Tag: health
member name: Sean Kennedy
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February 20, 2007 02:10 PM EST --
Unless We Perform Regular Strength Exercises, We Lose 5-7 Pounds of Muscle Every Decade After the Age of 25. That Corresponds With a Reduction of up to 20% in Metabolic Rate Each Decade. The Result: . . .
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June 05, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
Many people ask me about simple ways to shed a few pounds. While the act of weight loss often isn't simple, but requires work (hence, "working out"), there is one area that people often . . .
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September 27, 2007 11:03 PM EDT --
In the early '90s, food industry manufacturers started removing fat from their foods. Low fat and fat free products became all the rage. But the fat was replaced by carbohydrates /sugars. People responded . . .
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April 11, 2007 12:30 AM EDT --
Trans-fats have been in the news quite a bit lately. In fact, you may have heard that New York passed a law, which goes into effect in 2008, banning these dangerous and unnatural additives. The law states . . .
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May 25, 2007 03:05 AM EDT --
According to a new report issued by the Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit group that studies healthcare issues, America has the least efficient, most expensive healthcare system compared to five other industrialized . . .
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February 26, 2008 04:24 PM EST --
The Insurance & Pharmaceutical Industries Are The Problem
Democrats frequently complain that too many Americans don't have access to health care. As of last year, the number . . .
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August 02, 2008 04:48 AM EDT --
A Critical Link Exists Between Sleep And Health
Since childhood, we've all heard the advice that we should get eight hours of sleep a night. With 24 hours in a day, that amounts . . .
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August 23, 2009 11:01 PM EDT --
The Health Insurance Industry's Profit Motive is the Big Problem
As the healthcare reform debate rages in Washington and in town halls across America, the health care industry . . .
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July 06, 2007 02:55 AM EDT --
Jingoism can be defined as chauvinistic patriotism. And unfortunately, many Americans suffer from it.
We hear it all the time; Americans proudly proclaiming the U.S. as the "greatest country on earth." . . .
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April 12, 2006 01:48 AM EDT --
The news for the soft drink industry hasn't been good. With links to childhood obesity and tooth decay, soft drink sales are down for the first time in 20 years. And sales of bottled water, juices . . .
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February 21, 2006 12:16 AM EST --
Between 1347-1350, a time known as the Middle Ages, approximately 20 million people, a third to half of Western Europe's population, died in what became know as the Black Plague or Black Death. That . . .
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May 18, 2006 10:01 PM EDT --
During recent years, doctors have grown alarmed by the explosive incidence of diabetes in the U.S. and many local, state and federal officials share that concern. Diabetes is growing quickly, even as other . . .
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March 16, 2008 03:18 PM EDT --
Earlier this week, in an article entitled "The Perfect Storm", I noted how a confluence of factors could portend serious consequences for the American Economy. I focused primarily on the tumbling . . .
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February 22, 2007 08:35 PM EST --
America Has The Most Expensive and Least Efficient Health Care System in the World
Prevention, Not Treatment, Is The Answer
Health care spending now accounts for 17% of the US economy -- . . .
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June 11, 2009 07:57 PM EDT --
Civilizations around the world have used natural herbs and plants to treat sickness and pain. The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it . . .
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April 13, 2006 11:19 PM EDT --
The debate over stem cell research has been a wedge issue in the U.S. for the past couple of years. People have staked out their positions on the issue, and most are quite passionate about their feelings. . . .
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September 01, 2008 07:19 PM EDT --
Interval training can be a very effective way for you to increase sports performance, improve endurance, lose weight faster, and make your workouts more interesting.
The . . .
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December 01, 2008 04:54 PM EST --
We are living through stressful times. Each day brings with it new worries and concerns. As such, managing stress is critical to our mental and physical health.
Stress has a remarkably . . .
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January 24, 2006 09:00 PM EST --
My PacifiCare health insurance coverage was initiated in June 2003. At that time my monthly premium was $139 per month. Then three months later, in September of that year, my monthly premium increased . . .
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January 16, 2006 10:54 PM EST --
During recent years, doctors have grown alarmed by the explosive incidence of diabetes in the U.S.. And many local, state and federal officials share that concern. Diabetes is growing quickly, even as . . .
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