Fitness
It takes effort… by Ramon Llamas
Monday, August 17th, 2009by Ramon Llamas
The summer of 2009 is almost over and looking back at the past two-and-a-half months, I realize that it’s been an extremely busy one. Health reform debates and symposia at various think tanks; briefings with health policy experts on the Hill; and editorials on the public option and “death panels” scatter websites and [...]
All about the numbers by Ramon Llamas
Monday, July 27th, 2009All about the numbers
By Ramon Llamas
For a majority of men, it is all about the numbers especially sports fans. They can recite statistics of their favorite teams and players without hesitation: Lebron James, the 2009 NBA regular season MVP averaged 28 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds last year; the Los [...]
Monday Fresh Start: Where Can You Find Useful Nutrition Information? By Jennifer Jackson, MPH
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Monday Fresh Start
Where Can You Find Useful Nutrition Information?
By Jennifer Jackson, MPH
I always think that Mondays are the perfect day to start or learn something new. We’ve hit the reset button while out of the office over the weekend and Monday presents a chance to start fresh. Not only that, but researchers suggest that [...]
Life-expectancy and chronic disease
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Life expectancy rates have been declining in many areas of the United States. A recent posting in The Wall Street Journal (click here) looked at a report stating that even if the United States provided universal health care it still would not solve the declining rates of life expectancy. [...]
Do Americans understand the health benefits of exercise?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008An article from Sci-Tech Today.com, Action is Louder than Weight, described how Americans do not really take the recommendation of exercise too seriously. This is a concern especially with the raising obesity rate in the US. The article states that most American’s know exercise is good for their health but they do not really [...]
MHN offers tips for healthy eating and good cheer during the holidays.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Chose the first 2 documents under “5 most recent docs” at:
www.menshealthlibrary.org
Sources are offered for further reading.
Enjoy the holidays!
From all at Men’s Health Network
What blocks my good intentions?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007All right, so here’s the question… If I KNOW what I should be doing for my health, why don’t I just DO it ? Why is it that it just doesn’t happen? Why can’t I get disciplined and become that gym dude that would burn the calories and strengthen my heart and lungs and make [...]