Another reason to avoid the carbs: Researchers reported last week that increased carbohydrate intake was associated with a higher rate of breast cancer recurrence in survivors of the disease.
Starch intake seemed to be particularly influential, they said, accounting for 48 percent of changes in the women’s carbohydrate intake.
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A new study at Emory University, recently published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, has found that married adults who’ve undergone heart surgery have a 300 percent higher survival rate than their single counterparts over the first three months, which is a critical time.
Whether the patient was a man or a woman, the study...
WASHINGTON — The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers’ fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian’s curves or Brooke Burke’s toned tush.
Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Ruth H. Clark of Pompano Beach, Fla., is a 95-year-old aerobic wonder, working out seven days a week.
But Clark is not just flexing her muscles, she’s protecting her retirement nest egg by staying healthy.
Economists say health care will become more crucial in retirement planning as medical expenses climb...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Margie Warden is walking.
It’s 4:45 a.m., and even some of the birds aren’t up yet, but she’s walking. She’s 70 years old and sweating through a gray shirt as she trudges up a long hill in the dark. She’ll walk 6 miles on the grounds of Kansas City Kansas Community College before the sun comes up. Ten years from now —...
