If you exercise, be sure to increase your uptake of nutritional supplements and superfoods
Published June 7 2007
Here's an important tip for those of you who are either currently engaged in an exercise program or are considering beginning one. It's a simple tip, but one that many people, unfortunately, forget....

Concepts: nutrition, nutritional supplements, minerals, superfood, vitamins

Product review: The Pilates Allegro Reformer is a phenomenal machine for strength, flexibility and coordination training
Published April 20 2007
The popularity of Pilates has skyrocketed over the last ten years. For those that haven't heard much about it, Pilates is an exercise system originally created by Joseph Pilates that focuses on core...

Concepts: pilates, physical exercise, posture, fitness, strength training

Exercise shown to powerfully decrease cigarette cravings
Published April 4 2007
Even mild exercise can help stave off cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms as well as decrease a smoker's chance of reaching for a cigarette, according to a study published in the journal...

Concepts: physical exercise, cravings, cigarette cravings

"Muscle Logic" book introduces revolutionary strength training concepts for building lean body mass
Published January 12 2007
Every once in a while, something truly revolutionary comes along in the world of strength training. The latest is a system called Escalating Density Training, or EDT for short. It is a...

Concepts: strength training, power factor training, lean body mass, physical exercise

Many dieters try to lose weight by reducing calories rather than increasing exercise
Published December 28 2006
(NewsTarget) According to a new poll, many dieters count calories at the expense of exercising in order to lose weight. Only 59 percent of the 2,000 people surveyed in the recent study -- sponsored by...

Concepts: dieters, lose weight, dieting, physical exercise, food intake

Santa beats diabetes with nutrition and exercise just in time for Christmas
Published December 25 2006
Following weeks of nutritional therapy and exercise, Santa Claus today declared himself free of type-2 diabetes and produced lab test results showing a fasting glucose level of 96 mg/dL – well below...

Concepts: diabetes, nutrition, Christmas, sugar, Santa Claus

Exercise works better than cutting calories when trying to lose weight
Published November 21 2006
(NewsTarget) Exercising is a more effective way to lose weight than cutting calories alone, according to a new study recently published in the online edition of the Journal of Applied...

Concepts: weight loss, physical exercise, lose weight, dieting, calorie restriction

Regular exercise cuts eye disease risk by 70 percent
Published November 1 2006
(NewsTarget) University of Wisconsin researchers recently found that those with an active lifestyle were 70 percent less likely to develop degenerative eye disease than those with a sedentary...

Concepts: eye health, eye disease, regular exercise, physical exercise

A walk a day keeps the colds away, study finds
Published October 27 2006
(NewsTarget) Engaging in regular moderate exercise may significantly reduce the risk of catching a cold, according to new research published in the American Journal of Medicine.

Researchers from...

Concepts: colds, physical exercise, disease prevention, immune system, cancer

Exercise helps sustain mental activity as we age, may prevent dementia-like illnesses (press release)
Published October 10 2006
Based on a review of studies on exercise and its effect on brain functioning in human and animal populations, researchers find that physical exercise may slow aging's effects and help people maintain...

Concepts: the brain, brain function, fitness, fitness training, physical activity

Exercise accelerates recovery from arthritis surgery
Published October 3 2006
(NewsTarget) A new study published in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research suggests that weight training and cardiovascular exercise prior to knee- or hip-replacement surgery may reduce the...

Concepts: arthritis, physical exercise, weight training, physical activity, rehabilitation

Life expectancy of many Americans the same as citizens of third-world countries
Published September 12 2006
(NewsTarget) A new report by Harvard researchers published in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine has found that the gap between the life spans of the healthiest and unhealthiest Americans...

Concepts: life span, life expectancy, public health, third-world, health trends

Caffeine limits blood flow to heart muscle during exercise (press release)
Published August 28 2006
In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the...

Concepts: blood flow, caffeine, coronary artery disease, coffee, oxygen

Hoodia update: Counterfeit rate reaches 80 percent, but genuine hoodia is still available
Published August 28 2006
Here's a quick update on the state of the hoodia gordonii supplement industry. You probably already know that I don't sell hoodia products nor do I make any commissions on any such sales, so I've been...

Concepts: hoodia, weight loss, hoodia gordonii, weight loss pills, diet pills

Physical education is key to improving a child's confidence, brainpower and long-term health
Published August 2 2006
One of the most important things parents can give to their children is a physical education or involvement in organized sports activity. Physical education has slipped in priority over the last few...

Concepts: physical education, parents, physical activity, physical exercise, organized sports

Children need 90 minutes of daily exercise to stave off future heart trouble
Published July 24 2006
(NewsTarget) Children should exercise at least 90 minutes daily to significantly reduce their risk of heart disease and obesity, says a recent study by the Norweigian School of Sports Sciences in...

Concepts: daily exercise, physical exercise, heart disease, physical activity, obesity

Health is a result of action, not luck: Principles for achieving optimum health
Published July 7 2006
There's a great tendency in our society to look at the results of individuals who have achieved some sort of health outcome, and then to ignore all the effort that went into the creation of those...

Concepts: patient responsibility, cosmetics, cosmetic surgery, health trends, blood pressure

Bones and body parts don't wear out with age: Questioning the strange metaphors of conventional medicine
Published April 20 2006
I was talking to a physical therapist today, and he was trying to convince me that the human body wears out with use, sort of like car parts. He said to me, "Bone is bone." He explained that people...

Concepts: human body, bone health, body parts, nutrition, doctors

NewsTarget survey results, part 1: Huge percentage of readers make healthy changes
Published April 11 2006
The results are in, folks, and they are astounding. Readers are reporting major, significant, positive life changes after reading NewsTarget articles and commentary. The degree of these positive...

Concepts: water, reading, nutrition, health outcome, whole grain

Herceptin hype: Big Pharma's new "miracle cure" for breast cancer is inferior to free, natural cures
Published March 13 2006
The drug industry is happily jumping up and down, shouting about what it considers to be a new, amazing, miracle-class breakthrough drug for breast cancer. The drug is called Herceptin, and the words...

Concepts: cancer, breast cancer, Herceptin, Big Pharma, prescription drug

Enhancing health with a multivitamin
Published March 1 2006
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away." But then, you also need a banana, an orange, a pear, a handful of carrots, some avocado, a head of lettuce, some tomatoes ... the list goes on. Did you make...

Concepts: vitamins, insulin, cancer, homocysteine, CRP

The Organic Food Bar packs a nutritional punch in portable form
Published September 26 2005
Today I'm excited to be reviewing a fantastic health food snack bar called "The Organic Food Bar." It's made by a company called Organic Food Bar, Inc., and it has a fantastic combination of healing...

Concepts: organic food bar, organic food, nutrition, spirulina, cancer

Why weight loss requires strength training, even in women and seniors
Published August 27 2005
Did you know that strength training is crucial for successfully losing weight and keeping it off? I'm talking about weight-bearing exercise. It doesn't have to be a huge, hulking workout where you're...

Concepts: body fat, strength training, muscle mass, pilates, weight loss

How to achieve exercise success, even if you can't stand to exercise
Published July 25 2005
I know from experience that a lot of people become intellectual experts on health, nutrition, physical exercise and disease prevention, among other topics, without really integrating much of that...

Concepts: motivation, self motivation, incremental change, self improvement, physical exercise

The Cure Con: how you're being deceived by charities that claim to be racing for the cure for cancer and other chronic diseases
Published July 17 2005
Everywhere you go, someone asks you for money to help find the cure for some disease. It's the race for the cure! It's the telethon for the cure! It's the walk or run for a cure! At grocery stores,...

Concepts: cancer, diabetes, charities, cure for cancer, the cure for cancer

Big Tobacco and Big Pharma: same tactics, different chemicals
Published June 7 2005
Have you ever thought about the similarities between pharmaceutical and tobacco companies? They're striking. Both sell products that kill people when used as directed. The statistics are readily...

Concepts: tobacco, Big Tobacco, doctors, prescription drugs, pharmaceutical industry

Q&A: How to reduce high blood pressure and restore healthy cholesterol levels with natural health
Published May 28 2005
A reader asks,"What are the proven natural products that reduce high blood pressure and restore healthy cholesterol levels? I am taking steps on the nutritional side of things such as avoiding...

Concepts: cholesterol levels, blood pressure, salt, high blood pressure, sodium

Will that facelift get you a pay raise? Cosmetic surgery and your career
Published May 26 2005
Is cosmetic surgery important for saving your job? I'm seeing an increasing number of stories on cosmetic surgery for men, and in asking men why they want to get cosmetic surgery, the most common...

Concepts: brain function, brain exercise, cosmetic surgery, cosmetics, makeup

The A-List: Top Products Recommended By Mike Adams
Published May 24 2005
These are products and services I personally use and highly recommend to others. They include health products, technology products, services and food & grocery items. Nobody pays to be listed...

Concepts: stevia, vitamins, superfoods, cancer, quinoa

Even 5-10 minutes of daily physical activity can improve health
Published April 28 2005
We know from a vast library of research that physical exercise prevents heart disease, lowers high blood pressure, reduces LDL cholesterol, improves digestion, speeds food transit through your large...

Concepts: physical activity, physical exercise, fitness, disease prevention

Why some of the best health strategies of all are never advertised or promoted
Published April 28 2005
Many of the most effective healing strategies that work wonders for human health are available at no charge. Exposure to natural sunlight is one of them: its healing rays prevent depression,...

Concepts: natural sunlight, physical exercise, health strategies, health transformation, water

The truth on losing abdominal body fat - forget the diet hype, here's how it really works
Published April 18 2005
Let's take a closer look at some of the misconceptions about abdominal fat: how your body puts it on and how to get rid of it. This subject probably has a greater level of misunderstanding than...

Concepts: body fat, abdominal fat, liposuction, losing weight, weight loss

Hoodia gordonii helps for weight loss, but isn't a miracle solution
Published April 6 2005
The popularity of hoodia gordonii as an appetite suppressant continues to skyrocket. I've had an increasing number of readers e-mailing me to ask about the herb and tell me about their experiences...

Concepts: hoodia gordonii, hoodia, weight loss, appetite suppressant, appetite

Distorted research claims exercise is bad for you
Published March 15 2005
I'm always amazed at simple-minded researchers who can't seem to handle anything more than a single variable equation. The latest comes from a growing collection of researchers and sports science...

Concepts: physical exercise, nutrition, free radicals, strength training, antioxidants

Alternative medicine is often practiced with the limited mindset of conventional medicine
Published March 7 2005
You may be surprised to learn that as much as prescription drugs are now being shown to be dangerous for human health, there's also a big problem in the way people turn to alternative medicines such...

Concepts: alternative medicine, acupuncture, health outcome, complementary medicine, herbal medicine

Trim Spa weight loss supplement is formulated with effective ingredients
Published March 1 2005
By now, virtually everyone in the world has heard about the weight loss supplement called Trim Spa. You may be wondering, is this the real thing? Does it really work? Anna Nicole lost 60 or 70 pounds...

Concepts: Trim Spa, weight loss, sugar, glucomannan, blood sugar

How to (not!) get fat in five easy steps
Published February 7 2005
You may think it's strange to find a "How-To" article focusing on five easy steps for adding fat to your body. You might say that we already know how to do that: two thirds of the people in the United...

Concepts: obesity, body fat, weight gain, weight loss, health outcome

Acomplia drug hype reveals mythology of prescription drugs, shortcut philosophy of American culture
Published January 4 2005
A new weight loss drug, Acomplia, is all the rage, even though it hasn’t yet been approved! People are talking about the drug with such a degree of excitement that weight loss centers say virtually...

Concepts: mythology, Acomplia, prescription drugs, American culture, medical myths

Disease names like diabetes and osteoporosis are misleading and misinform patients about disease prevention
Published December 10 2004
There is a curious tendency in conventional medicine to name a set of symptoms a disease. I was recently at a compounding pharmacy having my bone mineral density measured to update my health stats. I...

Concepts: high cholesterol, osteoporosis, cancer, conventional medicine, high blood pressure

How to lower high cholesterol naturally without prescription drugs
Published December 5 2004
Many readers have contacted me and asked about my own cholesterol numbers. They ask, "How did you achieve LDL cholesterol of 67 without using prescription drugs?" I'm glad to see these questions....

Concepts: prescription drug, prescription drugs, high cholesterol, nutrition, LDL cholesterol

One in 3 U.S. adults now have high blood pressure; up 30% over the past decade
Published December 5 2004
New health statistics from the government reveal that high blood pressure has climbed 30% over the past decade. The report says that Americans are getting older and fatter and that's causing the...

Concepts: blood pressure, high blood pressure, America, hypertension, cardiovascular disease

Eliminate back pain with the Swopper chair that promotes active sitting
Published December 5 2004
Back pain is a widespread problem in modern society, and a lot of that pain comes from, believe it or not, lack of exercise of skeletal muscles, lower back muscles, abdominal muscles and so on. So...

Concepts: Swopper, back pain, sitting, Swopper chair, active sitting

How to give yourself cancer in five easy steps
Published November 4 2004
Following with our ever-popular series on "How to Get Disease," this article discusses how to give yourself a raging case of cancer. It could be breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer or even...

Concepts: cancer, chemotherapy, the cancer plan, chronic disease, cancer-causing foods

Reversing diabetes means making tough choices in foods, nutrition and exercise
Published October 24 2004
In parts 1 and 2 of this article series, we talked about how dietary sugars (white flour, corn syrup, table sugar, etc.) alter blood sugar levels and how the body tries to regulate blood sugar through...

Concepts: diabetes, insulin, body fat, nutrition, refined carbohydrates

How do I keep my blood sugar down without taking insulin or medications?
Published October 19 2004
A reader asks: "I have tried just about every kind of medicine to keep my sugar down, but my doctor insisted I start on insulin and take five other medicines as well. I have tried exercise and...

Concepts: sugar, blood sugar, insulin, refined carbohydrates, medications

Can hair loss be reversed through nutrition or other natural health methods?
Published October 13 2004
A reader asks: "My hair is falling out -- can you recommend a natural treatment for this problem?"

Yes, I can recommend a natural approach to slowing hair loss, but I suspect...

Concepts: gray hair, aging, hair loss, anti-aging, nutrition

Q&A: How do I reduce high cholesterol with the least amount of time, money and effort? (part 2)
Published October 13 2004
This is part 2 of a 2-part article series on reducing high cholesterol.

So far, we've talked about getting outside, getting natural sunlight on your skin, getting daily exercise, and...

Concepts: high cholesterol, garlic, cinnamon, honey, LDL cholesterol

Q & A: Are there any situations in which pharmaceuticals and medications are okay to use?
Published October 12 2004
A reader asks: In regards to your recommendation to avoid all prescription drugs, what about situations where people are in an accident, or an athlete tears his knee up? Do you recommend pain...

Concepts: pharmaceuticals, pain medication, prescription drugs, patient responsibility, doctors

Elderly women benefit strongly from nutrition and lifestyle changes, new research reveals
Published August 19 2004
A new study reveals that it is never too late to make lifestyle changes that dramatically reduce your risk of cancer. It contradicts the common myth that it's too late to make changes if you are in...

Concepts: lifestyle changes, nutrition, the elderly, health outcome, physical exercise

Hardening of the Arteries Shown to be Significantly Slowed by Diet and Exercise
Published August 7 2004
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reveals that lifestyle changes -- dietary changes and the pursuit of physical exercise -- have a powerful impact on...

Concepts: hardening of the arteries, cardiovascular health, lifestyle changes, menopausal women, saturated fat

Can Vitamins and Soy Prevent Cancer?
Published August 7 2004
Tens of millions of Americans are now working to prevent cancer by taking supplements and adding functional foods to their diets. $18 billion were spent last year on dietary supplements aimed at...

Concepts: cancer, vitamins, cancer industry, nutrition, medicinal herbs

The Palm Springs Diet Promises to Help You Lose Weight, But Does It Really Work?
Published August 6 2004
Following the popularity of the Hamptons Diet and the South Beach Diet, a new diet product is emerging on the market called the Palm Springs Diet. This isn't a book, but rather a product that promises...

Concepts: Palm Springs Diet, chitosan, lose weight, weight loss, nutrition

Anti-Obesity Activists Fight For Fat Acceptance; Here's Where They're Right and Wrong On Issues of Obesity
Published August 6 2004
There's a war brewing over obesity. On one side you have the leaders and promoters of western medicine, who are saying that obesity is now a disease, and who are promoting all sorts of surgical...

Concepts: obesity, discrimination, NAAFA, fat activists, overweight activists

Do CLA supplements help you lose weight and prevent breast cancer?
Published August 3 2004
Many people are taking CLA supplements, also known as conjugated linoleic acid, in order to lose weight, increase their lean muscle mass, and protect against breast cancer. But a new look at the...

Concepts: CLA, cancer, breast cancer, CLA supplements, weight loss

Arthritis creams merely mask symptoms and offer no long-term relief, study shows
Published August 3 2004
New research published in the British Medical Journal is showing that arthritis creams used topically offer only temporary relief that fades within 2 weeks. This is the conclusion from a trial...

Concepts: arthritis, arthritis creams, painkillers, topical painkillers, NSAIDs

Osteoporosis remains undiagnosed in millions of Americans; here's how to beat the disease with nutrition, exercise and sunlight
Published July 31 2004
Millions of Americans have osteoporosis but don't know it, according to a new study authored by Stanford University School of Medicine. It says that 10 million Americans have osteoporosis right now,...

Concepts: osteoporosis, bone mass, nutrition, physical exercise, bone density

Gastric bypass surgery should be a last resort, not a choice of convenience
Published July 30 2004
An article in USA Today talks about Raechel Arnold -- a teenage girl who has undergone gastric bypass surgery and managed to lose a significant amount of weight, dropping from 323 lbs to 165 lbs. The...

Concepts: gastric bypass, bypass surgery, gastric bypass surgery, surgical procedures, cravings

Sedentary lifestyle causes more deaths than smoking, says study
Published July 28 2004
Following a sedentary lifestyle is more dangerous for your health than smoking, says a new study reported in the South China Morning Post, and carried out by the University of Hong Kong and the...

Concepts: physical exercise, physical activity, cardiovascular exercise, human body, smoking

How to lower your cholesterol absolutely free (no prescription required)
Published July 28 2004
Recent cholesterol guidelines are recommending that most people aim for an LDL cholesterol level of 70 or lower. That's down from the previous suggestion of 100. And of course, the number one...

Concepts: lower your cholesterol, high cholesterol, statin drugs, cholesterol levels, bad cholesterol

New herbal supplement product uses green tea and cinnamon for controlling diabetes
Published July 28 2004
There's a new nutritional supplement available for people suffering from Type 2 diabetes. It's called The Body Rejuvenator, marketed by Lafayette Miracle Solutions. Now, I'm not familiar with this...

Concepts: green tea, cinnamon, blood sugar, diabetic, diabetics

Anti-aging medicine promises miraculous results from HGH injections, but here's how to really regain a youthful body and mind
Published July 28 2004
If you want to drive your doctor nuts, just tell him that you are visiting an anti-aging medical clinic and will be receiving injections of human growth hormone, or HGH. Most doctors will roll their...

Concepts: aging, anti-aging, HGH, anti-aging medicine, nutritional supplements

Diabetics who engage in regular physical exercise are one-third less likely to die, research shows
Published July 27 2004
Here's good news for diabetics: new research shows that moderate exercise, such as walking, cycling, or jogging, can significantly reduce the risk of death for people with Type 2 diabetes. This study...

Concepts: physical exercise, diabetics, diabetes, preventing diabetes, cardiovascular exercise

How statin drug makers lie to consumers in magazine ads
Published July 26 2004
One of the most important ways for pharmaceutical companies to sell more prescription drugs is to alter the belief systems of patients so that they believe they absolutely need these drugs in order to...

Concepts: prescription drugs, pharmaceutical companies, statin drugs, drug advertising, pharmaceutical fraud

Are you a weight loss / diet pills / liposuction junkie?
Published July 26 2004
It seems that everybody wants to lose weight. But when most people say they want to lose weight, what they really mean is they want to lose weight without altering their current lifestyle. They want...

Concepts: diet pills, weight loss, liposuction, physical exercise, lose weight

Growing band of obesity deniers claim that being obese isn't bad for your health
Published July 25 2004
One thing I love about this world is the diversity of opinions. After all, if we all agreed on everything, the world would be unbearably boring. Every once in a while, however, I come across opinions...

Concepts: obesity deniers, obesity, health responsibility, health outcome, lifestyle choices

Coming wave of Alzheimer's patients threatens to bankrupt U.S. health care system, says leading Alzheimer's doctor
Published July 23 2004
There's a cost crisis looming on the U.S. health care system, and I'm not talking about obesity: it's Alzheimer's disease. Health experts expect a massive increase in Alzheimer's patients in the next...

Concepts: health care system, Alzheimer's, health care, health care costs, disease prevention

The big Bush handout to pharmaceutical companies: mandatory mental health screening for entire U.S. population
Published July 23 2004
The Bush administration's handouts to pharmaceutical companies just keep on coming. First, it was the Medicare discount drug card scam which turned out to be a system that guaranteed pharmaceutical...

Concepts: mental health, prescription drugs, brain chemistry, pharmaceutical companies, Big Pharma

Aspirin therapy proves useless in half of stroke patients
Published July 22 2004
Stroke patients have long been told to take a daily aspirin to "thin their blood" and help prevent strokes. But new research conducted by Northwestern Memorial Hospital has found that aspirin doesn't...

Concepts: aspirin, stroke, medical myths, over-the-counter drugs, strokes

Medicare to fund obesity treatments, but which ones really work?
Published July 22 2004
With the new decision by Medicare to consider obesity a disease, providers of solutions to obesity will no doubt be lining up to offer treatments. But which treatments will Medicare fund? Which...

Concepts: medicare, obesity treatments, obesity, weight loss, gastric bypass surgery

Gastric bypass sugery leaves patient at critical 87 pounds, dying from malnutrition
Published July 21 2004
Be careful what you ask for. Loren Root was obese, weighing in at 330 pounds, and wanted to lose weight. But after undergoing expensive gastric bypass surgery, Loren found herself unable to eat enough...

Concepts: gastric bypass, losing weight, surgical procedures, bad medicine, bypass surgery

The Atkins Diet Food Guide Pyramid, Part 4: The Importance of Exercise
Published July 18 2004
The use of the exercise gradient on the Atkins pyramid is nothing less than brilliant. With the use of one vertical arrow, the pyramid clearly conveys the idea that increasing your level of physical...

Concepts: Atkins, low-carb diet, Food Guide Pyramid, low-carb, physical exercise

Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight
Published July 18 2004
Popularity of the low-carb diet is edging downwards, say polls. The reason? More than half of all Americans who have tried the Atkins Diet and other low-carb diets have given up. The real issue here,...

Concepts: atkins diet, dieting, low-carb foods, low-carb, diets

Medicare declares obesity to be a disease, stripping away patient responsibility and power
Published July 18 2004
Medicare has now officially declared obesity to be a disease, opening the floodgates for obesity treatments to be covered by federal and private health insurers. To many overweight patients, it's a...

Concepts: obesity, patient responsibility, medicare, disease prevention, chronic disease

Mass media continues to distort health sciences with misleading headlines like 'happiness is controlled by your genes'
Published July 10 2004
Here's yet another case of sloppy, misleading journalism: reporting on a discovery that levels of serotonin in the brain may be influenced by a genetic pattern, the science correspondent for The...

Concepts: misleading journalism, bad journalism, mainstream media, bad science, mass media

Diet, nutrition and exercise choices revealed as major factor in cancer rates for women
Published July 8 2004
This shouldn't be big news, but it is: women who follow sound nutritional advice, engage in regular physical exercise, avoid smoking, limit their calories and maintain a healthy body weight are far...

Concepts: cancer, nutrition, cancer prevention, dietary choices, physical exercise

Mass media promotes pharmaceutical industry hype; the general public chooses easy drugs over nutrition and exercise
Published June 4 2004
The headlines are ablaze with results from a new study that shows raising levels of your good cholesterol may take no more effort than popping a daily pill. But what the headlines don't mention is...

Concepts: mass media, nutrition, pharmaceutical industry, prescription drug, prescription drugs

Modern medicine is little more than a grand con perpetrated by medical journals, drug companies and the FDA
Published May 28 2004
It's time to seriously question the myth that "we have the best health care system in the world" here in the United States. In reality, we have the worst health care system of any industrialized...

Concepts: drug companies, modern medicine, the FDA, statins, health care system

Study: physical exercise prevents cancer (but only if you actually do it)
Published May 18 2004
A new study reveals that physical exercises is more than just good for your heart and body weight: it also prevents endometrial cancer and breast cancer according to a study involving 850 women....

Concepts: cancer, physical exercise, herbs

U.S. Surgeon General says prevention is the health cure, and that means nutrition and fitness
Published May 18 2004
U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona is trying to educate the public and policymakers on the importance of disease prevention. He says, "We can't afford to go on the path we're on now," meaning...

Concepts: Surgeon General, obesity, sugar, good nutrition, food industry

Diabetic epidemic on the rise: cases of diabetes to more than double in the United States, pharmaceutical industry drools over potential profits
Published May 12 2004
The US is headed for a diabetes epidemic that could see as many as 41 million Americans suffering from full-blown diabetes if prevention measures are not put into place, announced Health and Human...

Concepts: diabetes, diabetic, epidemic, pharmaceutical industry, diabetic epidemic

Combination of diet and physical exercise required for healthy knee joints; neither one works alone
Published May 7 2004
A new study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism reveals that the combination of weight loss through diet and physical fitness through exercise helps the most for people...

Concepts: physical exercise, knee joints, arthritis