Posts Tagged ‘lifestyle’

Adherence to recommended exercise improves physical function, reduces pain for osteoarthritis patients

July 27th, 2010 The FLHC

Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee or hip who adhere to the recommended home physical therapy exercises and physically active lifestyle experience more improvement in pain, physical function, and self-perceived effect according to a study from researchers in The Netherlands. Research also shows that maintenance of exercise behavior and physically active lifestyle after discharge of physical therapy improves the long-term effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with knee or hip OA.

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Lifestyle intervention reduces preschoolers’ body fat, improves fitness

June 22nd, 2010 The FLHC

Migrant children are at increased risk of obesity, but a new study shows that a program teaching multiple lifestyle changes to predominantly migrant preschoolers and their parents helps the children reduce body fat and improve fitness.

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Health experts rap World Cup fast food sponsorship

June 13th, 2010 The FLHC

It stars some of the fittest athletes on the planet but health experts say the World Cup's positive lifestyle message is undermined by the choice of junk food giants to sponsor the tournament.

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Lifestyle Doesn't Influence Genetic Risks in Breast Cancer

June 5th, 2010 The FLHC

TUESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) — Despite prior research
identifying both genetic risks for breast cancer as well as risks
associated with lifestyle and environmental factors, a new British study
reveals that the two types of risk pools appea…

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More active lifestyle crucial for day-to-day function in COPD patients, research finds.

May 25th, 2010 The FLHC

There is no magic bullet to help patients with COPD improve their ability to function in daily life. In fact, the best advice they might get is “do by doing,” according to new research.

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Soccer improves health, fitness and social abilities

April 6th, 2010 The FLHC

Soccer is a pleasurable sport that provides an all-round fitness and can be used as treatment for lifestyle-related diseases. Men worry less when playing soccer than when running. Women’s soccer creates we-stories and helps women stay active. The above statements are taken from the results from an extensive soccer research project involving more than 50 researchers from seven countries. The researchers studied physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of recreational soccer and compared it with running.

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Attitude toward everyday activity important for healthy lifestyle

April 2nd, 2010 The FLHC

Exploring underlying attitudes toward everyday physical activity — for example, walking to a nearby co-worker’s office rather than sending an email — may open new opportunities for promoting healthier, more active lifestyles.

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Fibromyalgia symptoms improved by lifestyle adjustments

March 30th, 2010 The FLHC

Short bursts of physical activity can ease fibromyalgia symptoms. Researchers have shown that encouraging patients to undertake “Lifestyle Physical Activity” can markedly increase the average number of steps taken per day and produce clinically relevant reductions in perceived disability and pain.

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Save $$$ on Healthcare

January 14th, 2010 News

If you sit down at the end of the year and add up all the prescription drugs, annual physical exams, etc then your chin may drop at your medical bill.

Following these easy money saving rules could help save your medical bill next year:

Live a new lifestyle before filling a prescription
Be informed about the vitamins you take
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