by drebanks | Jan 27, 2012 | Broadcast, Featured, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Media, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
New Year, New You on NBC The start of a new year is the customary time to commit to both losing weight and gaining a new lease on life. Alternity Healthcare in West Hartford urges individuals to take advantage of this time renewal by getting to the heart of their...
by drebanks | Jan 22, 2012 | Blog, Dementia, Exercise, healthy aging, Men's Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Women's Health
It isn’t breaking news that the majority of the US population is overweight or obese. The situation has been spiraling out of control for decades. Prospects for impacting this trend have been so bleak that new data indicating that US obesity rates have stabilized...
by drebanks | May 17, 2011 | Blog, Exercise, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Men's Health, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
Progress in our society has been measured in large part by events like the Industrial Revolution and the Information Age. As a result, more of us are working with our brains instead of our bodies. But that may not be such a good thing after all. In our current...
by drebanks | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog, Cancer, Exercise, healthy aging, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
So what does that say about most Americans? An increasingly large segment of the US population is overweight or obese, and nearly as many admit to being couch potatoes. Convincing evidence shows that weight gain and obesity increases the risk of several different...
by drebanks | Mar 18, 2011 | Exercise, Heart Disease, Obesity, stress, Type-2 Diabetes
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and it is the number one cause of serious, long-term disability. Most of us think about strokes as a condition affecting the elderly. While it is true that the vast majority of strokes occur after age...