Archive for the 'Health-Fitness' Category

Exercise Can Act As A Memory Booster

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Exercise Can Act As A Memory Booster Doctors are working to determine the benefits of exercise regiments benefits in improving cognition and reducing normal memory loss so that specific exercises can be assigned to improve memory. Adding to the long list of benefits that exercise provides to overall health and giving more reasons to get [...]

Exercise and Pregnancy

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Prescribing a medication for pregnant women is a complex process. Before obstetricians and gynecologists decide which dose of which drug can best treat a condition without putting any harmful side effects on the mother and the baby, they consider the patient’s age, general health, the number of months before delivery, tolerance for medications, and any [...]

Don?t Shortchange Your Efforts ? Diet Is Important

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Don?t Shortchange Your Efforts ? Diet Is Important Accomplishing your fitness goals is the goal when it comes to fitness. We all know by now that all foods are not created equally. The best of food sources is fruits and vegetables free from toxic by products and other negatives like saturated fats, high sodium, and [...]

Exercise and Hypertension

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a heart attack, and two to [...]

Dealing With Stress From Work

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Dealing With Stress From Work Stress. What stress? Sometimes we can get so stressed out that we don?t even notice it ourselves. It becomes part of the daily grind; and who has time for it anyway?you?ve got things to do, right? This may be true but if you do not mange your stress properly it [...]