30

Jan

Why Working Out with Friends Makes You Fitter

For many of us, working out is a major chore. But we still try. We sign up for gym memberships. We buy a new pair of sneakers. We start going to that dreadful 6am bootcamp workout. But a few weeks later, we're back where we started: on the couch watching reruns of Frie...

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30

Jan

Sciatica: Symptoms and Possible Causes

The term sciatica is commonly used to describe pain traveling in the distribution of the sciatic nerve, so it's more accurate to say that it’s a symptom of a spinal disorder not a spinal disorder itself. Common symptoms of sciatica include: Sciatica usually affects...

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30

Jan

22 Fast Facts About Exercise and Your Heart

You may think you know all there is to know about your heart and exercise. But myths abound about how much — and what kind of — physical activity you need. Here, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Director Erik Van Iterson, PhD, shares 22 key facts about heart-health...

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30

Jan

Facts Every Young Professional Should Know About Back Pain

What do you do when it becomes recurrent or severe? Do you rush to the hospital? Take painkillers and retire early or assume and carry on with your daily activities? What really causes back pain? The same way people don't go to the hospital when infected with the common col...

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30

Jan

8 Fun Indoor Activities to Beat the Winter Blues

If winter is your least favorite season, maybe you're just not taking full advantage of all the fun activities you can do while you’re inside hibernating. Let’s face it: sitting inside all winter, counting the days down until spring arrives is depressing. H...

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30

Jan

7 Tips to Avoid Overspending on Gifts This Holiday Season

The Winter holiday season in America has become a monthslong shopping extravaganza. And as the ever-expanding Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales indicate, Americans continue to plan their holidays around their wallets.While it's not uncommon for Americans t...

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30

Jan

Diabetes and Spine Surgery: What You Need to Know

If you have diabetes and will undergo spine surgery, you need to make special accommodations to ensure a successful surgery and recovery. People with diabetes are at a higher risk for certain issues, such as infection and slower healing. Fortunately, you can take steps before and...

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30

Jan

Don’t Let Pregnancy Be a Pain in Your Back

Back pain during pregnancy is no laughing matter, as any mom-to-be with back pain can attest.Many pregnant women are told not to worry and that the pain will eventually pass, which it sometimes does without intervention. However, while it may be common to have low back pain duri...

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30

Jan

How to Help Your Baby or Toddler Clear a Stuffy Nose

When your child's too young to blow his or her nose, the job of getting out excess mucus from allergies or illness falls to you. (Lucky you!)So it’s time to — ahem —  suck it up and become a mucus removal expert. It’s not a...

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30

Jan

Cyber Safety over the Holiday Season

With under a month now to Christmas, many people are starting to attend company Christmas parties and social events. As the date gets closer we all start to wind down for a well-deserved break with our families, so we can come back next year to do it all again. However, there is...

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