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Three Simple Things We Can Do Now While We Wait for Health Care Reform

Jake Steinfeld | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, Diet, Health Care, Wellness, Health, Exercise, Living News
Jake Steinfeld

As a country, we're overweight and out of shape, and regardless of whatever health care reform we end up with, we will not be able to reduce health care costs if we don't exercise more and eat better.

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How To Exercise At Your Desk

Karen Leland | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Workaholics, Workout, Exercise, Exercise Tips, Featured Contributor, Karen Leland, Exercise at Desk, The Balanced Life, Exercise at Work, Unplug and Recharge, Living News
Karen Leland

For many of us, finding the time to get in the recommended 30 minutes a day of exercise can seem daunting, but the Loyola Center for Fitness says that even when we are glued to our desk, we can still exercise.

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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Three Tips for Growing Younger with Age

Carole Carson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthful Aging, Aging, Nih, Dr Dean Ornish, Age, National Senior Games, Kaiser Permanente, Weight, Diet, Dr. Henry Lodge, Exercise and Brain Power, Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation, Younger Next Year, Peggy Davidson, National Institute of Health, Exercise, Dr. Dean Ornish, Weight Loss, Huntsman World Senior Games, Dara Torres, Boston Marathon, Bob Borglund, Living News
Carole Carson

If you are willing to exercise regularly and eat on the slim side, even though the clock is ticking away, you can perform well both physically and mentally into your 90s.

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Healthy Brain Habit: Get Exercise

Motivation and Self Improvement | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Living, Brain Fitness, Brain, Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise, Wellness, Living News

We know that exercise is good for the body, but it's also incredibly good for the brain. As the authors of "The Sharp Brains Guide to Brain Fitness: 1...

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Do You Want a Health Care System or a Healing System?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare, Type 2 Diabetes, Activity, Exercise, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Health Care Reform, Diabetes, Obesity, Outdoor Exercise, Health Care, Overweight, Exercise Tips, Childhood Obesity, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Health care fills the news every day, obscuring a simple fact: Your health depends far more on the internal healing system than the health care system.

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Exercise Beats Angioplasty For Some Heart Patients

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Angioplasty, Heart Conditions, Heart, Heart Disease, Exercise, Health, Living News

BARCELONA, Spain — Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say. Studies have shown heart patients...

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The Difference Between Stress And Burnout

Kari Henley | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Politics, Depression, Kari Henley, Featured Contributor, Exercise, Adrenaline, Burnout, The Balanced Life, Living News
Kari Henley

Whew. Things are heating up out there, aren't they? Temperatures are in full summer swelter, political tempers are sky high, and the hurricane season ...

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Chemicals and the World's Expanding Waistline

Nena Baker | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Biomonitoring, Obesogens, Pfoa, Kid Safe Chemicals Act, Exercise, Bpa, Bisphenol A, Diet, Obesity, Phthalates, Living News
Nena Baker

A growing stack of laboratory research suggests that some of the chemicals used in everyday items predispose an individual to the battle of the bulge, despite normal diet and exercise.

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The Real Truth About Exercise

Jake Steinfeld | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Fitness, Physical Fitness, Working Out, Wellness, Health, Exercise, Living News
Jake Steinfeld

To imply, as Time magazine did, that we shouldn't be working out or playing sports because exercising alone won't help us get thin is missing the point of exercise entirely.

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How Heavy is Your Fitness Footprint?

Carole Carson | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Lifestyle, Longevity, Environmental Footprint, Fitness, Green, Green Living, Fitness Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Nutrition, Exercise, Childhood Nutrition, Physical Exercise, Outdoor Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Exercise Tips, Titanic, Dr. Andrew Weil, Healthcare Debate, Obesity Crisis, Obesity Epidemic, Food-Production, Healthcare Reform, Living News
Carole Carson

We need to figure out how to reduce lifestyle-related diseases that trigger the need for expensive medical care in the first place. We need to lighten our fitness footprint.

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Hate to Exercise? Don't Sweat It.

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Losing Weight, Exercise, Bike Culture, Weight Loss Advice, Walking, Time Magazine, Bike-Trips, Weight Loss Tips, Physical Fitness, Weight Loss, Physical Exercise, Weight Loss Motivation, Personal Trainers, Exercise Tips, Living News
Darryle Pollack

The solution seems obvious: be less physically active and you'll eat less. You don't even need a Harvard degree to figure it out.

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Fresh Juice Not Fast Food in Hospitals

Joshua Rosenthal | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama, Education, Weight Loss, Nutrition School, Exercise, Health, Diabetes, Preventable Disease, Living News
Joshua Rosenthal

We're caught in a never ending cycle that leads to an exhausted immune system, weight gain, diabetes, and other preventable diseases.

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Lessons to Learn from 'Julie and Julia'

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Julie and Julia, Srinivasan Pillay, Exercise, Butter, Sex, Cooking, Eating, Srini Pillay, Beauty, Love, Death, Six-Pack, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

I was surprised that a movie about an American chef whose famous French cuisine was cooked in her Cambridge home, was one of the most moving movies I have ever seen.

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Exercise Won't Make You Thin?

TIME | John Cloud | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Lose Weight, Losing Weight, Thin, Work Out, Exercising, Working Out, Exercise, Gym, Weight, Exercise Won't Make You Thin, Weight-Loss, Living News

As I write this, tomorrow is Tuesday, which is a cardio day. I'll spend five minutes warming up on the VersaClimber, a towering machine that requires ...

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Six Steps On the Easy Road to Unlimited Happiness

Todd Bottorff | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Diablo Cody, Affection, Household Budgets, Nirvana, Better-Life, Stretching Exercises, Stretching, Happiness, Happiness Tips, Happiness Study, Cleanliness, How to Be Happy, Hugging, Walking, Family Values, Exercise, Being Happy, Outdoor Exercise, Living News
Todd Bottorff

The biggest impact on our happiness begins with the difference between thinking about it and doing something (which is a step that most people never take).

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When the Body Screams: Help! I Am in Stress!

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Stress Response, Positive Thinking, Holistic Medicine, Humor, Nutrition, Exercise, Love Response, Mind-and-Body, Laughter, Diet, Love, Joy, Living News
Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

To reduce severe accumulation of stress, you must find as many ways as possible for your brain and body to release endorphins, which turns stress response off. Here are 8 things you can do.

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My Cat Got Fat: A Disaster

Stefan Aschan | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Home Workouts, Cats, Shape Your Waist, Simple Home Routine, Exercise, Nutrition, Shape Your Arms, Circuit Training, Shape Your Legs, Weight Loss, How to Stay in Shape, Diet, How to Lose Weight, Bikini Body, Flatten Your Belly, Flatten Your Stomach, Living News
Stefan Aschan

These circuits are highly motivational; plus they train your anaerobic system, burn the highest amounts of fat calories and prevent boredom.

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Five Words That Do Not Belong In Yoga

Lauren Cahn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Yoga, The Balanced Life, Yoga Student, Yoga Teacher, Mysore, Ashtanga, Yoga Chickie, Yoga Satire, Hiking, Exercise, Stretching Exercises, Outdoor Exercise, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yoga should be an uplifting experience. It should provide a vacation from the thoughts. If it causes one to conjure up new ways to beat oneself up, then, well that's criminal.

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Health in All Policies

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, President Obama, Health Promotion, Obesity, Disease Prevention, Exercise, Health, Health Care Reform, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Federal government improvements on health care are not sufficient. The key to progress is a partnership between government and the American people.

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How To Keep Your Job Without Resorting To Blackmail

Jason Mannino | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Unemployed, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Exercise, Gossip, Jobs, Meditation, Management, Stress Reduction, Exercise Tips, Employment, The Balanced Life, Recession, Living News
Jason Mannino

Ninety percent of our eligible workforce remains employed even though we are currently experiencing the worst unemployment rate in 26 years. Stress le...

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The Real Cost of Obesity

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Exercise, School Gardens, Weight Loss, Fitness, Health Care, Health Care Spending, Obesity, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, School Lunch Programs, Arthur Agatston, South Beach Diet, Living News
Arthur Agatston, M.D.

No matter what health care delivery system this country adopts, no matter what plan or series of plans are enacted, it will be bankrupted in no time b...

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Top 5 Tips for a Healthier, Happier Pet

Wendy Diamond | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Over, Lucky Diamond, Animal Fair, Treat, Pets, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Activity, Fat, Cat, Toy, Diet, Obesity, Weight, Wendy Diamond, Nutrient, Fit, Prevent, Gain, Obese, Play, Exercise, Health, Tips, Pet, Fitness, Fashion, Dog, Vet, Lose, Celebrities, Living News
Wendy Diamond

We are the sole controllers of what go into our pet's mouths so we must govern what we feed our pets and how to help them control their weight.

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I Am a Big Fat Jerk

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Temper Tantrums, Jerk, The Power of Full Engagement, Temper, Cara Barker, Wellness, Frustration, Impatience, Anger, Judith Rich, Mean, Health, Exercise, Tony Schwartz, Jim Loehr, Anxiety, Anne Naylor, Living News
James M. Lynch

I was gathering evidence that people were stupid, they were selfish and that I was the only right thinking person in the world and my anger was justified. In short; I was being a big fat jerk.

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Please Madonna, End the Gun Show

Sheila Marikar | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Malawi, Exercise, Plastic Surgery, Madonna, Fat, Weight Loss, Kabbalah, Diet, Botox, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Sheila Marikar

To many women in Hollywood abide by the ridiculous regimen of few hours of cardio here, one hour of lifting there, then a trip to the clinic to get lasered down and Botoxed up.

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