Fitness Friday. If a journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step, this might be the next step (at least for walkers). Last month, I discussed walking as one of the easiest and most reliable forms of physical activity to incorporate into a fitness lifestyle. Another key to staying active is setting goals [...]
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How Can You Boost Your Workout
Posted in Fitness Friday, on Being Well, tagged exercise, fitness, prevention, wellness on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Begin With Just One Step
Posted in Fitness Friday, on Being Well, tagged exercise, fitness, prevention, wellness on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fitness Friday. Last month in the debut post of this series, I emphasized the importance of integrating fitness routines into your lifestyle for lasting success. Walking is an ideal fitness choice for several reasons.
* Can be done almost anywhere
* Low-impact on the body
* Requires no practice
* Requires no equipment
* and it’s FREE
Yoga Day USA…get moving
Posted in on Being Well, tagged exercise, featured health observance, fitness, wellness, yoga on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Yoga Day USA. An annual event sponsored by the Yoga Alliance where hundreds of yoga teachers and schools offer free or nearly free yoga workshops to Americans across the country.
Fitness Friday: Yoga Does a Body Good
Posted in Fitness Friday, on Being Well, tagged fitness, yoga on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On the fourth Friday of every month, the Health Advocate and enBloom will feature various topics on fitness and exercise. Every year, millions resolve to ‘get in shape’ in the new year and perhaps right about now many are beginning to waiver or falter in this effort. It is so important to remember that success depends upon integrating fitness routines into your lifestyle. Yoga makes a good fitness choice for several reasons.
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A Minute of Health with CDC- Step Away from the Cigarette November 10, 2009On November 19, the American Cancer Society will sponsor the 2009 Great American Smokeout. This podcast discusses how quitting smoking is the single best way for smokers to protect their health and the health of their family and friends.
- Step Away from the Cigarette November 10, 2009
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- Patient Money: Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered With Obstacles November 14, 2009Trying unconventional remedies is a bold move, let alone trying to get an insurer to cover the expense and knowing what pills to buy.
- F.D.A. Says It May Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine November 14, 2009The agency said it told nearly 30 manufacturers of the beverages that they needed to provide clear evidence of safety.
- Fragile Care Worsened Swine Flu in Ukraine November 14, 2009A frenzy for care in Ukraine has drawn attention from experts bracing for the epidemic to hit Europe, and especially the flimsy health care systems of countries of the former Soviet Union.
- Patient Money: Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered With Obstacles November 14, 2009
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- WashingtonPost: Health
- New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. November 13, 2009About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Study in D.C. looks at using HIV treatment to prevent AIDS November 13, 2009The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS.
- Insurance exchange may have loophole November 15, 2009Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway.
- New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. November 13, 2009
- WSJ: Health
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … ) November 13, 2009The FDA may be cracking down on alcoholic energy drinks. But there's only so much the agency can do.
- Lilly Gets R&D Chief From Outside. Drugs to Follow? November 13, 2009The hiring is a sign that the Indianapolis drug maker wants to look beyond its own labs for new offerings even more than it's doing already.
- How Industry Spends $1 Billion a Year on Continuing Medical Ed. November 13, 2009Courses for doctors are big business.
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … ) November 13, 2009
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