Worcestershire County Council is taking some serious hear after a decision to allow free gym membership to overweight residents on taxpayer expenses. According to the Daily Mail, there is a widespread issue regarding obesity in the West Midlands of England. Nearly 25% of adults in the country are considered obese. The new program, which is…
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Naked Labs recently unveiled the world’s first 3D fitness tracker. The device scans your body, analyzing your weight and the outline of your body as you stand on a scale in front of a mirror. It uses this information to calculate your body fat percentage. This sophisticated machine is equipped with an Intel processor, Wi-Fi,…
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Fitness trackers like the popular Fitbit aren’t always as accurate, and for some people, that’s enough to file a lawsuit. Like most fitness tracking devices, the Fitbit has a tendency to underestimate the amount of steps taken while doing tasks around the home and office, according to a recent Ball State University study. But while…
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The summer months are finally here, which means more people will be working out for “beach season.” But Dr. Jeffery Banker, director of the Syncope Clinic, tells The Baltimore Sun that working out in the heat is dangerous for many people. “Work out too hard and become overheated… and you might faint,” Dr. Banker said.…
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For the third straight year in a row, Washington, D.C., has been named “America’s Fittest City.” The annual ranking from the American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation measures and compares the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country based on aspects like physical activity levels, rates of chronic disease, smoking levels, and…
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The Hepatitis B virus, or HBV, is known as a particularly unattractive disease. Not only does it cause nausea and jaundice, a yellowing of the skin, but it can also lead to serious health issues like liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. It’s estimated that some 850,000 Americans have HBV, and that as many as 20…
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Having a child is a priority in and of itself. That’s why many working women understand the feeling of wanting a child — just not right now — and wanting to be able to better plan for one in the future. And when it comes to fertility, it can be difficult to plan, as conceiving…
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San Francisco recently became the first city in the nation to mandate public safety warnings about the health effects of sugar. Beginning July 25, publicly-displayed advertisements around the city for sugar-sweetened beverages must include a warning label that takes up 20% of the display space. San Francisco U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled in favor…
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Indianapolis news channel WTHR proved fitness can be fun at the WTHR Health and Fitness Expo during the weekend of April 23 and 24. Typically, Las Vegas, Chicago, and Orlando are home to about half of the largest 200 exhibition shows in the United States, but that April weekend, Indianapolis hosted a star-studded event. With…
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A new method to treat insulin producing cells has been released to treat those who have type 1 diabetes. Researchers at Harvard University and Washington University School of Medicine found a way to produce insulin-secreting cells using the patient’s own stem cells. The team of researchers carried out tests on mice, which showed the new…
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