Personal Health: Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance
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Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.
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RAMAT GAN, Israel  - A new system is using virtual  reality scenes of surfing and jogging to help physiotherapy  patients improve their balance and, for some, even to learn to  walk again.
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NEW YORK  - Older people who have long been physically active, and remain so, have better balance than less vigorous seniors, while those who pick up the exercise after retirement fare almost as well, French researchers report.
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A single gene can keep in check the body's tendency to pile on fat, scientists show.
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The results of a new study indicate that when Parkinsonâs patients took tango classes, their balance improved.
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TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Staying trim and healthy in younger years can lead to a healthier, more mobile old age, U.S. researchers say.
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Even the most health-conscious corporate executive sometimes struggles to balance professional and social commitments with a regular exercise regimen. The bottom line is this: The healthier you are, the more productive you will be; the fitter you become, the fewer work days you will miss, the less...
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Chiropractic correction of trauma-induced injury to the upper spine may halt or reverse the progression of both multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease symptoms, according to a Colorado practitioner.
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It is never too late to eat well and exercise every day, according to a quartet of new studies that found healthy lifestyles can produce dramatic benefits for the body and mind, even among the elderly.
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A new study suggests that longer and more intense physical activity helps men keep their cognitive functioning into old age. We already know that exercise has many benefits for health.
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Public-health campaigns regularly plug exercise as a sure-fire way to avoid an early grave. But that message may be too simplistic.
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UK and Swiss scientists find a way to trigger an out-of-body experience in healthy volunteers.
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Here's hoping you won't have to choose between health and comfort.
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Scientists believe measuring your waist could be a better indicator of future health than weighing yourself.
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It's no joke: laughing may be one of nature's cleverest tricks for keeping us healthy and safe
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NEW YORK  - For some people with Parkinson's disease, a personalized home program of exercises and instructions appears to help prevent them from falling, UK researchers have shown.
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Like many physicians, Nick Yphantides regularly advises his patients to eat healthfully and get plenty of physical activity. Yphantides used to add: "Do what I say, not what I do."