Category Archives: Exercise

Almost Time for New Year’s Resolutions

What do you plan to change in 2011? What would you like to leave behind as we welcome the New Year?  Many people will be vowing to make the same changes they planned to make when the ball dropped signaling … Continue reading

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Watching Your Health Care Dollars

An article in today’s New York Times got me thinking. The article “Doctor Doesn’t Work Hard to hide Symptoms of Medicare Fraud “is the story of a physician who received somewhere between $13 and $20 million by filing claims on … Continue reading

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Obesity-Thinking Outside The Box

An article in the New York Times got me thinking (yet again) about obesity and weight loss.  Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials. Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the CDC said “Over the past several decades, obesity has increased … Continue reading

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Resisting Exercise?

Have you made regular exercise a priority?  Yes, we are all busy,  have responsibilities, etc.   Always squeezed for time.  What if our life time were to be cut short because of cancer or heart disease?  We’re talking years of lost … Continue reading

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Making Stairs a Lure for Exercise

It is an accepted fact that people who integrate more exercise into their daily routine as opposed to using a gym usually continue to get more exercise.  Dr. Ishak A. Mansi of Louisiana State University says that even a modest … Continue reading

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