During the past several years, considerable attention has been given to the so-called “fat-burning zone” of endurance exercise training. Because weight loss is a high-order objective for most exercisers, most people prefer to train in a manner that best reduces body fat.
The women in our lung cancer support group at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Mass., encouraged me to write this piece, because whether we are facing the despair of life with terminal lung cancer, in the midst of treatment or forever grateful for having survived, we share a common bond - the desire to put an end to lung cancer’s dismal prognosis. We want change. We need your help.
A recent study sponsored by the United Health Foundation indicated that 40 percent (2 of every 5) of those living in the United States may be obese by 2018.
Q: One of my relatives has had lower-back pain, and they diagnosed her with a synovial cyst. They tried to put a needle in it to take out the fluid, and now they want to do surgery. What is this disease, and is surgery the right answer?
What’s in a name you may ask? Well, to many people a great deal, especially when the name relates to some type of medical condition.
The best advice I can give for arthritis-related pain is to get up and get moving. Staying active and using your joints helps to keep them lubricated and prevents further breakdown and arthritis from setting in.
An estimated 36 million Americans experience a chronic phantom sound in their ears, known as tinnitus. The sound is perceived either in the head or in the ears in the absence of any external source of sound.
We keep reading or hearing the words “perfect,” “best” or “success” as ways to define ourselves and how we should start the new year. It’s a lot to live up to. And, frankly, it can be quite overwhelming.
We recently conducted two studies on increasing muscle strength and decreasing muscle fatigue that compared strength training alone and strength training plus electrical stimulation.
My focus on love these days has been catapulted to the highest reaches because of living with a terminal illness. Although I had a chance of cure when I was first diagnosed with cancer, that isn’t the case now, according to the doctors. So I’m going for a miracle and at the very least, stability and control of the lung cancer with good quality of life as I learn to live with it as a chronic disease while I still pray that the pancreas cancer doesn’t come back.
Here’s something that might keep you awake at night: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drowsy drivers account for more than 100,000 crashes each year, including more than 1,500 fatalities.
In the first month of every new year, tradition holds that we should make resolutions that will make us happier, smarter, fitter, thinner, richer and more content than the year through which we just passed.
He owns a pair of trainers that allow him to stay inside and pedal the same bike he uses outside so he can stay fit in the off season. The trainers raise one or both tires off the floor so the cyclist pedals in place.
Our bodies are made for activity, but modern conveniences have caused us to become more inactive. Physical inactivity can place our health at risk for many chronic diseases.
Here’s the good news! We have something fun planned to get you up and moving! The Stafford County Extension Office is starting the “Stay Strong, Stay Healthy” program in St. John, beginning Feb. 2.
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, thoughts of love woke me up this morning and still linger now into my writing. It’s not like I have a hot new juicy romance to tell you about, but I feel love so strongly these days and it’s not the kind that fades after the honeymoon is over either. It just seems to keep getting better.
Improving your sleep should be at the top of your -to-do list. Sleep is critical to good health. Getting sleep is important not only to feeling good, but also in making good decisions, feeling happy and operating at peak performance.
Here’s how to keep your home mold-free — and how to banish it once and for all.
If you’ve tried to make changes in your life before but never have had success making them stick, yoga might help strengthen your resolve.
I have one day until my column is due and I’m scratching what I’ve been working on and starting all over because what just happened to me this week might save another cancer patient. I need to tell you first what led up to it, so for those of you who already know my story, please indulge me to give a condensed version for anyone new to my column.
If you are feeling some stress at work these days you are not alone. Feeling unmotivated, angry and irritable, or generally overwhelmed may be signs of workplace stress. In the past job stress caused a great deal of absenteeism among employees.
