Running is one of the most beneficial workouts we can do on a regular basis. It uses nearly every muscle in the body, improves overall cardiovascular health, and greatly improves both balance and stamina. Unfortunately, not everyone can run. Whether because of muscle or joint issues, an advanced weight problem, or an injury that precludes the ability to engage in high-strain, high-impact activities, many people haven’t got the ability to even use the comparatively low-impact surface of a treadmill.
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Man vs Food is a show on the Travel Channel in which host, Adam Richman, visits different cities to chow down on delicious high-calorie, fat-filled food. Each episode consists of Adam visiting two historic or highly popular restaurants to sample their signature dishes. The final destination is the actual challenge where he tackles a huge meal. The challenge rules always vary depending on the restaurant.
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Staying active as an older adult may keep both the body and the brain in shape.
A new study suggests moderate aerobic exercise may slow or even reverse age-related memory loss in older adults by increasing the size of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that assists in forming memories.
The volume of the hippocampus may shrink and lead to memory impairment in the elderly.
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Kaiser Health News: Blumenthal To Leave Obama’s Health IT Office
Kaiser Health News staff writers Phil Galewitz and Christopher Weaver report: “Dr. David Blumenthal, appointed by President Barack Obama to speed the health care system’s switch from paper to electronic records, announced Thursday that he is stepping down this spring to return to his teaching post at Harvard University” .
CQ HealthBeat: Shocker: Blumenthal Stepping Down As Federal Health IT Chieftain
A day after he was hailed by health information technology developers at a Health and Human Services press conference as a “rock star,” National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal announced Thursday he is stepping down .
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Archives of Surgery: Possible Geographical Barriers To Trauma Center Access For Vulnerable Patients In The United States – This study analyzes disparities in geographic access to trauma centers in 2005, drawing from data from the 2005 American Hospital Association annual survey. “In urban areas, 67% of the population had easy access to trauma centers and 12% had difficult access compared with 24% and 31% in rural areas, respectively,” the study authors report. They also found that “areas with a higher proportion of certain groups, such as African American and near-poor populations in urban and rural areas and foreign-born population in urban areas, … were farther away from trauma centers” .
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