Are you sitting more than usual? Does your job require you to sit at a desk for long periods? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you should listen up. Research has found that sitting for long periods can harm your health. There is, however, one thing that you can do daily […]
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Fit Legs May Be the Key to a Healthier Brain
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 […]
Exercising While Pregnant May Lower Cardiovascular Risk in Newborns
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, […]
Research Says Fight Cancer Head-On with Exercise
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 […]
A Healthier You In Just a Month With These 12 New Habits
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) […]
Studies Confirm Exercise Not Only Prevents Alzheimer’s, It Works as a Treatment Too
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 […]
Restless Leg Syndrome — Is It All in Your Head?
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 […]







