations amid high cross-border tensions, officials said. The annual drill, called "Max Thunder," will run through May 18 and this year involves …
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Study: Americans Fall Short of Federal Exercise Recommendations
| The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults aged 18 to 64 get about four hours of physical activity each week by exercising moderately for 2.5 hours per week and engaging in a vigorous activity, such as running and muscle … See all stories on this topic » |
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Microsoft to release Exercise Tracking and Heart-Rate Monitor for Kinect?
| According to sources of The Verge, Microsoft is preparing an Xbox 360 dashboard update that will include a "cross-application exercise tracking system." This "Kinect Play Fit" as it's so called, will allow users to track their exercise across multiple … See all stories on this topic » |
 Attack of the Fanboy |