Regular Yoga Practice May Help Prevent Middle-Age Spread

Feb 15, 2008, Study suggests overweight people may benefit most from
yoga’s fat-fighting potential
SEATTLE - A new study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight.
The study - the first of [...]

Brisk walking regime can alleviate stress in menopausal women

Menopausal women who suffer from stress, anxiety or depression can benefit from undertaking a regular walking routine, new research suggests.
“With the aging population, physical activity represents one way for women to stay mentally healthy. Physical activity can help throughout the menopausal transition and afterwards,” Temple University public health researcher Deborah Nelson, the study’s lead author, said [...]

Beating insomnia the natural way

Staring at the alarm clock again? Join the club: As many as 40 percent of women over age 40 battle insomnia at least a few nights a week, says the National Sleep Foundation. Sleeping pills may bring short-term relief, but these all-natural remedies that work with your body rhythms can help you drift into dreamland.
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Exercise boosts brain’s natural antidepressant

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercise seems to increase the production of naturally occurring brain chemical with antidepressant effects in mice, researchers reported Sunday.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, point to potential new ways to treat depression in people.
Studies have found that exercise can help ease depression symptoms, but the reasons for the [...]

Staying fit with tai chi

MICHELLE NOLAN
FOR THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Tai chi has given local senior citizens a leg to stand on while rejuvenating their health.
Watching the energetic likes of 85-year-old Dorothy Spencer and other seniors balance themselves on one leg as part of an ancient Chinese discipline would inspire anyone to seek a better fitness level.
Spencer and two other local [...]

Exercise, diet work wonders

By Kathleen Louden | Special to the Tribune
October 9, 2007

The idea of controlling diabetes through diet and exercise has gained importance following renewed warnings about heart risk from some diabetes drugs and with the release of a University of Chicago study showing many diabetics believe treatment is as burdensome as complications of their [...]