Archive for: February 2008

Some training experts swear by weights. Others believe in plain old practice.

Of the 143 million pounds of recalled meat, just over 50 million pounds was bought for use in the federal programs, the department said.

Stretching — long promoted as a way to prevent injury, to reduce soreness and to speed post-exercise recovery — may not fulfill its promise.

A diagnosis of prostate cancer is scary enough. But just as scary is that nobody can tell a man the best way to treat it.

For the author of a new memoir, cochlear implants opened a “whole new world.”

Is there any truth to the idea that if you eat heavily late in the evening, you will gain weight?

Researchers are trying to understand how much vitamin D is necessary for optimal health. Are you taking enough?

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Home remedies for soothing mild burns run the gamut, from aloe vera gel to butter, but how does honey fare?

With growth in the meal assembly industry slowing, shop owners are trying to find new ways to bring ready-to-cook meals to the masses.

Energy bars with exactly the ingredients you want? All in a day’s work at You Bar, which makes them to order.

New York City’s new rules for menu labels at chain restaurants have set off a food fight among the nation’s obesity experts.

Individuals who are physically active during their leisure time appear to be biologically younger than those with sedentary lifestyles, according to a report in the January 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Regular exercisers have lower rates of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, obesity and osteoporosis, according to background information in the article. “A sedentary lifestyle increases the propensity to aging-related disease and premature death,” the authors write. “Inactivity may diminish life expectancy not only by predisposing to aging-related diseases but also because it may influence the aging process itself.” read entire article…

Probiotics, the potentially beneficial bacteria and yeasts available as diet supplements, may not be as helpful as widely believed.

Restaurant menus in Los Angeles are marrying the broader commercial movement of “functional” foods.