Get Archives - Page 7 of 14

Want to Delay Death? Then Swim, Dance or Get on The Court: Study

November 30, 2016 SrijitaCourt, Dance, death, Delay, Get, On, or, Study, Swim, The, then, to, Want

Swimming, racquet sports and aerobics are associated with the best odds of staving off death, and in particular of reducing the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke, scientists said on Tuesday. In a study of various types of exercise and their risk levels, the researchers found that participation in specific sports showed significant benefits for public health, and urged doctors and policymakers to encourage people to take them up. While the research, published in the British Journal and Sports Medicine, showed no added advantage for people who favour…

Want Healthy Kids? Let them Play in the Mud, Feed them Allergenic Foods and Get a Dog

November 28, 2016 Srijitaa, Allergenic, and, Dog, Feed, Foods, Get, Healthy, In, Kids, Let, Mud, Play, The, Them, Want

If you read about children’s health, you’ve heard a lot of this before: Microbes, vilified because they cause infectious diseases, can be beneficial to a child’s well-being. Our society’s penchant for hyper-cleanliness is actually making our children less healthy and more prone to allergies. But microbiologists B. Brett Findlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta make that case with an unusually convincing display of evidence – as well as historical anecdotes and a parent-friendly sense of humor – in their new book, “Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Your Child from an Oversanitized World.”…

A Beginner’s Guide to Yoga: Tips and Easy Poses to Get You Started

November 27, 2016 Srijitaa, and, Beginners, easy, Get, guide, Poses, Started, Tips:, to, Yoga, You

Yoga has something for everyone. It begins by making you focus on your breathing, which plays a crucial role in helping you cleanse the body, mind and soul. What work in tandem are the many flexibility-enhancing, muscle-building, fat-blasting postures that fortify the stamina and up your fitness level. Watching yoga gurus and experts performing some unnerving poses can get intimidating but the truth is that everybody starts from scratch. The basics are always of the utmost importance in order to master any art. If you have not been to a…

Women May Get Misleading Results From Treadmill Stress Tests

November 3, 2016 SrijitaFrom, Get, May, Misleading, Results, Stress, Tests, treadmill, Women

Traditional treadmill tests used to estimate heart disease risk might not provide accurate results for women, a recent study suggests. These assessments have been used for decades to determine patients’ risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. But the results can be inaccurate because the scoring system was developed based on experiments done only in middle-aged men, said senior study author Dr. Leslie Cho, director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Center at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. “There has been no good data to support its use in women,” Cho said by…

Men Can Also Get Osteoporosis

October 25, 2016 Srijitaalso, Can, Get, Men, Osteoporosis

Long thought to be a “women’s disease”, osteoporosis can affect men too because apart from the hormonal changes around menopause, factors such as low testosterone levels, sedentary lifestyle choices, excessive consumption of alcohol and smoking or tobacco-use can also contribute to the disease, health experts suggest. Osteoporosis, which causes bones to become weak and brittle, affects more women because they tend to have thinner bones than men. Moreover, it is also known that as women reach menopause, their vulnerabilities to the disease go up because estrogen, a hormone in women…

Report: More Than Half of Mentally Ill U.S. Adults Get No Treatment

October 25, 2016 Srijitaadults:, Get, half, ill, Mentally, More, No, of, Report, Than, Treatment, U.S.

Mental Health America just released its annual assessment of Americans with mental illness, the treatment they receive and the resources available to them – and the conclusions are sobering: Twenty percent of adults (43.7 million) have a mental health condition, and more than half of them do not receive treatment. Among youth, the rates of depression are rising, but 80 percent of children and adolescents either get insufficient treatment or none at all. “Once again, our report shows that too many Americans are suffering and far too many are not…