http://www.efitnessnow.com Your Health And Fitness Guide Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to many recently released studies, eliminating the factors that can be attributed to heart disease offers no significant benefits for diabetic patients. This is completely the opposite of the belief shared by many that lowering a diabetic patient’s blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar will decrease the patient’s risk ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/15/lowering-blood-pressure-could-adversely-affect-diabetic-patients/ As reported earlier this morning, actor Peter Graves passed away on Sunday, March 14, 2010. He was found in his Los Angeles home by his publicist, Sandy Brokaw. Although it appears that the famous actor died from a heart attack, the official cause of death is still unknown. It is ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/15/peter-graves-dies-at-83-agent-phelps/ The NCAA Tournament selection committee announced their results on Sunday and the tournament has been set. The tournament is headlined by the Kansas Jayhawks who were granted the #1 seed in the Midwest region as well as the number one overall seeds. The other #1 seeds were the ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/15/ncaa-tournament-all-set/ Medical costs continue to rise in the United States. The problem is so big that resident Obama wants to pass health care reform to help consumers who are uninsured and those who are paying sky high monthly health insurance premiums. One big issue that needs to be issued is the ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/14/more-medical-testing-not-always-better/ Prostate screening antigen tests are often used as a common cancer screening tests for men. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the test cannot be proven to reduce the risk of death to prostrate cancer in men. Prostate cancer is the second most common form ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/13/growing-concerns-over-standard-prostate-cancer-test/ Women who take birth control bills do not have a higher long-term death risk than women who do not take birth control bills, according to recent report published in the British Medical Journal. Doctors conducted the study with a large sample of women over a forty year period. The recent findings ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/13/birth-control-pills-not-linked-to-long-term-death-risk/ Three cases for vaccine-related causation of autism were found to be scientifically unsupported in Federal court, March 12, 2010. It was ruled there was no scientific connection between the thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism. Parents and advocacy groups argued that the ruling represents a conspiracy to protect vaccination programs. More than 5300 ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/13/federal-court-rules-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/ They say everything is bigger in Texas. Unless you are Manny Pacquiao, that is. Pacquiao weighed in two pounds lighter than Joshua Clottey and is an inch and a half shorter. His reach is also three inches less than Clottey's. But you can't measure the heart of the world champion of ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/13/manny-pacquiao-vs-joshua-clottey-in-big-d/ One of the most hotly debated issues in sports over the past decade has been the use of steroids in Major League Baseball. Countless professional and minor league baseball players have either admitted to taking steroids or have failed drug tests. Some of the big names in baseball ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/12/tolentino-rodriguez-colon-and-lebron-suspended-for-testing-positive-for-steriods/ One of the tell tale signs of spring, is the yearly ritual of setting the clocks forward one hour. This weekend most will set their clocks ahead one hour before crawling into bed on Saturday night. Others will put off the inevitable until Sunday in the hopes they can hold ... http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/03/12/daylight-savings-time-time-to-spring-forward/