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Eating can cause low blood pressure, from the Harvard Heart Letter
If you sometimes feel dizzy or lightheaded after eating a meal, you could have a common condition called postprandial hypotension, meaning low blood pressure after eating, reports the July 2010 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. Digestion is a complicated job that requires coordination between the digestive, nervous, and circulatory systems. To compensate for blood […]
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Walking while golfing: Is this sufficient exercise?
Ask the doctor Image: Monkey Business Images/ Thinkstock Q. I walk 18 holes of golf twice a week for my exercise routine. Is this enough or should I do more? A. Walking the golf course certainly counts as exercise. Even riding in a golf cart is better than doing nothing. But to meet the recommended […]
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Two types of exercise may be needed to preserve muscle mass during weight loss
Research we’re watching While obesity presents a number of health risks for older adults, weight loss is often accompanied by a reduction in muscle tissue and loss of strength. A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine set out to determine whether more exercise or specific types of exercise would help preserve muscle […]
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Exercising arthritis pain away
Physical therapy may be an effective alternative to surgery in relieving joint and back pain. Image: © Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock Exercising may be the last thing you want to do when you have a sore knee or aching back, but it might be the first thing you should do. Physical therapy has long been recommended following […]
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Take a stand against sitting
Studies have linked long periods of sitting with an increase in heart disease and early death. Image: © monkeybusinessimages/Thinkstock Odds are you are sitting while you read this. In fact, more than half of an average person’s waking hours are spent sitting, according to a study in the Jan. 19, 2015, Annals of Internal Medicine. […]
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Hormone therapy: The next chapter
Is it time to rewrite the book on postmenopausal hormone use? What a difference a decade makes! When the new millennium dawned, hormone therapy (HT) was a mainstay of postmenopausal health care. Besides relieving hot flashes and other troublesome symptoms, it was thought to offer protection against a host of degenerative disorders. In 2001, perimenopausal […]
