MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'excercise'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603824&cid=t_325844_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fmotivated-by-breast-cancer%2F Over the past few weeks, I have been writing about my need to step up and make better choices for my lifestyle. This week I am seeing some success in implementing these changes. I am in a whole new mode. I am eating better, exercising, and wearing deodorant. I am committed to keeping all three of these as part of my new improved life. The deodorant thing (which I elaborated on in my last blog) is necessary because I am exercising and it is still really hot in Michigan. The personal trainer I met with to design my gym program said the only thing that I was doing that was good was walking my dog. I came home and told this to my Jack Russell terrier, Dixie, and she has been pretty smug about it. I would like to think that at age 50 I would have eventually made the choice to be that woman who ... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603824 Wed, 26 May 2010 19:12:32 +0100 3603824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212649&cid=t_325844_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2F3GHSOjYPQjM%2F “I’ll go for a run just as soon as I finish this article. … Right, should return that call from Roger. … Well, now I’m hungry and I can’t run on an empty stomach. … Now I’m feeling too full. … Rain clouds?! Better wait and see if it clears up. … Great. It’s getting dark now. … What a shame; I really was going to have that run. There’s always tomorrow!” We lie! To ourselves and anyone who’ll listen. You see, part of me knew I had no intention of going for that run. Actually, I honestly love to exercise. And not just because it helps me sleep deeply and increases my energy. I know that exercise motivation doesn’t come naturally to most people. It didn’t for me. I had to work at getting and keeping myself motivated to run, do yoga, and... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212649 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:44:53 +0100 3212649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260054&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fthe-flat-belly-diet-is-a-scam%2F Next to Lindsay Lohan’s naked photos, the hottest thing on the Internet these days is the Flat Belly Diet. And while Lindsay Lohan may have a flat belly, she surely didn’t get it from the Flat Belly Diet, which is just the latest in a long line of weight loss scams. It’s not that the program they recommend is dangerous or bad, it’s just that it’s basically a marketing gimmick designed to slim down your wallet first and your abdomen second. Here are the reasons I call the Flat Belly Diet a scam: • The book costs $31.95! That’s simply outrageous. • The book is just the first part of the program, to which you must subscribe. I’m not sure of the exact cost but it’s around $15 a month. • There is a huge marketing effort behind the book including a slick website and coun... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260054 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:24:41 +0100 1260054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1152933&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fblack-cohosh-for-treating-symptoms-of-menopause%2F All women go through menopause and some 75 percent of them experience hot flashes, which are also called hot flushes, and are known more technically as vasomotor symptoms. Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and they typically stop occurring after a time (usually within six months to two years), with or without therapy (although the exact timing cannot be predicted). Some women experience severe symptoms that prompt them to seek treatment. It is also estimated that some 50 to 75 percent of women use some form of alternative treatments for their symptoms, including soy products, herbal products (especially black cohosh), vitamin E and acupuncture. For most of these therapies, there is little scientific evidence to prove they work. In many cases, however, the data are conflict... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1152933 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:16:39 +0100 1152933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1137292&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fwomens-health-risks-heart-disease-trumps-cancer-by-far%2F Many women worry obsessively about developing cancer, particularly breast or ovarian cancer. But, while these are obviously of concern, their actual risk of having either of these is far lower than is their major risk of having or dying from cardiovascular disease. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of women and is responsible for more deaths in women than all cancers combined! The numbers show that the risk of dying from heart disease is about 10 times higher than dying from breast cancer and about 20 times higher than dying from ovarian cancer. And that’s not even counting the deaths from stroke, a related problem, which would just magnify the overshadowing risk that cardiovascular disease presents in relation to cancer (stroke is usually related to the ‘vascular’ part... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1137292 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:58:13 +0100 1137292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1108825&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fhangover-cures-a-scambuster-report%2F Tis’ the season to be jolly. But for some people this means suffering through the after effects of their jolliness in the form of a hangover. And based on the amount and variety of purported cures touted around the water cooler and on the Internet, the number of people seeking relief must be fairly high. So, what’s the best way either to prevent or treat a hangover? Well, hangover remedies come in two basic flavors. There’s the free, but unproven, advice you can get from friends, family or the web, and there are the products you can pay for, which are equally unproven. Either way, nothing’s yet been proven to work. “No compelling evidence exists to suggest that any conventional or complementary intervention is effective for preventing or treating alcohol hangover,” was the conc... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1108825 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:46:02 +0100 1108825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103683&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Ftake-a-walk%2F I’ve written many times in this blog about the health benefits of modest amounts of exercise, and in particular about the ease and advantages of walking. Study after study has shown that you don’t need fancy exercise equipment, a health club membership or a personal trainer to realize the exercise-related health benefits that can accrue simply from taking a walk. And a new study has reconfirmed this fact. The study found that just by walking for 30 minutes a day six days a week people significantly improved their health profile. Without any change in their diet. At the beginning of the study, 41 percent of the participants met the criteria for metabolic syndrome, but by the end only 27 percent did. Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors that raise your odds of developing heart dis... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103683 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:18:48 +0100 1103683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1075264&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fexercise-pedometers-make-perfect-presents%2F With the holiday season fast approaching, New Years’ resolutions can’t be far behind. And there’s never been a better time either to begin or to restart an exercise program. But if the word exercise turns you off, let’s just call it physical activity, even moderate physical activity would be perfectly acceptable. That’s because increased physical activity is associated with improvements in numerous health conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, various cancers, and even depression. Because of the extensive health benefits of exercise, the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Surgeon General recommend “physical activity most days of the week for at least 30 minutes for adults.” Yet despite all the evidence for h... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1075264 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:15:31 +0100 1075264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1009647&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Ftanning-salons-and-skin-cancer-a-scambuster-report%2F I can’t really call tanning salons that use ultraviolet lights or lamps scams because they don’t make fraudulent claims or swindle you out of your money. In fact, you get more for your money than just a tan. Unfortunately, what you get is probably not what you want. That’s because the use of tanning booths increases your risk of skin cancer, and can cause premature aging of the skin, sunburn, eye damage, sensitivity reactions to some medications and immune system dysfunction - a bit more than you bargained for, I’m sure. But don’t take my word for it; see what others have to say. The World Health Organization “does not recommend the use of UV tanning devices for cosmetic purposes.” The Food and Drug Administration “discourages the use of tanning beds and sunlamps.” The A... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1009647 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:47:59 +0100 1009647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=999574&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fwomen-test-your-knowledge-about-cancer%2F Let’s start with a HealhtTalk pop quiz. True or false: Women with no family history of cancer are at low risk of developing cancer themselves? Answer: false. While it’s true that having a family history of cancer increases your risk to a small degree, the vast majority of cancers occur in people with no family history of the disease. But in a recent survey, nearly two thirds of women (63 percent) mistakenly answered that lack of family history equates with a low personal cancer risk. That’s the bad news. The good news is that as many as half of all cancer deaths could be avoided through sensible lifestyle habits (not smoking, eating properly, exercising) and getting routine recommended cancer screening (mammography, colonoscopy and pap smears, for breast, colon and cervical cancer re... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=999574 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:17:23 +0100 999574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=922133&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fkevin-trudeau-consumer-advocate-or-master-con-artist%2F Many writers to scambuster@healthtalk.com want to know about Kevin Trudeau, whose books, infomercials and websites claim vast conspiracies designed to keep important medical information about various miracle cures from the general public. Information that Mr. Trudeau says is being suppressed by the FDA, the AMA and the pharmaceutical industry. Information that Mr. Trudeau offers to supply, but only if you buy his books. And since Kevin Trudeau has no medical training or expertise and is a convicted felon, an ex-convict, and regular target of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulatory enforcement actions, you should, at a minimum, be very careful about taking his advice. Of course, some will doubtless argue that even the worst criminals can reform and that only someone outside the medical/in... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=922133 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:17:07 +0100 922133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=908819&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fsalt-sodium-plus-chloride-equals-trouble%2F I recently wrote about high blood pressure and its associated health problems. Today, I’d like to focus on salt because it is a major contributor to high blood pressure and because many people either don’t understand it or are misinformed about it. Around the world, and in the U.S., excess salt intake and increasing rates of high blood pressure go hand in hand. High blood pressure in turn leads to cardiovascular disease and to premature death from heart attack and stroke. The evidence linking salt intake with high blood pressure is overwhelming and definitive. Americans consume too much salt and the amount they consume is increasing. Between 1970 and 2000, the amount of salt we consume went up 55 percent and the prevalence of high blood pressure went up 50 percent. On average, we each ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=908819 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:36:57 +0100 908819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=888903&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fstevia-sweetener-or-supplement%2F You may have seen headlines stating that “FDA Warns (about) Stevia” in a recent FDA enforcement action against the Celestial Seasonings tea company’s use of the natural sweetener called stevia and wondered what it’s all about. The fact that the FDA action is a bit bizarre probably adds to the confusion. In a formal Warning Letter dated August 17 (but only just now made public) the FDA took Celestial Seasonings to task not because their Zingers Tangerine Orange Tea contains stevia, which it does, but because they were marketing it as a food and not as a dietary supplement. Got that? Stevia is a natural sweetener derived from the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to Central and South America, which is also known as sweet leaf and sugar leaf because its leaf extracts are some 300 times ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=888903 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:47:41 +0100 888903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=868395&cid=t_325844_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Feating-a-low-fat-diet%2F In the first installment of this two part series on dietary fat, I reviewed the differences between good fats and bad fats, where they come from and how to tell them apart. Today I’ll talk about fat in the diet, what to eat, how much is ok and how to make positive changes regarding the food you eat. According to the USDA Dietary Guidelines, the recommended total fat intake for adults is between 20 and 35 percent of calories, with less than ten percent of calories coming from saturated fat, and cholesterol less than 300 mg/day. Got that? I didn’t think so. And even if you could remember these guidelines you’d still have to count your calories every day and, in addition, track fats as a percentage of those calories. That’s a tall order. Here’s a better way. Eat as little fat as pos... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=868395 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:03:57 +0100 868395