Posts Tagged ‘Life’
Close Friends, Family Members May Help Increase Longevity
By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
July 27, 2010 — Good friends and family do more than make life worth living.
These relationships can actually add years to your life.
A new study shows that people with lots of close friends and family around
will likely live a lot [...]
FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — Things hit the “big crescendo” for Marci Williams in December 2005.
Williams, 47, of Greensboro, N.C., had been obese for some time, weighing as much as 332 pounds at just 5-foot-3.
That month she went to her family doctor for a routine physical. The physical changed her life.
“That day, I left [...]
Who sits less in its spare time and provides for much movement, lives obviously longer than room stools
Constant sit and little movement are unhealthy
The longer one its spare time in sitting spends, the more largely is obviously the risk on a shorter life, so a study from the USA. This is independent of how much [...]
TUESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) — Gaining weight when you’re over age 50, especially around the waist, significantly increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.
Compared to people whose weight remained stable after age 50, people who gained the most weight after 50 (more than 20 pounds) nearly tripled their risk of developing [...]
By eDiets Staff
We try to eat healthier in order to improve our health… and because we want to look like a million bucks! But lost in all this diet chatter is that certain foods have a huge impact on your daily well-being.
In fact, their benefits can be so powerful that they help you even if [...]
By Tina Haupert
I’m the type of gal who likes to enjoy a night out on the town on with my friends. Usually, we hit the bars and go dancing, but in the past, my diet mentality put a serious damper on the evening. Worrying about calories hardly made me the life of the party! But [...]
