March 2, 2009 Study Zeroes In on Calories, Not Diet, for Weight Loss For people who are trying to lose weight, it does not matter if they are counting carbohydrates, protein or fat. All that matters is that they are counting something.
January 14, 2009 The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t.
October 27, 2008 All Together Now: 30 Minutes a Day, Five Days a Week The federal government released a new set of exercise guidelines a couple of weeks ago, and the basic recommendation was straightforward: Thirty minutes a day, five days a week, at a moderate effort, for basic health; double that and/or make it more intense for more significant health and fitness benefits.
October 19, 2008 Doubling of Vitamin D for Children Is Urged The country’s leading group of pediatricians is recommending that children receive double the usually suggested amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it might help prevent serious diseases.
October 19, 2008 Study Warns of Hearing Loss From Music Players Noise from personal music players is a routine annoyance for travelers on buses, trains and planes.
But it also threatens permanent hearing loss for as many as 10 million Europeans who use them.
October 19, 2008 Keeping Your Own Health Chart, Online BUSY people can easily forget to take their medications, or to write down symptoms or reactions during a course of treatment — information that could later be meaningful to a doctor.
July 5, 2008 Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly n a set of recent focus groups, participants were asked to rank the severity of various health problems, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
On a scale of 1 to 10, cancer and heart disease consistently ranked as 9s and 10s. But diabetes scored only 4s and 5s.
July 5, 2008 Fit, Not Frail: Exercise as a Tonic for Aging Fact: The number of people over 100 doubles every decade.
Fact: As they age, people lose muscle mass and strength, flexibility and bone.
Fact: The resulting frailty leads to a loss of mobility and independence
