Health aNd Fitness Guide

India is expected to bear 60 per cent of the burden of heart disease by 2010. Indian and Canadian researchers studied around 21,000 heart attack patients across 89 hospitals in India. → Continue reading »

Snoring could be linked to heart disease and stroke. People who snore loudly have a 34 per cent increased possibility of suffering a heart attack and 67 per cent increased chance of having a stroke compared to those who do not snore, according to scientists at Semmelweis University in Budapest. But the increased risk was → Continue reading »

If you don’t lift weights, you’re missing out on one of the most powerful ways to look and feel younger. A study found that women who strength-train three times a week have more of a type of growth hormone that counteracts age-related muscle loss and protects bone density. Producing growth hormone gets harder with age, → Continue reading »

A healthy heart is vital to a happy and productive life. Try these hearty exercises with US-based fitness consultant T. Rose. She is a corporate trainer with Counter Express. The world’s second largest fitness center for women, it has presence in 70 countries. → Continue reading »

People who walk to keep fit benefit more from a pedometer, a device that counts steps. “People who use pedometers increase their physical activity by about 2000 steps a day, i.e. about a mile,” said Dr Dena M. Bravata, senior research scientist at Stanford University. “They also seem to lower their blood pressure and lose → Continue reading »