Soaking in plenty of sunshine and drinking lots of milk might help fight off depression in your golden years. Researchers reporting in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry have linked... View More
Folic acid and B-vitamin supplements continue to prove that they can significantly lower blood levels of homocysteine, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but... View More
"I worked seven days a week, 12 hours a day normally," Belcher said. "I just thought I was tired, and maybe if I got a good night's sleep, I'd feel better." Like millions of Americans, Belcher was really... View More
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night or more than nine are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big... View More
Results of the most significant study on neck pain to date, conducted by The Bone and Joint Decade's Neck Pain Task Force and reported in the journal SPINE (1/18/08), uncover prevailing fallacies in the... View More
A new survey by Mental Health America shows that while many Americans are routinely overwhelmed by stress, most view their relationships with family, friends and others as important sources of emotional... View More
Frederick Kasch, a health and fitness pioneer, died earlier this month at a San Diego hospital at the age of 94, about a week shy of his 95th birthday. In 1958, at was then known as San Diego State... View More
Silver&Fit, a subsidiary of ASH, is an integrated wellness program for seniors that uses a self-care approach to provide unique fitness, nutrition and health education programs to its members.Beginning... View More
AegisLiving, a premier senior living company, announces it is partnering with Technogym USA to bring the finest fitness equipment to its residents. Under the new partnership Technogym, The Wellness Company... View More
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) will honor The Cooper Institute of Dallas, Texas, with the Ross Merrick National Recognition Award for the organizations longtime commitment... View More
In patients with heart failure, one month of moderate exercise significantly improves heart function and aerobic capacity and at least partially ameliorates symptoms of poor heart function, results of... View More
Elderly individuals who engage in strenuous exercise, such as jogging, are at heightened risk for venous thrombosis compared with their sedentary peers, according to the results of a new study. Still,... View More
Award-winning fitness and sports performance equipment provider Power Systems Inc. has relaunched its website with a new design and enhanced features to make shopping for training products and programs... View More
A recent study says "yes"; frequent reading of magazine articles about dieting/weight loss strongly predicts unhealthy weight-control behaviors in adolescent girls but not in boys, five years later. ... View More
People in their 40s with larger stomachs have a higher risk for dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26 online issue of Neurology. Previous studies have... View More
Ah, sweet sleep. We seem to get too little. Now researchers are finding that too much or too little sleep could lead to unhealthy weight gain. Researchers at Laval University in Quebec looked at... View More
Nine in 10 food ads aimed at kids sell high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar or low-nutrient foods. The finding comes from a study of 27.5 hours of children's programs that ran on a single Saturday morning May... View More
Over the past 50 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of interrelated metabolic disease states, including obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In modern Western... View More
Athletes' Performance, recognized as an industry leader offering the highest level of integrated performance training, performance physical therapy and the most fully-integrated training system in the... View More
Athletes who take human growth hormone may not be getting the boost they expected. While growth hormone adds some muscle, it doesn't appear to improve strength or exercise capacity, according to a review... View More
