Blogs Posts in Health Myths category; 74 blog posts

Neck pain solutions, HPV vaccine myths and grim obesity ads

Self-help for neck pain: Want to get rid of a persistent pain in your neck? You could visit a chiropractor a couple of times of week -- or you could learn to do a few exercises at home every day and get about the same relief, a new study [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Blood Pressure Myths

About 50 million Americans suffer from hypertension - a condition that increases the risk for heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. Fortunately, high blood pressure can be easily controlled in most cases once a person knows they have [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Body Image Workshop Debunks Myths

About 30 young women listened to Nicole Roberge share her near-death experience with anorexia, an eating disorder characterized by malnutrition and excessive exercising, at Trumbull High School recently. Sponsored by a pilot club calle [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Eating Healthy Myths Destroyed

All Refined Carbohydrates are Hazardous to Your Health. The average American eats over 300 pounds of sugars each year. Most of this is because of all the sugar that is added to the everyday foods most people eat. Sugars are refined carbo [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga Basics - Four Tips to Get you Started

Yoga is an excellent method of increasing flexibility and strength and toning the body. Yoga can be enjoyed by all fitness levels, with opportunities to challenge your body further. In addition to physical benefits of yoga, it is also benef [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Not healthy for me to hold shares: Wenger

"No" was the firm reply while adding that he had thought about it. When asked why he had decided not to do so his response was that he wished to avoid any conflict of interests between his role in building the team and any persona [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Healthy lifestyle can prevent bad genes from causing disease...

So your mother just couldn’t keep that stubborn fat from perching on her waist. And your dad’s heart just didn’t pump the way it was supposed to. Then there was granny, whose blood sugar levels made her sweeter than sugar [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Top 10 exercise myths

Some exercise myths are just benign half-truths, but many others can actually be harmful. They can cause frustration in keeping people from reaching their goals and sometimes even lead to injury. Most of the perpetuation of these myths co [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Popular health myths debunked

There are so many things to worry about these days. Wouldn't it be nice to cross something off the list? Turns out you can. Researchers have been busy debunking some common medical myths that have been repeated so many times, people assume [...]

Posted On : Aug, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Biggest health myths busted

If you believe that pregnant women are supposed to eat for two or sugar makes children hyperactive, better think again because these are just two of the countless health myths followed since generations. And now, scientists have debunked th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Common Health Myths

I like to offer health information for the public to release old health myths and allow for new and Health Myth One: The Egg and Cholesterol.How many of you think that eggs can lead to higher cholesterol? Based on factual studies, that i [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Health myths busted

From cold prevention to the cause of varicose veins, we dig up the facts and debunk some common myths. Baldness is inherited from your mother’s side Fact: German researchers have found that variations in a gene related to male sex ho [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Schwarzenegger Uses Muscle To Push Health Care Reform

Arnold Schwarzenegger made it clear this week that he is still a huge supporter of health care reform and universal health care in the United States. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California hosted a White House health care forum along wit [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Food myths debunked

Do crusts make your hair curly? Does spinach make you strong? And will eating fish make you smarter? The experts look at the origins of some popular food myths: Spinach makes you strong Nutritionist Catherine Saxelby, who has written [...]