Chronic inflammation

Alex Pacquiao 09/15/2014

IF YOU slice your thumb while cutting bread or slam the car door on your finger, your body will respond. The response to an injury is warmth, redness and tenderness—in other words, inflammation. This is not a…

You and your doctor

Alex Pacquiao 09/08/2014

YOUR doctor is a key player in your health life. He or she has the unique expertise to perform critical assessments, diagnose problems and provide medicine and advice as needed to keep you well. Your doctor is…

Excess body fat

Alex Pacquiao 09/01/2014

IT USED to be that a lean frame indicated a personal history of sickness, meager meals and little money. Now, we are in the era of huge portions of chips, tubs of popcorn, iced Danish pastries and…

Can you avoid hypertension?

Alex Pacquiao 08/25/2014

IMAGINE your arteries and their delicate, branching capillaries growing narrow and stiff–a consequence of inactivity, stress, being overweight, and diet consisting of fatty and sweet food. Inside, unseen and unfelt, your blood hurtles along like a river…

What being ‘fit’ means

Alex Pacquiao 08/18/2014

THE WORD “fit” is a vague concept. What exactly does it mean? I’ll start by telling you what it doesn’t mean. Fitness is not the absence of illness or disease. If that were true, anyone who seldom…

What’s your true age?

Alex Pacquiao 08/04/2014

THERE are predictable physical declines that occur over time in our life and they usually strike at roughly the same point for all of us. We instinctively grasp the biological maxim that people can age at vastly…

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