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Posts Tagged ‘ Medicine ’

Coffee, Pee & Me

By I Dig Fitness
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September 30, 2010

The post title must create curiosity according to expert copywriters. Well, did I succeed in hooking you with this one? I thought so. Anyway, let’s get to the point of this post. ”Women who consume high levels of caffeine are 70% more likely to have urinary incontinence than women who don’t,” according to Jon Gleason,...
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More Exercise – Less Death

By I Dig Fitness
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August 20, 2010

A recent study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Cambridge University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found that even light or moderate intensity physical activity, such as walking or cycling, can substantially reduce the risk of premature death. Here’s the scoop are reported in Science Daily (July 25, 2010):...
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Is Your Kid Fat?

By I Dig Fitness
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February 11, 2010
Is Your Kid Fat?

OK, IDigFitness fans. Time for some sobering information if you’re a parent. The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported on a long term study of nearly 5,000 children. The results show that children who are obese are more than twice as likely to die before age 55 than their non-obese friends. So, if...
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More Bone – Less Cardio

By I Dig Fitness
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February 4, 2010

According to a report in Journal of Internal Medicine, Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that some activity may be better than none at all for certain areas of your health like heart health, but milder forms of activity may not be sufficient to hold off or attenuate age-related decline in...
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Get Up Off Your Lazy Rear And . . .

By I Dig Fitness
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August 2, 2009
Get Up Off Your Lazy Rear And . . .

Another attention grabbing headline.  Sorry, but I have your best interests in mind.  The full sentence is, “Get Up Off Your Lazy Rear and Exercise!”  You know it’s one of the best things you can do for yourself (and your family).  Here are some more reasons. A report in the Journal of the American...
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Does Exercise Increase Metabolism?

By I Dig Fitness
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July 23, 2009

I’ve always thought so, and my belief was, at least, partially correct. However this study is one of those I didn’t enjoy reading because it indicates that one of my long-held beliefs about exercise may be wrong. To keep my ego in tact, I want to point out that many, if not most, fitness...
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