Speedy Weight Loss

I realize the yuletide dust has barely settled (we’re still in our Christmas pajamas here) but I want to poll you guys quickly on the gift-giving-to-your-kids’-peeps thing. It’s something I like to obsess about every year—did I give enough? too much? was my gift appropriate?—and, because I’m still thinking about it, I’d love to know where you all stand. And where you draw the gift-giving line.

First, who do you buy for? One friend emailed me last week saying that all her friends were stressing over the gifts and she told me that she was getting something for her daughter’s three daycare teachers, swim teacher, music teacher, Gymboree teacher, and babysitter. Oy! That’s a lot of gifts. Fortunately my ki

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For better health, try standing up more, a new study suggests. Those who spend 11 or more hours a day sitting are 40 percent more likely to die over the next three years regardless of how physically active they are otherwise, researchers say. a generally well-received initiative that may be a future option for other offices. “Try ways to break up your sitting and add in more standing or walking where possible,” she suggested.

While the study uncovered an association between total sitting hours and death risk, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

The study was limited by the relatively short follow-up period of less than three years, experts said, which may have obscured undiagnosed health problems among participants that could have led to earlier death.

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A report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2004 and 2008 The findings come from the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer

The report also finds that the overall rate of new cancer diagnoses for men and women combined decreased an average of less than one percent per year from 1998 through 2006, with rates leveling off from 2006 through 2008 Edward J Benz, Jr, MD, president of Dana-Farber Cancer in Institute in Boston, called the news encouraging, but is disappointed that the overall rate of cancer deaths is not falling nearly enough

“The rate of cancer diagnoses and deaths across all racial and minority groups are slowly decreasing,” said Benz “But there are still gaps that must be addressed”

The report is co-authored by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, the National Cancer Institute, and the American Cancer Society It will be posted on the web site of the journal Cancer on March 28, 2012

Among children ages 19 years or younger, the report shows cancer incidence rates increased 06 percent per year from 2004 through 2008, while death rates decreased 13 percent per year during the same period

The authors also highlighted cancers associated with excess weight and lack of sufficient physical activity

“This report emphasizes that the growing obesity problem and decreased overall physical activity in our society compared to decades ago have a real impact on multiple diseases, including cancer,” said Jeffrey A Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, a colorectal cancer expert at Dana-Farber and author of several studies investigating the impact of exercise on survival rates for colorectal cancer patients “While we currently see declines in incidence of many cancers, if obesity continues at the current rates, I believe these improvements in incidences will reverse and increase over time” Benz added that the good news is that some of the cancer risks the report highlighted can be reduced by changes in lifestyle

“Many of the things that are still a problem in these statistics are modifiable,” said Benz “If you watch your diet, exercise, and manage your weight, you can not only prevent your risk of getting many lethal forms of cancer, you will also increase your chances of doing well, if you should get almost any form of cancer”

More Americans die of heart disease than of any other illness and there are lots of proven ways to cut your risk. So you would think that more and more of us would be following our doctors’ advise. Well, you would be wrong.

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, fewer than two percent of Americans follow seven heart-healthy habits recommended by the American Medical Association. These include:

Adapting these clear heart-healthy habits pays off. Researchers say that people who met six of the seven goals have a 51 percent lower risk of death from any disease and a 76 percent lower risk of heart-related death.

The researchers found that younger people, women, whites and better-educated people were more likely to adapt these heart-healthy habits than others.

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Ever heard of the term personal vaporizer? A personal vaporizer is also known as an electronic cigarette. It is a battery powered device that allows smokers to enjoy the sensation of smoking without worrying about any negative consequences. Any health risk can be minimised with the usage of this device.

Through electronic vaping, the heating of liquid nicotine will take place, causing it to vapourise. Such device is used as an option to conventional smoking. And these products are also known as e-cigs, personal vaporizer, electronic smoking devices, E-Fag, nicotine vaporizer, e-cigar and also e-pipe.

To ensure that this device will work perfectly, three major components will need to be looked into before your purchase. Read full post…