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  1. Facebook in your 40s?

    1/24/09 11:09am by funfit40something
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    The median age of a Facebook user is 26. I am 41—and yet I’m getting peer pressure to join Facebook. Even though the over-30 crowd is the fastest growing demographic among Facebook’s more than 150 million users, I’m hesitant to join.  Read more >

  2. Broken hearts club: Heart disease overlooked in women

    12/31/08 4:17pm by funfit40something
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    I wrote a couple months ago about gender bias in the diagnosis of heart disease.  Read more >

  3. Napping beats caffeine

    12/20/08 11:59am by funfit40something
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    It’s Monday, and you’re dragging at work (or at play)—what do you do? While a cat nap might be tempting, you’re probably more likely to hit Starbucks. Depending on your tasks, though, a nap might be just the ticket.  Read more >

  4. The write way to health and happiness

    12/18/08 11:16am by funfit40something
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    Researchers at Kent State have found that expressing gratitude in writing can improve health and happiness. They enlisted students to explore the effect of writing letters of gratitude to people who had positively affected the students’ lives.  Read more >

  5. It's official: Health follows happiness

    10/7/08 2:42pm by funfit40something
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    It’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg conundrum: Which comes first—happiness or health? Lots of people probably think good health will bring them happiness, and rightly so. But it turns out the opposite is true, too.   A recent study in the American Journal of Health Promotion indicates adults who are happy are more likely to report good health, both now and later.  Read more >

  6. Circuit training: A total body workout

    9/29/08 3:59pm by funfit40something
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    Circuit training gained notice in recent years with the rise of facilities like Curves. While questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the Curves program, the underlying concept of circuit training can pay off if done correctly. And circuit training is yet another type of exercise you can successfully adapt for use at home.    Read more >

  7. The truth about the Mediterranean diet

    9/26/08 2:06pm by funfit40something
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    We’ve been hearing for years about how the Mediterranean diet is associated with longer, healthier lives. Now comes word that Mediterranean eating habits have been Americanized. As a result, the people of Greece, Italy and Spain are seeing an increase in diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity.  Read more >

  8. Ring it up: 3 kettlebell moves

    9/22/08 5:07pm by funfit40something
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    Lately I’ve noticed more people at the gym using a piece of equipment that looks like something Bugs Bunny might drop off a cliff onto the Roadrunner.  Read more >

  9. You can tell by the way I use my walk

    9/18/08 5:56pm by funfit40something
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    A woman’s history of vaginal orgasm is discernible from her walk. That, believe it or not, is the title of a study published in the September issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine.    Read more >

  10. Blast your cardio with interval training

    9/17/08 2:00pm by funfit40something
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    Bored with your cardio workout, or just pressed for time? Interval training may be the ticket to reinvigorate your routine and get better results in less time. And it’s not just for runners.    Read more >

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