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Yoga For Back Pain

Yoga can provide more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than more conventional methods, according to the UK’s largest ever study into the benefits of yoga.

 

The study, led by the University of York and funded by Arthritis Research UK, found that Continue reading »

 

Dr. Gayatri Devi by Dr. Gayatri Devi

Sleep Like a Lion - 10 Tips For Better Sleep

Lions spend 15 hours a day doing it. And humans should be doing a lot more of it. Sleep, that is.

 

Yet more and more people are having trouble sleeping and at younger ages. Nearly 40 percent of Americans complain of sleep deprivation.

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Exercise Cuts Dementia Risk

Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition’s progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study.

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Lifetime Benefits of Physical Activity

The benefits of physical activity accumulate across a lifetime, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

 

Researchers in England and Australia examined the associations of leisure time physical activity across adulthood with physical performance and strength in midlife in a group of British men and women followed since birth in March 1946. Continue reading »

 

By Jonathan Galland

Can’t Sit Still?  That Could Boost Your Fitness

 

Do you fidget? Get up and walk around often?

 

Me too.

 

While that may not be the best thing at the movies or on an airplane, moving around often has health benefits.

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Benefits of Walking for Brain Health

Walking benefits brain health according to research from the University of Illinois

 

Benefits of Walking Studied

 

A group of “professional couch potatoes,” as one researcher described them, has proven the benefits of walking for maintaining brain health.

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