Health Watch
IT'S ALL ABOUT HEALTH AND FITNESS LIFESTYLE
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Safety First At Boot Camp
March 2012 -
Working out in a group setting (boot camp, exercise or fitness class) can be fun, but here are factors to consider for safety: trainer's credentials, your medical history, appropriateness, exercise form, and more.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Donation: What Every Expectant Mother Must Read
February 2012 -
Like bone marrow donation, umbilical cord blood donation saves lives. The blood used to be discarded, and even now, most expectant mothers don't know its value. In minority communities especially the need is great.
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Muscles in Mumbai
January 2012 -
Did you know that weight lifting and bodybuilding have their origins in ancient India? Now there's a bodybuilding craze in India, with nutritional supplementation and competitions.
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Breast Cancer on the Rise amongst South Asians
December 2011 -
Breast cancer is a non-communicable disease which has tripled in the South Asian American community in the last 10 years. Asian women have traditionally had low breast cancer rates. However, their rates are rapidly rising.
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Exercise Safely with Type 2 Diabetes
November 2011 -
The combination of both strength training and cardiovascular exercise delivers the best result in the prevention of diabetes and lowering glucose levels in diabetics. While yoga may provide health benefits, it is not the best exercise in the management of diabetes.
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What South Asians can do to prevent diabetes
October 2011 -
Diabetes is epidemic in the South Asian community. Emory University is working on a promising program (D-CLIP) to study the effects of a culturally specific and low cost lifestyle intervention for diabetes prevention.
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No Need for Knee Pain
September 2011 -
Even though running provides tremendous health and cardiovascular fitness
benefits, there are several things you should know and practice in order to run
effectively and avoid knee injury.
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Why more South Asian bone marrow donors are needed
August 2011 -
Bone marrow donations can save lives, but there is a shortage of donors among South Asians. Myths about marrow donation often stop us from signing up, but registering and donating are simple.
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Jump Start Your Weight Loss
July 2011 -
If you’ve fallen short of your New Year’s goal to lose weight and get in the best physical shape, take another shot this summer. Here are some things that you might have overlooked.
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No need for immunity envy
June 2011 - The process of acquiring active immunity is like Russian roulette—if your body is able to sustain and overcome an infection, it builds immunity; but it could get cooked in the process! Infectious diseases are a major cause of infant and child mortality in India—far higher than in Western countries.
