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New Moms Need to Get Moving

Exercise can help ease the symptoms of postpartum anxiety and depression that many experience. A brisk walk four times a week will do it. >

Back Ache Relief

One way to ease lower back pain, especially if you are overweight: reduce the amount of time you spend sitting by a little every day. >

Long Live Weekend Warriors

You don't have to go the gym five days a week to reap the major health benefits of exercise. Being a weekend warrior can work just as well. >

How Exercise Appears to Fight Cognitive Decline

We are learning more about the way that exercise helps prevent neurodegeneration. It seems to slow the deterioration of myelin. >

High Blood Pressure Raises Your Risk of Alzheimer's

Keeping your BP low or under control is one of the best things you can do to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's and other dementias. >

Exercise Intensity Boosts the Brain

Getting your heart pumping with high-intensity exercise doesn't just help your heart. It builds your brain, too. And the improvements last. >

The Truth about Menopause

Too many women fall prey to the myths surrounding menopause. Two MDs break them down and offer tips for adjusting to your body's changes. >

A Good Way to Cut Your Risk of Dementia

One risk factor tops all others when it comes to the lapses in memory that characterize dementia, and it's something you can largely fix. >

Coaching Kids Facing Obesity

Children who are becoming seriously overweight or obese can gain skills to reverse this trend. Here's what parents and providers can do. >

Help for Low Back Pain

Almost anyone can do it; it doesn't cost much; and it helped people with lower back pain go much longer without suffering a recurrence. >

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