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An occasional skipped beat or racing heart is often harmless and passes quickly. But some heart rhythm problems can cause fainting, shortness of breath and chest pain, or put you at risk for heart failure and stroke.
You don't need to spend hours in the gym to stay in shape, says Valerie Orsini, French fitness trainer and author of Le Personal Coach. Here are some of her tips for slipping healthy habits into your day: Give strong abs a green light.
The news for colon cancer is promising: Fewer people are dying from it, and the average number of new cases a year decreased by 66,000 over the course of four years, federal reports show.
These expert tips will keep them soft and smooth 'til spring.
Avid tennis players and addicted video-gamers, master carpenters and desk workers: They're all at risk for injuries that occur from repeating the same movement over and over.
Osteoporosis, a condition that causes the bones to become brittle, afflicts about 44 million Americans, and estimates suggest half of women and up to 25% of men over age 50 will break a bone because of it.
Pricey gym memberships and plunging temperatures may make you want to hibernate on your sofa rather than lace up your sneakers this season. Enter the ultimate excuse-buster: fitness DVDs.
Whether you're training for a 5K run or just aiming for a daily 15-minute walk around the block, making fitness part of your routine — and sticking to it — is possible, says Rebecca Derossett, co-author of Working Out Sucks.
Stressed women know it, live it and spend time trying to do something about it. Stressed men, not so much.
You can't avoid the stressor, but you can momentarily get away from that project at work, that crying baby or those mounting bills.
Despite its small size, the thyroid gland has a huge job: to produce hormones that regulate metabolism, or the rate at which cells convert food and other substances into energy.
It hurts when you walk or climb the stairs, slice meat or brush your teeth — that's the reality of arthritis.
The Doctors prescribe their 8 best strategies to make your resolutions reality in 2012. Plus, Jillian Michaels shares her goals for the new year.
Slow down — that's my priority, starting now. For as long as I can remember, I've been burning the candle at both ends. I'm not a person who waits for life to happen. Instead, I chase it.
One of the keys to a longer, healthier life just might be your smile. In a recent study of more than 6,000 adults over 50, scientists found that those with sunny dispositions had a significantly reduced risk of stroke.
It's that time of year, when twinkle lights make houses and trees sparkle, smiling snowmen stand proud on front lawns and everyone salesperson and random stranger wishes you a happy holiday — and yet, you feel anything but.
We love the convenience of online shopping for beauty and skin care, but mistakes can happen when we try something new.
There's no known cause, no blood test or X-ray to diagnose it, no magic pill to cure it -- so maybe it's no surprise that fibromyalgia is a disorder that's often misunderstood and sometimes unrecognized.
If you can exude vitality, it doesn't matter what date is on your driver's license.
Thirty years ago, a brief report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described five young men with a rare form of pneumonia usually seen in people with severely depressed immune systems — the men were previously healthy...
It's the second-most feared disease after cancer, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with it, and there's no cure: We're talking about Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that causes a steady decline in memory, thinking and behavior.
Gratitude is good for you, so for Thanksgiving our HealthSmart experts get personal about their own lives.
As part of American Diabetes Month and raising awareness about preventing and treating diabetes, Anath Shalev, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Diabetes Center, debunks common and costly diabetes myths.
It harms every organ in your body. That's one reason to quit. Smoking also causes nearly one-third of all cancers, leads to heart and respiratory diseases and kills an estimated 443,000 Americans every year — those are some others.
Vitamin D. It’s called the 'sunshine vitamin' — and it's crucial to many aspects of your good health. Here’s how to make sure you get enough.
The numbers are nuts: More than 25 million people in the United States have diabetes — and that's almost 10% of the population.
Wrinkled. Wizened. Weak. Images of old age tend to skew to the negative. They shouldn't, says Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist and author of 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice From the Wisest Americans.
Get glowing skin by following these rules from Elena Arboleda, head aesthetician at Mario Badescu Skin Care.
You always double-check their seat belts before pulling out of the driveway, take them to the doctor when they're under the weather, force them to wear that helmet when they ride their bikes, and you'll no doubt make a valiant effort to ration the candy.VIDEO: The Doctors on Children's Health
Even the most well-intentioned comments can be less than comforting for people with cancer, says Lori Hope, author of Help Me Live: 20 Things People With Cancer Want You to Know. Even if you're unsure what to say, "don't avoid the subject," Hope says.
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