Compression Tights: More Than Just a Fashion Statement?

	 Compression Tights: More Than Just a Fashion Statement?

A 2011 study revealed that, although compression calf sleeves did in fact increase oxygen saturation in the blood for athletes at rest before the exercise and during the recovery process, they provided no measurable improvement in running performance. Neither did they reduce the runner's time to fatigue.

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Music’s powerful crescendo in making you healthier

Music’s powerful crescendo in making you healthier

A 2015 study in the Lancet involving almost 7,000 patients found that listening to music before, during, or after a surgical procedure is beneficial to patients by significantly reducing pain and anxiety and decreasing the need for pain medication.

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How prolonged sitting harms health

How prolonged sitting harms health

The next time you find yourself sitting longer than you should, stand up and move around – every little bit of activity adds up over the course of a day keeping you more lean, more fit and less likely to develop metabolic syndrome.

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Are Fidget Spinners Good for Your Health?

Are Fidget Spinners Good for Your Health?

Fidget spinners sit on a ball bearing held between one's fingers and revolve easily with a gentle push. They can spin in a user's hand, or on a hard surface. Videos of “tricks” performed with fidget spinners have become a cottage industry on YouTube.

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Allay pain with acupuncture

Allay pain with acupuncture

If alleviating chronic pain has been a sore spot to get rid of, then maybe it’s time to consider acupuncture.  Acupuncture is an ancient traditional Chinese medicine dating back more than 2,000 years ago with the earliest recorded use of it beginning around 200 BCE.  From China, acupuncture eventually spread along the Arab trade routes on towards the West.

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Why becoming a couch potato is a bad idea

Why becoming a couch potato is a bad idea

 

This study found that in just 14 days of sedentary behavior there were small, but significant changes in markers for health conditions such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes predisposing people to their risk.

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