Health Advisor is a regular column where contributors share their knowledge in fields ranging from fitness to psychology, pediatrics to aging. Follow us @Globe_Health. Now that the weather is blissful, I hope that you’re finding it a bit easier to get outside and be more active. If you are increasing your exercise and activity,…
This week is National Men’s Health Week, and it ends on a day dedicated to the men who need to be reminded of their health the most: our fathers. Not surprisingly, June is also Men’s Health Month, dedicated to heightening “the awareness of preventable health problems” and to “encourage early detection and treatment of disease…
Regular exercise, including walking, significantly reduces the chance that a frail older person will become physically disabled, according to one of the largest and longest-running studies of its kind to date. The results, published on Tuesday in the journal JAMA, reinforce the necessity of frequent physical activity for our aging parents, grandparents and, of course, ourselves….
A recent study out of Stanford University found that walking for at least 10 minutes enhances a person’s creativity. Psychiatrist and author John Ratey is not surprised. Ratey has written several books about how the brain is improved by exercise. He says when his patients stopped exercising, many not only became depressed, by some actually…
While Mother’s Day is typically a day in which we honor the most important women in our lives through phone calls, greeting cards, flowers and other gestures, it also serves as the annual kickoff of National Women’s Health Week, an American wellness initiative that this year runs from May 11-17. National Women’s Health Week is a…
Want to get creative? Get up and go for a walk. People generate more creative ideas when they walk than when they sit, according to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. “Everyone always says going on a walk gives you new ideas, but nobody had ever proved it before,”…
Culver City Walk With A Doc began when Mayor Jeff Cooper asked Pediatrician Jeffrey Penso to start a walk in Culver City. Penso had recently heard of the Walk With A Doc program being sponsored by Los Angeles County Medical Association and he was inspired to bring this program to Culver City. Ours begins with…
Modest exercise has anti-inflammatory effects on the body Just a modest amount of exercise may help reduce kidney disease patients’ risks of developing heart disease and infections, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Heart disease and infection are major complications and the…
Most people know exercise is good for them, but do you know just how good? Being in shape is not just about looking good at the beach or being able to lift the heaviest weights, but having a baseline of (1) strength, (2) muscular endurance, (3) cardiovascular capacity, and (4) flexibility so you can lead…
To kick off the celebration of the 4th anniversary of Let’s Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Jimmy Fallon during his first week as host of The Tonight Show. In her appearance, the First Lady discussed how this year, she wants to celebrate all of the great work taking place across the country to move our…
