Lose that belly fat with weights
A 12-year study of 10,500 healthy men conducted at Harvard University and published in 2014 looked at which activity, from doing nothing, or virtually...
Weight training can increase sex hormones in older men
A study done at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan in 2014 concluded that older men may not need testosterone replacement therapy if they engage...
The myth of metabolism…continued
In the last issue we looked at how metabolism doesn’t really slow down as we age and is not really the prime reason why...
Fitness: weights and aerobics together
A few years ago a group of fitness researchers in both Canada and Sweden conducted a series of experiments involving combined weight training and...
Fitness: your muscles are always talking, but are you listening?
Dr Mark Houston, a professor of clinical cardiology at the
Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine in the United States published
a...
Hypertension
Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries...
What is Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal Surgery (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy)?
What is the gallbladder?
Your gallbladder is a small organ in your upper abdomen. The abdomen is the area in the middle of your body...
Fitness & You
You’re ready to get fit, but the sticker prices on fitness equipment have you reeling.
We won’t lie. Exercise equipment can be pricey, so even if...
The Benefits of Joint Replacement
Fact: The largest increase in joint replacement in recent years has occurred in patients below the age of 50! Hip and knee replacement is...
For those people who take their health and well
For those people who take their health and well-being seriously, it’s always a battle between the desire to have the best equipment and having...
