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Mind Body
Posted Mon, 09/19/2011 - 12:25pm by Denise Reynolds
Every day, tens of millions of American suffer from chronic pain. While there are many medication options available, there are also complementary natural ways to optimize pain reduction and improve quality of life.
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Lifestyle, Prevention, Aging
Posted Tue, 04/26/2011 - 2:32pm by Camilla Cheung
As we age, many of us experience muscle loss and a decrease in strength, especially if we lead a sedentary lifestyle. But researchers at the University of Michigan Health System say that your golden years can be a great opportunity to increase your strength with resistance training.
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Exercise
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 7:07pm by Denise Reynolds
Check out the schedule for your gym’s upcoming fitness classes and you may see an interesting trend. Going away are the specialized classes such as Pilates and coming back into fashion are the “basics" — boot camps, strength training, and core fitness.
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Lifestyle, Exercise
Posted Wed, 10/20/2010 - 10:36am by Fred Lee
Women suffering from fibromyalgia were found to experience less pain when they incorporated yoga into the therapeutic regimens.
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Health News, Lifestyle, Prevention, Mind Body
Posted Fri, 08/27/2010 - 10:00am by Fred Lee
Practicing yoga has been found to have a positive biological and emotional effect on our brains.
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Lifestyle, Mind Body
Posted Wed, 05/26/2010 - 7:11am by Fred Lee
Yoga has improved the quality of life in breast cancer survivors, especially when it comes to sleep.
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Exercise
Posted Wed, 01/27/2010 - 3:02pm by Denise Reynolds
For top fitness, experts agree that workout plans should contain all three components: aerobic conditioning, strength training, and stretching for flexibility. Many runners enjoy the fast pace, and may shun other types of workouts in favor of more running. Yoga may seem to slow and pointless. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. The benefits of yoga include both strength and flexibility, which can bring balance to the runners’ first love.
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Health News, Lifestyle, Exercise
Posted Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:00am by Fred Lee
Researchers now believe that regular participation in yoga exercises may reduce the level of inflammation in our bodies. Inflammation is the physiologic response to normal aging as well as stress, and has been implicated in a whole host of health problems, including arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
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Health News, Exercise
Posted Sun, 12/27/2009 - 6:30am by Fred Lee
Researchers out of the University of California, at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) have found that regular participation in yoga may help to prevent or alleviate symptoms of kyphosis, or hunched back, whereby the upper portion of the spine (thoracic) is curved by at least 40-45 degrees.
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Exercise
Posted Sat, 12/26/2009 - 7:13am by Denise Reynolds
Bikram Yoga was developed by Bikram Choudhury, a renowned Hatha Yoga Master currently living in California, over 30 years ago after sustaining a knee injury in a weight-lifting accident.
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