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Health Risk: What Having a Bigger Belly Means
by Martica Heaner, M.A., M.Ed.
Why your waist size matters. Take a look at your belly. How big is it? Is it round or flat? Hard or soft? The answers to these questions can provide clues about the likelihood of you developing certain conditions such as out-of-whack cholesterol, diabetes or heart disease. Doctors look for markers that can give an indication of the state of your health. Blood samples, for instance, can be tested for a wide variety of enzymes and different cell counts to assess vitamin deficiencies, liver and immune functioning, and a diabetic's glucose control. Not all health indicators need to be me . . . keep reading
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Swimming Diet
Greg Hood, MD, FACP
This time of year we enter the most important time of the year for many swimmers. The event isn't the state meet, nationals, or other competitions, it is graduation, the end of the school year, and, for many swimmers, the end of their swimming careers. . . . keep reading
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Heat vs. Ice: Best Practices for Treating an Injury
By Dr. Roger P. Smith, D.C.
Injuries can take your training to a standstill. With a better understanding of your injury and proper treatment, you can get back in the game faster than before. As health care provider, I suggest icing an acute injury and heating a chronic injury. Unfortunately, most of us do not understand the difference between acute and chronic so we self-treat with whatever we think feels good. Enhancing your body's physiology with the proper use of ice and heat at the proper time can help shorten a recovery episode. . . . keep reading
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Tricks For Getting A Better Night's Sleep
by Dr. Amy Wechsler author Mind-Beauty Connection
Assuming the yoga corpse pose (savasana) is, well, a little like playing dead. Basically, you lie on your back on a cushioned surface, legs slightly rotated out, arms at your sides but not touching your body, palms up. Then slowly s-i-n-k into the pose, breathing naturally and letting your... . . . keep reading
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Time management for the swimming family
Greg Hood, MD, FACP
Competitive swimming provides many life-long benefits, fitness and friendships among them. Another great value gained from swimming, both for the swimmer and the family that coordinates its schedule around the kid(s) schedule(s) is time management. . . . keep reading
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Top 10 Worries About the Swine Flu Vaccine
by Howard LeWine, M.D. Harvard Medical School
Move beyond the fears and get the facts. If you're wondering whether or not it's a good idea to get vaccinated for the H1N1 (swine) flu, you're not alone. So much misinformation has swirled around vaccines in general and flu shots in particular--and because the H1N1 virus is new, people are especially wary of getting vaccinated. Here are the top 10 concerns that I hear about flu shots, and my response to these worries. 1. The flu shot always makes me sick. The flu shot contains killed influenza virus which should trick your body into creating antibodies to the virus. The . . . keep reading
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8 Most Often Missed Medical Problems in Kids
by Fernando Moore, Children's Health
She can't tell you what's wrong. So when something seems not quite right, it's up to you to play detective. Ailing babies can't tell you where it hurts, when it started, what would make them feel better, or what makes them feel worse. In short, a sick baby is a blank slate for diagnosis. And getting the diagnosis wrong -- missing a possibly serious condition, or treating it improperly -- is potentially more dangerous for little patients than it is for older kids. Even garden-variety childhood illnesses, the kind pediatricians see every day, often manifest themselves very different . . . keep reading
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H1N1 Influenza (Swine flu) and your swimmer
Katrina M. Hood, M.D.
In March and April of this year, we were inundated with news stories daily regarding the rise of the H1N1 influenza cases in Mexico. Most of the American population, including healthcare professionals, fear what this flu might become. The medical reasons behind this fear relate to the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 in which the loss of life was tremendous. The severity of the 1918 strain was significantly worse than the epidemic of 2009 at this point. There continues to be the possibility that present H1N1 could become more serious. Time will tell. . . . keep reading
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