http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp Wed, 14 May 2008 18:34:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New details have emerged suggesting that aerobic fitness, muscle strength, and flexibility are the main components included in an adult fitness test being introduced Wednesday by the U.S. government. Very tellingly, the test will feature several of the exercises done by millions of students each year as they strive for ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/government-issues-a-new-fitness-test-for-us-adults.htm According to reports from the Associated Press, it has been stated that a new study suggests that more than half of all insured Americans regularly take prescription drugs to treat chronic health problems, with drugs to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol the most widely used. Very tellingly, the Medco Health ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/study-says-more-americans-taking-drugs-for-chronic-health-problems.htm According to the latest News and Numbers report from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research, it has been reported that only 12 percent of the 228 million adults in the United States have the health literacy skills to manage their own health care proficiently. Reportedly, it was stated that health literacy ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/health-care-management-said-to-be-difficult-for-most-americans.htm Recent details have emerged indicating that according to a new review of recent research, the jury is still out on whether psychotherapy can help older people with depression. Reportedly, drawing from the study, among the small number of patients studied, there were some signs that a treatment called cognitive behavioral therapy ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/researchers-say-elderly-with-depression-not-really-helped-with-psychotherapy.htm New details have emerged pointing to the fact that a new study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that women may be at increased health risks due to their higher level of discomfort about being weighed in public. Very tellingly, the study showed that college-age females, in comparision to their male ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/study-says-discomfort-of-public-weighing-may-be-detrimental-to-a-womans-health.htm According to research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, it has been suggested that a drug commonly used to treat severe acne can lead to depressive behaviour in mice. It is noteworthy of mention that since the drug’s introduction in the early 1980s there have been controversial reports of depression and suicidal ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/uk-study-discovers-scientific-link-between-acne-treatment-and-depression.htm New details have suggested that a young asthmatic woman who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for her shift as a waitress at a bar may be the first reported death nationally from acute asthma associated with environmental tobacco smoke. As was published in the February edition of the American Journal ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/death-of-asthmatic-woman-said-to-be-linked-to-environmental-tobacco-smoke.htm According to Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has been suggested that a hepatitis C outbreak traced to a Nevada endoscopy clinic may be “the tip of an iceberg” of safety issues at clinics across the country. The Associated Press reports that ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/hepatitis-outbreak-said-to-be-beginning-of-woes-at-us-clinics.htm New reports from the Channel 4 news have suggested that: “People who suffer from acne are less likely to take exercise or excel at physical games.” Drawing from a study of people from a national acne support group, it was discovered that people with acne tend to avoid participating in sports ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/anxiety-over-acne-may-extend-to-the-sports-field.htm New details have emerged suggesting that, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to determine the extent to which behavior, environment and genes each play a role ion the development of chronic bronchitis, although smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic ... http://bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/risk-of-chronic-bronchitis-said-to-be-increased-by-genetic-factors-in-smoking.htm