Four studies in the British medical journals, Lancet and Lancet Neurology (March 10, 2010), show that people whose high blood pressures go up and down are up to six times more likely to suffer strokes than those who have more stable high blood pressures. The greater the variability in blood pressure, the higher the risk. [...]

The sportsmen especially those interested in playing basketball or volleyball need to work a lot to increase their vertical leap. If you are amongst those people then my advice would be to exercise specifically for jumping higher. That’s the best way to improve the height of your jumps.
You may have heard of various techniques to [...]

A review of 21 studies covering 348,000 adults shows that eating large amounts of saturated fats does not increase risk for heart disease and strokes (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 1, 2010). This is incredible because most doctors believe that the close association of heart attacks and strokes with eating meat or whole milk [...]

Today is my first day off this week and I’m off to a good start.
I got up, ate some yogurt and turned on The Biggest Loser Workout on the Wii. I started a 4 week program and am attempting to lose 13 lbs (I think that’s what it set my goal for). If I can [...]

A study from Norway shows that 13 of 78 (16 percent) older competitive cross country skiers have atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the upper chambers of the heart flutter and collect blood (European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, February 2010). Blood that is not moving collects in the upper chambers of the heart [...]

By Owen Jones
There are various forms of air purifier systems, so it canbe difficult to know what someone means when they are talkingabout air purifying. For instance, all air conditioningunits and most central heating systems have some form of airpurification built in. In deed, the air purification filtersin most split air conditioning units are very [...]

Just finished Stretching for Day 14 and Week 2 is in the books. I was really surprised with how much more comfortable I felt going through the sessions this week. Was able to do many more reps and the quality of the exercises was better, I think.
Not feeling burnt out at all, ha!
As far as [...]

Researchers at the University of Michigan show that exercise helps to control blood sugar only while you do it and for a few hours afterwards (Journal of Applied Physiology, February 2010). The authors also showed that restricting food after exercising does not clear blood sugar any better than eating a regular meal. The second point [...]

The past 2….now 3 days have been interesting. The last 12 hours have been the most interesting.
I went into work as scheduled on Monday and was sent home mid day. I was called into the directors office at lunch and was given some good news (remember that monitor tech class I took in November [...]

What does heart disease, brain function, cold and flu, cancer, bone density and type 2 diabetes have in common? Not much, except the fact that regular exercise improves or alleviates each one of these issues. Find out how exercise will benefit your health in six different ways.
What does heart disease, brain [...]