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Bowflex PR1000 Home Gym Review
Interested in the Bowflex PR1000 Home Gym? In 1986 the Bowflex company began releasing a line of home gymnasium products. They were intended to deliver a “total body workout” without leaving home, and were geared toward users of all fitness levels. Products like the Bowflex PR1000 Home Gym have become popular around the world. Check it out…
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Exercise — Will It Help You Live A Longer Life?
Exercise = Longer Life? Multiple studies over several years have shown that certain risk factors, such as an unhealthy LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio, high blood pressure, or a waistline over half your height, increase your risk for developing heart disease. What we didn’t know until recently was the part exercise played in increasing our longevity. Exercise…
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8 Benefits Of Regular Physical Activity
Regular physical activity is one of the healthiest prescriptions for improving your health. These are eight of the benefits you can reap from getting physical: Weight loss/control An improved cardiovascular system Decreased risk for Type 2 diabetes Reduced risk for some cancers Stronger bones and muscles Improved mental health and mood Greater ease performing daily…
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Alzheimer’s Disease — Decrease Your Risk
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Damage to your brain’s nerve cells, known as neurons, makes them stop working normally. Some neurons may even die. As more and more cells stop working, your thinking skills and memory decline. Mild memory problems gradually worsen. When it becomes difficult to perform everyday activities, that…
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Sleep
Sleep Did you know that chronic sleep deprivation can increase your risk of obesity, heart disease and other chronic diseases? That it can also contribute to mood disorders? Do you get “cranky” if you miss some sleep? My kids recently told me that I do. (What do they know? Oh well. Anyway I already knew…
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Avoid Summer Dehydration
Here we are in the middle of summer 2014. The weather has been a little crazy. We’ve had multiple thunderstorms in the northeast, and in my neighborhood we’ve lost power a couple of times. It’s still better than snow and ice, though, so I’m not complaining. Especially not after this past winter. One of…
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Stroke, Brain Principles, and Health Care Proxies
Hope you had a better weekend than I did. While covering two hospitals for three days I was called to see nine patients. Three of them had strokes. Two of those died. One of the stroke patients had an ischemic stroke. Part of his brain didn’t get enough blood. Not enough blood means not enough…
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Hemorrhagic Stroke
This is the brain CT scan of a patient with a hemorrhagic stroke. That large white area is new blood. Stroke is the number three cause of death and a leading cause of long term disability in the United States. Blood carries oxygen, glucose and other nutrients to our brains. Blood flow to a part…
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Dietary Supplements — The Answers 2
Did you get the answer to question number 1 right? Let’s look at number 2….. Supplements must be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, (the FDA, or USFDA), before being sold…..FALSE! How about number 3….. The regulation of supplements is the same as drugs/medicines…FALSE again! In 1994 the Dietary Supplement Health and…
