Category: Fitness & Exercise
Should you try to lose weight with a low-fat diet? A high-protein diet? Or is avoiding carbs the answer? Well, according to a new study in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, it doesn’t seem matter—as long as you cut calories.
Even modest weight loss can make a big difference in your health and how you feel: a loss of just 5 to 7 percent of your body weight can reduce your blood pressure, lower your risk of diabetes, and improve your cholesterol levels. But how to get started? In today’s column, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has produced an animated video series to encourage Native American children to be active and eat right to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. The series of four videos are based on the four Eagle Books written by Georgia Peres of Nambe Pueblo and illustrated [...]
Researchers at the University of Washington and Intel Research Seattle have developed two cell phone application that keep track of your activity and encourage you to keep at it. One application, called UbiFit, uses a device that monitors your physical activity and then translates it into images that appear on your cell phone as flowers [...]
UWTV has a nice documentary on Seattle Children’s Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Department. The video follows a teen and a young girl as they go through surgery and rehabilitation and includes interesting footage of how MRI images are used to study injuries and how new techniques make surgeries quicker and less invasive. The documentary can [...]
The US Government has released new physical activity guidelines that officials are calling the “most comprehensive of their kind.” A review of scientific evidence conducted by an expert panel found that regular physical activity can reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer and other diseases and improve mood and the quality of life.
US News & World Report has placed Issaquah on its list of the 10 “Best Healthy Places to Retire” in the USA. The magazine’s profile calls Issaquah a “gem of a city” and gives much of the credit for the ranking to the amenities available in the Issaquah Highlands development.
The website Walkscore has ranked 77 Seattle neighborhoods by how walkable they are. The score is based on such factors as the availability of stores, restaurants, parks and schools within walking distance of a particular address.
Seattle was just edged out by San Francisco as the most “fit” city in the US in a 16-city study, conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine. The study ranked the city using an index that reflects such health indicators as the health behaviors of city residents, levels of chronic disease, access to health care, [...]
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has teamed up with AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons, to create a checklist to help men over age 50 stay healthy. The checklist provides a list of the steps men over age 50 can take to prevent disease. These include eating well, keeping active and [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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