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Thanksgiving Shopping Health Tips
With the holidays approaching, one can anticipate a few extra treats…and possibly a few extra inches and pounds. Lady Foot Locker recommends shoppers take advantage of the “black Friday” haul, and let the mall do the work. With the right fo...
Fitness Challenge with Big Prizes
You probably remember Tom Venuto from Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle. Tom has just launched a great fitness challenge that will see the winner get a trip to Jamaica. You probably remember those big contests that Body for Life did a few years back and t...
Trends in Fitness
A lasting trend is developing in health and fitness, according to an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) survey published in the November/December issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal®. The importance of experienced and educate...
Beware of Fake H1N1 Products
We have all heard about Tamiflu being a good product to take within a couple of days of getting symptoms of a flu including the H1N1 flu but as you ca nimagine there are many products out there claiming to be cures for the flu that have never been te...
Cytokine Storm
This is a new term for me today but apparently I missed the memo that had to do with a cytokine storm and the flu. Actually the cytokine storm has more to do with health and seemingly healthy people dying of illnesses that their immune system should ...
Swine Flu Questions and Answers
Anderson Cooper over at CNN has a Q and A on the Swine Flu. I have looked at some of the questions and they are really great. I am not sure when we will see the answers but hopefully they will be published instead of just being on the TV show. WebMD ...
H1N1 Tips for Real Life
There is a lot of information out there about H1N1 flu but quite often we are getting info that is either out of date or inaccurate. Here is some info that WalMart pharmacies have been giving out. Hope this helps you to understand the fact from the f...
Bacterial Lung Infections and H1N1
Bacterial lung infections were common among 77 people who died because of the 2009 H1N1 flu, a finding similar to past pandemics, the CDC said. In a subset of the 600 U.S. deaths associated with the current pandemic, 29% had a bacterial coinfection, ...
Pole Dancing Superstars?
I have no idea if this is even a health or fitness article but Ifound it intriguing. Remember a couple or maybe 5 years ago when pole dancing was big and was not just for strippers but was actually considered a form of exercise? Gyms had classes, mod...
Astragalus for Swine Flu prevention
Last night as I was flipping around the channels I ran across Larry King on CNN talking to Dr Andrew Weil about health and specifically about the Swine Flu. For anyone that has not seen or heard Dr Weil, he is a very interesting guy. He is not a big ...
Swine Flu shots for kids
Well the flu season is about to get started and this year we have a swine flu (also known as H1N1) instead of just regular flu to deal with. A recent story that hit that news is that less than half of Canadians say that the care about getting a swine...
Health Stories for August 6th
I have not been posting a lot lately being so busy with the move so I missed telling you about a few interesting stories that I have seen lately. Here are just a few that seem to have been underreported. Cnet has reviewed their view of the top 5 ...
Newer Tougher FDA?
In the past the FDA has stood as a protector of the american people although sometimes slow to act and often without the full enforcement power of some other government branches. This may soon change. The new chair of the FDA Margaret Hamburg has spo...
More to Love
Last night as I was settling into bed to go to sleep my wife flicked on a new reality TV show called More to Love. I am a sucker for most reality TV and this show looked intriguing. The idea behind More to Love is just like the Bachelor or the Bachel...
Has Lance Armstrong Lost the Tour De France?
I have been following the Tour De France today on the computer just because I was looking forward to this mountain stage. Usually I watch the OLN coverage replay in the evening for a while but today I watched the tracker online. Well today Lance Arms...
Does Aspirin Really Lower Heart Attack Risk?
We have all beleived that aspirin use will lower the risk of heart attack, mostly becuase it thins the blood. The problem I have always foudn though is that too much aspirin will stop the blood from clotting quickly and this in itslef almost led to a...
Eating Increases have Caused Fat Problems
I just found a reference to a report on Science Daily showing that obesity problems in North America can be directly attributed to overeating. The study originated in Europe and included almost 2400 people as well as using stats on the amount of food...
Kirstie Alley - Fat Again
I have no idea how people will feel about this post but a couple of days ago Oprah had Kirsie Alley on again. There was hype on TV all week that Kirstie Alley would be on again and hints that she gained back her weight. Well in the big releal, yes sh...
