Recent research out of King’s College in London has found healthier legs to be associated with a healthier, younger brain. It is nothing new to say that a healthy body produces a healthy mind. However, stronger legs may significantly boost your brain’s strength, as well. The study, published in the November issue of Gerontology, examined […]
How many mornings do you wake up and feel like you have been run over by a truck in your sleep? Joint stiffness and pain are standard, especially in the morning, and can severely interfere with your quality of life. In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 14.6 million Americans had […]
There are few worse feelings in the world for a mother than when a baby is born with a heart defect. Congenital heart defects, such as holes between heart chambers, occur in up to 1 in 100 babies in the United States. Some of these defects require complicated surgeries right after a baby is born, […]
Exercise not only provides psychological benefits to cancer patients, but now it appears it can provide physical ones as well. Exercise has been shown to fight cancer tumors head-on. A study led by exercise physiologist Brad Behnke, from Kansas State University, examined the growth of prostate cancer tumors in rats, some of which exercised while […]
This is a simple guide to creating a healthier you in just one month! Some of these may be difficult, but the end results of feeling great are well worth it. If you stick with these 12 habits daily, you will begin to feel and see results in 30 days. Challenge yourself! Drink (at least) […]
There is new hope for those suffering with Alzheimer’s disease. Previous reports have indicated that physical activity helps prevent the likelihood of developing dementia later in life. However a number of new studies confirm that exercise can also help alleviate the symptoms for those who already have the disease. Physical activity reduces neuropsychiatric symptoms A study […]
If you’ve ever felt tingling, crawling or tugging sensations in your legs, seemingly for no reason at all, you might have thought you were going crazy. These feelings may keep you from sitting still or interrupt your sleep. It turns out that there’s a name for it — doctors have dubbed this mysterious occurrence, which […]
You eat at a decent hour before 6 p.m., turn off all electronic devices, shut off the lights and force yourself to go to sleep on time — and yet you still wake up with zero energy. Sound familiar? Feeling tired can loom over you like an ominous dark cloud of despair. Once your body […]
Have you ever taken the time to figure out what you do with all the minutes in your day? If you are like me, you wonder where they go and why they go by so fast. What if I told you that spending just six minutes each day could dramatically reduce pain in your life […]
It goes without saying that physical activity is good for you. The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week to keep you fit and help prevent heart disease and stroke. However, a recent study notes that physical activity may also be a natural way to slow aging. Presently, scientists loosely gauge […]
