, a time to raise awareness about one of the deadliest killers on the planet: heart disease.
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But there are plenty of things Americans can do to improve their chances when it comes to heart health.
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, the director for women and heart disease at the Heart and Vascular Institute of Lenox Hill Hospital, joined “Good Morning America” to share her top five lifestyle changes that could keep Americans just a little healthier.
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· If your spouse has a separate plan, act quickly to get on it.
· Ask about your COBRA rights. With some exceptions, laid-off workers can continue their coverage for 18 months by paying its full cost. (Congress is considering a temporary, 65 percent premium subsidy.)
· If COBRA coverage isn’t an affordable option, explore non-group plans. Make sure that any coverage meets the requirements to protect you against preexisting condition exclusions Read the rest of this entry »

Respiratory reactive disease, sometimes called reactive airway disease and better known as exercise-induced asthma, is a form of asthma that occurs among people who don’t have the allergies or recurrent infections that usually trigger asthma symptoms. Instead, their symptoms (wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath) occur when they exert themselves, as in aerobic exercise. Fortunately, attacks are preventable with proper precautions, changes in diet Read the rest of this entry »

SATURDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — The economic news is enough to weaken anyone’s heart, and it sometimes does with people feeling stressed, eating poorly and cutting out workouts while trying to make ends meet.
“We’ve seen an increase in patients complaining about heart palpitations, anxiety and stress over the past months,” Karol Watson, an associate professor of cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Read the rest of this entry »

RISMEDIA, January 5, 2009-For many Americans, the New Year means a clean slate and a chance to right the wrongs of the previous year. Unfortunately, each year millions of us make some type of fitness related New Year’s resolution
, but only about 20% of those resolutions are actually kept. Smooth Fitness, an online retailer of home fitness equipment, provides some advice to help everyone reach their fitness goals for 2009.
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package of goodies to help you on your way. Along with a year’s worth of nutrition plans by
and a $1,000 Nike gift card, we are giving away two annual memberships to
along with some great Bally’s gear. Amie Harwick, a fitness director at a Bally’s in the LA area, has some tips to help you get back to basics and fulfill your 2009 fitness goals.
Doing 100 crunches won’t get you that flat stomach that you want for the Summer. Instead, focus on Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 29, 2008
– Local Milwaukee fat loss expert BJ Gaddour, CSCS, is the founder of Get Sexy Boot Camps, Milwaukee’s premier fitness boot camps for men and women. He has helped countless people prevent the holiday weight gain that so many busy Americans succumb to at this busy and stressful time of year.
Gaddour claims: “There are a bunch of handy damage control diet strategies that you should employ to best prevent yourself from overdoing Read the rest of this entry »

Why is it that we pledge to the gods every year that on January 1st we will start a new diet and exercise routine? Because we want to indulge, usually over doing it,and finish that last piece of pecan pie left over in the fridge from Christmas. But why not do into the holidays with a clan to have our cake and eat it to-in moderation!
I thought I would leave the dieting secrets to the experts-celebrity mom’s, whose job is to look good and keep those Read the rest of this entry »

Pregnancy places substantial demands on the availability of iron in the body. Pregnancy diet plans give your baby the best chance for a healthy beginning. Pregnancy diet plans provide the extra nutrition and calories needed by your body and the baby. The fetus takes nutrients from the mother; therefore if the mother does not eat properly, both may suffer the consequences. Pregnancy Nutrition refers to the intake of nutrients as well as the planned Read the rest of this entry »

SAN GABRIEL – Residents looking to stay on top of health issues in the new year can participate in a presentation, “The Team Approach to Diabetes Care,” taking place at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 13 in the CHEC building of the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, 261 Junipero Sera Drive.
Dr. Helen L. Baron, a faculty member at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and Evelyne Fleury-Milfort, a certified diabetes educator and registered family nurse practitioner, Read the rest of this entry »