30 minutes to a longer life: How exercise reduces your risk of – Visually
Only 30 minutes of exercise a day can make big changes on your health, sleep quality, brain power, social life and overall happiness.
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Brain exercise program helps keeps seniors' minds sharp
"I have more confidence in what I'm going to say when I speak to others," said Adele Free. Warnke said exercising the brain is just as vital to a senior's health as regular physical exercise, and the two together can lead to a longer, more fulfilling …
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Disability expected to rise as more premature babies survive
LONDON (Reuters) – Little progress has been made in improving the long-term health of extremely premature babies, and with pre-term births on the rise across Europe, rates of serious disability are likely to increase, doctors said on Wednesday. A decade of advances in medicine mean more babies born at between 22 and 26 weeks gestation manage to survive, but rates of severe health complications remain as high as they were in 1995, according to research by neonatal specialists in Britain. …
The Weekly Beaker: The Importance of Holistic Health and Integrative Medicine
Integrative medicine combines conventional Western medicine with alternative medical techniques like meditation, exercise, acupuncture, massage therapy and nutritional supplements—strategies emphasizing the holistic side of health. A growing number of …
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Basic hygiene at risk in debt-stricken Greek hospitals
LONDON (Reuters) – Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to keep up basic disease controls such as using gloves and gowns, threatening a rise in multidrug-resistant infections, according to Europe's top health official. Greece already has one of the worst problems in Europe with hospital-acquired infections, and disease experts fear this is being made worse by an economic crisis that has cut health care staffing levels and hurt standards of care. …
Medicare Open Enrollment Period Comes to a Close on Dec. 7
Oklahoma residents age 65 or older and disabled residents have until midnight Friday to make their choices for supplement health insurance and/or prescription drug coverage — as do the residents in the rest of the nation.
Most internists don’t plan to stay in primary care
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Less than a quarter of new doctors finishing an internal medicine training program planned to become a primary care physician instead of a specialist, in a new study. That suggests fewer generalists will be entering the workforce, researchers said – possibly exacerbating the primary care doctor shortage in parts of the United States. “I think this was a much needed, long overdue paper, and really kind of eye-opening,” said economist and health policy researcher Amitabh Chandra from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. …
Study: Drug coverage to vary under health law
A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Cardiobrief: Exercise And The Limitations Of Observational Studies
There's more: even if you could prove that more exercise leads to better health that wouldn't lead to an automatic conclusion that doctors should recommend exercise as much as drugs. First you would need to prove that an exercise prescription is just …
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Chavez will travel to Brazil for summit: ambassador
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will travel to Brazil for a regional summit at the end of this week despite cancer-related medical treatment in Cuba, Brazil's ambassador said on Monday. If confirmed, the 58-year-old Chavez's presence at the Mercosur trade bloc meeting would indicate his latest health scare is not as bad as some are speculating. Venezuelan officials would not immediately confirm the ambassador's statement. Chavez was in Cuba on Monday and it was unknown if he would return home first if he should decide to go on to Brazil. …
Too much exercise may be bad for you
| The researchers analyzed recent studies, particularly two that have been presented at major medical conferences that support their claim that exercise is best done in moderation. One study tracked the heart health of more than 50,000 people over the … See all stories on this topic » |
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EXCELLENT EXERCISE
Aside from helping you control your weight, regular physical activity helps improve overall health and fitness, and reduces your risk for many chronic diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Many of us tire easily …
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