Her Active Life

You have all sorts of reasons to stay fit and active - consistent energy levels, preventing illness, and looking healthy. Need one more reason to keep your stomach trim? Chew on this: researchers have found that a bulging belly in your…

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There’s nothing like foot pain to make you crazy. That’s what an expert at Mayo Clinic says he hears from patients who have a condition called plantar fasciitis [fashee-EYE-tis]. It’s very common and can make walking across the room a miserable…

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You want to have children - just not right now. Many women are marrying and raising a family later in life, making the issue of fertility a big one for those hoping to conceive in the 30’s and 40’s.

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Think vaccinations are just for kids? Think again. There are numerous vaccines that adults should be receiving on a scheduled basis, but unfortunately not many adults are complying. That’s the word from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “We…

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Yoga has long been reputed to have more than just physical health benefits, and new research is corroborating the claims that yoga can make miraculous changes to physical and emotional health.

A team of researchers from the SP…

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We know that exercise boasts many benefits to your health - from physical wellness to stress relief. But can it boost brain power, too? Dr. Gabe Mirkin investigates exciting new research that suggests physical activity may protect you from neurological disorders,…

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The beginning of a new year is a time of hope and promise when most of us look forward, not backwards. We think optimistically of renewing healthy goals. We leave our mistakes in the past and try to learn from them. However,…

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(ARA) – When warnings about trans fats emerged, you worked hard to eliminate them from your family’s diet. You were quick to clean out the kids’ toy box when lead contamination fears prompted recalls of foreign-made toys in 2007. Keeping on…

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Exercise is good for you. It reduces your risk for all kinds of diseases and decreases your chance of developing conditions that could kill you. How many more studies do we need to prove it? Well, apparently, we need another,…

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A new study says that Americans are exercising more - but senior writer Alexandra M. Haller has a few questions to ask the brains behind the study. Read on for her take on the new findings, before you get too…

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By now one would have to be living on a commune, eating from an organic garden, and never venturing away from their farmhouse not to realize the burgeoning obesity problem in this country. At the epicenter of this debate is responsibility.…

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New research into soil bacteria are showing that this compound offers unique health benefits to those fighting some types of cancers. While this may sound surprising, 60% of all cancer drugs come from some sort of plant or fungus, and experts…

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With about 2/3 of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, one wanders, as a population, will we ever recover from this edpidemic? Well, the answer may lie in genetics. That’s right, researched announced today that they are hopeful to have found agene…

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