Category : Fitness

Stretching and Yoga Classes Quell Chronic Back Pain

Stretching and Yoga Classes Quell Chronic Back Pain

Stretching and yoga classes improve chronic back painAccording to a new U.S. study, people who have chronic lower back ailments experience eased pain and improved functioning when having weekly yoga classes and regular stretching classes.

The study looked into a number of two hundred adults who have lower back pain, and researchers found out that the participants involved in both classes has reported more progress in symptoms …

Blood Pressure Believed to be Linked to Restless Leg Syndrome

Blood Pressure Believed to be Linked to Restless Leg Syndrome

Blood Pressure may be Linked to Restless Leg Syndrome One of the biggest factors for heart disease is high blood pressure. Experts now recommend that RLS or Restless Legs Syndrome, which millions of Americans have, may be connected to the increased risk of having high blood pressure.

According to a latest study, women who are middle-aged and having most recurrent of RLS situations were 41 percent more probably to …

Some Supplements Increase Death Risk in Older Women

Some Supplements Increase Death Risk in Older Women

Death Risk Increased in Older Women due to some supplements A recently published study recommends that dietary supplements might be connected to a little increased death risk among older women.

The study was conducted within nineteen years timeframe involving around 39,000 women with a mean age of 62.

According to the results, those women who took multivitamins or dietary supplements such as Vitamin B-6, zinc, iron, copper, magnesium and folic …

Concussion Research Gets Nod from Athletes

Concussion Research Gets Nod from Athletes

Concussion research encouraged by athletesOver five hundred former and existing athletes in U.S. have approved to contribute their brains for a research. This is considered as a gift from them, hoping that it will give protection for athletes in the future against a progressive disease in the brain, which was associated to concussions.

According to the records, the former Buffalo Sabre Rick Martin, 59 …

Healthy Eating of Kids Influenced Both by Ads and Parents

Healthy Eating of Kids Influenced Both by Ads and Parents

Healthy eating of kids can be influenced both by ads and parents According to a recent study, parents should never underestimate the power of advertising.

The study was released  in the Journal of Pediatrics. In the study, they have conducted a research which involved about 75 kids aging three to eight years. The group was divided randomly into two groups: the first group was asked to watch three TV commercials, one …

“Text Neck” Plagues Frequent Mobile Phones and iPad Users

“Text Neck” Plagues Frequent Mobile Phones and iPad Users

“Text Neck” – a new condition caused by spending much time on mobile phones and iPadsChiropractors have already warned that a new situation named as “text neck” is on the increase because of the quantity of time the individuals spend with their tablet computer screens and mobile phones.

According to the report, the problem, which is caused by bending the neck for lengthened periods of time, can actually be the main reason of a permanent …

Medicare Could Save Money from Weight Loss Programs

Medicare Could Save Money from Weight Loss Programs

Medicare Could Save Money from Weight-Loss ProgramsResearchers stated that Medicare’s fiscal problems could be slashed down to over $15 billion if it will fund programs for weight loss especially planned for obese and overweight individuals aging 60 to 64 years having other particular risk factors.

According to Zhou Yang PhD and Kenneth Thorpe PhD from Atlanta’s Emony University, Medicare’s expenses could be lessened by a net …

Chocolates Lessen Risk of Heart Diseases

Chocolates Lessen Risk of Heart Diseases Researchers reported that eating chocolate could probably cut down the threats of having heart diseases and stroke three times higher. However, the researchers are still confused with the reason as to why this could be helpful, believing that several of the advantages could simply root from the effect of the sweetness that comes with eating it.

This is considered as …

Insomnia May Be Reason for Less Productivity

Insomnia May Be Reason for Less Productivity

Insomnia reason for less productivity A recent research recommended that most of the people who have problem in sleeping infrequently view such problem as an disease, which obliges treatment, or as a reason acceptable for calling in sickness. This mindset might probably be harming employees and employers just the same through means of convincing people who have sleeping disorder to pull them to sleepwalk and …

Treating Heart Attacks Faster Now, New Study Finds

Treating Heart Attacks Faster Now, New Study Finds A recent study found out that hospitals are treating approximately all patients with major heart attacks contained by the suggested ninety minutes of arrival, making an impressive turnabout.

Around five years ago, less than half of the hospitals got those clogged arteries of the patients opened that quickly.

The researchers also found that compared to 96 minutes in 2005, the …