Health Decisions Blog

Do you exercise regularly, or involve yourself in meditation? If you do you may not have to worry about having the flu or catching a cold.

According to researchers those who involve themselves in regular meditation or exercise have fewer colds and flus than those who participate in neither.

The study involved 149 participants.

In a randomized trail they were split into three groups:

1-Those who participated in mindless meditation

2-Those who had regular moderate-intensity exercise

3-A ...

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Adequate sleep is important to maintain good health, but in later years it may be more important than you think.
There is a lot of evidence to support it as important to  both health and longevity.

This time researchers linked sleep deprivation to an increased risk for alzheimer's disease

According to a recent study sleep deprivation may increase the risk for the disease and that sleepiness in the elderly could be an indication of it.

The study involved 84 elderly adults 66-87 ye...
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Family members whose loved ones are hospitalized in a vegetative state may be better able to meet their loved ones needs.

A bedside device which enables doctors to read the minds of patients hospitalized in a vegetative state would soon be available.

According to researchers those patients may soon be able to have their thoughts and feelings communicated.  The device would bridge the communication gap between patients, their family members and hospital caregivers. It will serve as a ...

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How important is your health to you?

There is no shortage of health information available to consumers.  Health is a well communicated topic both online and offline, but Is its popularity reflected in your interest. Is your health important enough to generate sufficient interest in consumer health matters?  Are you willing to take control and responsibility?

Here is a lesson for you.

 

 

Our consumer health education program prepares people to take responsibility and control of their health. One w...
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Moderate-intensity aerobics is recommended for overall health and vitality and to prevent non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and strokes. It is recommended for all adults.

More vigorous aerobics exercise may be required by those who need to lose weight and keep it off, since burning calories is their goal.

For the prevention of diseases 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise 5 times per week is enough to promote good health.

In one study, researchers wanted to evaluate the dif...

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Are most Americans pursuing a healthy lifestyle due to health concerns?

A recent study done in the USA showed that middle-income earners main health concern is non-communicable diseases(NCD"s). NCD's are cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes and respiratory diseases.

Partcipants of the survey were 1001 Americans age 30-66 with an annual income of $35,000-$99,999. Both men and women paritcipated.

The result
Cancer was at the top of the list of health concerns at 79%, heart disease at 74%...
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Too much sugar in the diet has been associated with an unhealthy diet and consumers have been warned against sugary drinks. 

Overweight and obese individuals are especially at risk because they need to control their calorie intake to be a healthy weight.
 
A recent study found that the risk for type 2 diabetes is significantly increased with one serving of sweetened soft drink per day.

For the study, researchers collected data on consumption of:

1. Juices
2. Nectars
3. Sugar sweetened soft drinks
4. Artif...

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You want to be successful and you have a bright future.  May be you are well employed and even love your job. You may have the best family one can ever ask for, but how secure are you?
 
All those achievements can fall apart without good health. The question is, how important is good health to you?

Here is a video on a lesson to be learnt. 


 
 
Remember good health is as a result of prevention and not cure.

You can take responsibility for good health through our consumer health education. ...
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 Watching TV for more than 2 hours per day has been associated with obesity in children and parents were warned against too much sitting time.

A new study has linked screen time in kids to risk of heart disease. For the study screen time was  represented by 55% of activities spent watching TV, on the computer or playing video games.
 
The participants were 500 children age 8-10, all caucasian and with at least one biological parent obese.
 
The participants wore accelerometers to measure ph...
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