Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness Podcasts
- No More Boring Dreadmills The latest diet and fitness tips, advice, and news.
- Quit Being A Meal Skipper The latest diet and fitness tips, advice, and news.
- Surrender To The Night Munchies The latest diet and fitness tips, advice, and news.
- Outsmart Those Scary Tomatoes The latest diet and fitness tips, advice, and news.
- Super Summer Sporting The latest diet and fitness tips, advice, and news.
Health News
- Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
- Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises 1.2 million euros for charity
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, DiCaprio emerged as the mystery guest to accompany the winner on a Virgin Galactic flight into space. DiCaprio stars in the film "The Great Gatsby," which opened the 66th Cannes film festival. ... - Lawyers in Colorado shooting case challenge insanity defense law
By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes argued on Thursday the state's insanity defense law was unconstitutional because it forces him to cooperate with court-appointed psychiatrists or forfeit the right to raise mental-health issues at sentencing. Prosecutors countered during a hearing before Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. that without an independent examination, there would be no way to evaluate defense claims that Holmes was legally insane at the time of the crime. ... - Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
- Boy Scouts Vote to End Ban on Gay Scouts Some gay rights advocates call the move a step forward, but others say the 103-year-old organization has sent the wrong message to youth if it denies membership to gay leaders.
Health and Exercise
- 5 Weeks to Your Best Body Ever: The Workout
- Tame Every Bulge With These Animal-Inspired Moves
- 31 Ways to Energize Your Workout
- The CarbLovers Workout
Good news: You don’t have to pump iron or run marathons to succeed on The CarbLovers Diet. But exercise will help you lose weight more quickly (and keep it off), and you’ll feel great doing it too.
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That’s because a diet rich in Resistant Starch and other carbs fuels your muscles, speeds your metabolism, and makes your energy soar, so even former couch potatoes may want to hit the gym!
This easy, full-body routine takes less than 30 minutes a day, and you can do it at home or at the gym. It combines strength training and cardio, plus a quick belly-blasting routine—you’ll burn nearly 900 extra calories a week, plus trim about 3 inches a month from your belly, hips, and thighs!
Do these moves with dumbbells, a sturdy bench or step, a mat, and a stability ball. Here's a sample schedule, but it’s fine to skip a day or two.Day Workout Monday Interval cardio (see plans below) Tuesday Tone Up All Over strength routine Wednesday Interval cardio Thursday Firm Your Belly ab routine Friday Interval cardio Saturday Tone Up All Over strength routine Sunday Interval cardio
Blast fat and calories! Your cardio plans
To burn off all the fat covering those gorgeous muscles you're sculpting, do 4–5 of these 35-minute interval workouts per week. Why intervals? Because they're the fastest way to burn maximum calories in minimum time.
The intensity levels below are based on a scale of 1–10, where 1 is kicking back on the couch and 10 is pushing as hard as you can. After each workout, cool down at a slow pace for 5 minutes.
Outdoor walking workout
1.Walk at a moderate pace (an intensity of 3–4) for 5 minutes to warm up.
2.Pick up your pace for 3 minutes so you're working at a 6–7.
3.Crank your pace up to an 8 for 2 minutes. Take shorter, faster steps, drive your bent elbows back, and let your hips move from side to side.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 five more times.
Treadmill workout
1.Walk at a moderate pace with no incline (an intensity of 3–4) for 5 minutes to warm up.
2.Pick up your speed to a 6–7 for 3 minutes.
3.Rev up your pace to an 8, and increase the incline by 2%–3% for 2 minutes.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 five more times.
Elliptical workout
1.Use light resistance with a medium ramp (for an intensity of 3–4) for 5 minutes to warm up.
2.Keeping light resistance, raise ramp to high for 3 minutes, aiming for an intensity of 6–7.
3.Lower ramp and increase resistance; work at a challenging pace (about an 8) for 2 minutes.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 five more times.
Bike workout (outdoor or indoor)
1.Pedal at medium speed/resistance (an intensity of 3–4) for 5 minutes to warm up.
2.Increase your speed and/or resistance to moderate intensity (a 6–7) for 3 minutes.
3.Up your intensity to an 8 for 2 minutes.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 five more times. - A More Flexible You in 5 Minutes
Health and Disease Prevention
- Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
- Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
- Aveo says partner Astellas will not seek EU nod for kidney cancer drug (Reuters) - Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc said it was informed by its partner Astellas Pharma Inc that the Japanese company would not be seeking marketing approval for their experimental kidney cancer drug in Europe. Aveo shares fell about 13 percent in extended trade, after closing at $2.70 on the Nasdaq. They have lost about 55 percent of their value since April 30, when FDA reviewers raised questions about the drug. Astellas does not intend to fund any future studies of the drug, tivozanib, in renal cell cancer, Aveo said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. (http://r.reuters. ...
- Labs reject dramatic findings on cancer drug in Alzheimer's mice By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists say a dramatic result last year suggesting that a cancer drug already approved by U.S. regulators could quickly clear out Alzheimer's plaques in mice was too good to be true. The study, published last year in the journal Science, showed the skin cancer drug bexarotene cut the amount of an Alzheimer's-linked protein called beta amyloid by half in three days. It also reversed Alzheimer's symptoms, restoring a sense of smell in treated mice and allowing them to resume nest building activities. ...
- Scientists Locate Biomarkers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Researchers trying to find the key to a mysterious group of digestive ailments have located a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Their discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses and intervention for individuals still asymptomatic.
