For some areas in the United States, now is traditionally the peak of the flu and cold season. So, Minneapolis/St. Paul-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics is reminding people that there are steps they can take to help protect themselves from...
While freedom of information creates valuable access for consumers, there are many sites that abuse this freedom and post false and inaccurate information, according to Dr. John Renner, chief medical officer of HealthSCOUT and director of the National Council for...
Overwhelming evidence has been found connecting abortion and breast cancer, according to Britain's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG). As a result of evidence in the 1996 "Comprehensive review and meta-analysis," by Dr. Joel Brind and colleagues at the...
The Washington Business Group on Health (WBGH) has launched the Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity to help corporate America reduce the impact of obesity and weight-related conditions in the workplace. The new institute, which includes corporations...
Small, achievable goals may be more effective in helping sedentary adults maintain fitness programs than more challenging goals, according to results of a study of sedentary adults who set varying levels of fitness goals for an eight-week period. As the...
The large decline in work-related physical activity in North America over the past two centuries may be a major contributing factor to the modern obesity epidemic, according to results of a recent study of physical activity and body composition in...
