There are three major reasons why health clubs now have the opportunity to support and enhance the healthcare system. First, the healthcare continuum has expanded to include preventive and health promotion services that aim to limit the cost burden (see Figure 1).

An article in the Feb. 26 issue of the medical journal The Lancet succinctly and accurately summarizes our knowledge about the preventable causes of heart disease, the nation’s No. 1 cause of death. “From the 1950′s onward, epidemiological studies … identified personal characteristics as risk factors for the development of premature CHD [coronary heart disease] [...]

While attempts to bring urinary incontinence out of the closet are gaining momentum, its embarrassing twin — bowel incontinence — remains secretly hidden in the dark recesses of that same closet.

Like other trace minerals, the body requires selenium in very low doses, probably less than 100 mcg/day. It is found in foods such as wheat germ, Brazil nuts, oats, whole wheat, brown rice, orange juice, and garlic in direct proportion to the level of selenium in the soil in which the plants were grown.

When you arrive at the emergency department a nurse or physician will ask some questions about the symptoms that you are experiencing. A physical exam will be performed. You will be placed on a heart monitor so that your heart rhythm can be continuously observed.

Most males and some females fear that they will suffer from hair loss. But hair loss is not a hopeless problem, since treatment methods exist. I will tell you about some of your options. There are several hair loss remedies that we all know about.

Consider the not-too-distant past. At the turn of the century, the medical marketplace was packed with snake-oil salesmen. They bottled colored water and called it the sovereign remedy for every disease known to humans.

World Leader in Technology for an Ageing Population, Doctor, will speak in Adelaide 23-28 October, sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Doctor, Vice President of Research at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) and an internationally respected developer of practical products for the elderly and persons with disabilities, will be a [...]

Dear Expert: I’m 50 years old and exercise too little. How do I make time (between my job, family and a long commute) to work out? What are the best exercises for me to do, given limited time and my age? I’m not in terrible shape.

When I was pregnant with each of my children, I suffered from severe Charlie horses. Charlie horses are also known as muscle cramps or spasms.