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Somerset Medical Center offers new exercise program for cancer patients (The Somerset Reporter)
SOMERVILLE — Somerset Medical Center’s Steeplechase Cancer Center has introduced a new, comprehensive exercise program specially designed to help cancer patients combat the physical effects of their treatment and improve their quality of life. The 12-week “Wellness Workout” program…
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Mediterranean Diet Plus Exercise Cuts Alzheimer’s Risk (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Mediterranean Diet Plus Exercise Cuts Alzheimer’s Risk Category: Health News Created: 8/12/2009 Last Editorial Review: 8/12/2009
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Controlling Blood Pressure
Leading Exercise Scientist Points To Increasing Evidence That Sedentary Lives Can Be Deadly (Medical News Today)
As many as 50 million Americans are living sedentary lives, putting them at increased risk of health problems and even early death, a leading expert in exercise science told the American Psychological Association. Speaking at APA’s 117th Annual Convention, Steven Blair, PED, called Americans’ physical inactivity “the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.
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Physical Inactivity Poses Greatest Health Risk To Americans (redOrbit)
As many as 50 million Americans are living sedentary lives, putting them at increased risk of health problems and even early death, a leading expert in exercise science told the American Psychological Association today.Speaking at APA’s 117th Annual Convention, Steven Blair, PED, called Americans’ physical inactivity “the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.”Blair is a professor of …
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Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin (Time Magazine)
You’ve heard it for years: to lose weight, hit the gym. But while physical activity is crucial for good health, it doesn’t always melt pounds — in fact, it can add them. Here’s why
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Vitamins and exercise add up to a surprise (UC Berkeley NewsCenter)
Aerobic exercise is good for you. But strenuous physical activity does increase production of potentially harmful free radicals in the body. Should exercisers take high doses of antioxidants such as vitamin C and E to help mop up cellular troublemakers, or run away from these supplements? The UC Berkeley Wellness Letter weighs the evidence.
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Grapefruit juice gives cancer treatment a boost
Apple Rehab obtains physical therapy kiosk (The New Britain Herald)
PLAINVILLE — For years Dr. Carole Lewis, a physical therapist specializing in geriatrics, researched ways to help older people improve their balance and strength to avoid falls. A common fall onto a hard surface can be disastrous for senior citizens with weakened bones and limited movement. It is a common cause of the loss of independence which unfortunately characterizes the final years of many …
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Health and Fitness: Experts Debunk Myth About Exercise, Weight Loss (RunnersWeb.com)
INDIANAPOLIS — Leading experts in exercise and weight management have taken strong exception to assertions that exercise can inhibit weight loss by over-stimulating the appetite.
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