Four Steps that Pay High Dividends If good health seems to demand too many healthy habits, you'll be cheered to know new studies show that just four can play a major role in preventing the top causes of adult death and illness in our country.

Secrets of Success for Reaching Goals Year after year, do you make the same New Year's resolutions to eat better or exercise more - yet don't? If you think it's all about self-discipline, that pattern will continue.

Weight Control: It's Not All or Nothing The most recent report on weight control, issued by the National Institutes of Health, strongly counters the common "all or nothing" attitude of many dieters.

Do I Really Have to Sweat? For optimum health we increase our goal to an hour of moderate activity each day, and through the week tack on one or more sessions of vigorous activity to total at least an hour.

Does Weight Really Matter? Does it really matter whether the reason behind obesity's link to health problems is a result of the weight itself or the lifestyle habits that caused it? Yes, because the answer determines how to best approach the problem.

Fitness or Fatness: What Matters Most? Recent studies suggests that greater health benefits may come from making lifestyle choices for fitness rather than from aiming strictly at weight loss.

Getting a Grip on Strength Training Leading exercise physiologists report that by middle age, weight training may be just as important to maintaining quality of life by preventing age-related loss of muscle and bone.

The Benefits of Exercise Diabetes 101: Exercise should be an integral part of the treatment plan for persons with diabetes.

Walking for Exercise: A Step in the Right Direction Walking is one of the easiest ways to exercise. You can do it almost anywhere and at any time. Walking is also inexpensive. All you need is apair of comfortable shoes.

Sizing Up Surgery Many people have surgery performed on them without understanding its necessity or accomplishments. Learn how you can enhance your rights as a consenting individual. The more you know what's being done, the more involved you'll become in your care.

Exercise with Care - Fitness is not Risk-Free Early one morning you're out jogging along your favorite path, getting the heartbeat going a little faster and feeling good, when suddenly, your ankle twists and your leg gives way. You groan in pain and mutter something about that hole you stepped in not being there yesterday....

Five Common Myths About Exercise Five Common Myths About Exercise - Find out if your what you think is true is actually fact or fiction.

Exercise Makes Instant Difference in Reducing Blood Pressure The long-term benefits of exercise in reducing high blood pressure are well known, but a recent study by the University of Maryland published in the January issue of the American Journal of Hypertension shows that they can be immediate as well.

Experiencing Back Pain? Try These Lower-Back Exercises Strong lower-back muscles and abdominals work together in maintaining a pain-free and healthy back. These exercises will help strengthen the muscles of the lower back, but it is important that you begin your exercises slowly and increase levels gradually. Always begin any exercise program with stretching. Talk to your doctor before attempting any exercises, especially if you are already experiencing back pain.