Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
South Dakotans score poorly for exercise and watching their weight, according to the American Heart Association. State data show 65 percent of South Dakota residents to be overweight or obese. That’s up from 53 percent in 1994. The national rate is 63 percent. About 23 percent of South Dakota’s residents do not take part in any leisure-time physical activity, the state Health Department said …
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The head of Togo’s election commission is acknowledging the machinery used to tabulate votes in the country’s presidential election has failed and is calling on the directors of the country’s 35 voting districts to travel to the capital with the physical proof of the votes cast in their polling stations.
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The Department of Exercise Science in The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) announces the launch of a new program in Physical Activity in Public Health. The program, which will begin this fall, offers both a Master of Public Health and a Graduate Certificate and will train graduate students to integrate physical activity into the core of public …
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For the vast majority of the general public, respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing or coughing are a common part of the exercise experience. However, together with chest tightness, noisy breathing and trouble taking a deep breath, these six symptoms make up the phenomenon known as exercise-induced bronchospasm , which has physical, emotional and psychological consequences if …
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Facts and figures about President Barack Obama’s health, from a physical examination Sunday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Figures are compared with information from a January 2007 physical exam, which were released in May 2008 when Obama, then an Illinois senator, was running for president in 2008. Obama is 48; he was born Aug. 4, 1961.
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President Barack Obama met this morning with doctors at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for his annual physical.
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The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new study shows.
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