Balance meds with the quality of life - Dear Dr. Roach: Several years ago my husband received a stent for a 99 percent blockage. What had kept him alive was a network of collateral arteries, thanks to a lifelong high level of exercise. His cardiologist put him on Crestor, and he became an old man before his time ? muscle cramps, muscle weakness to the point that he was unable to exercise and our sex life became nonexistent. Also, his ... (May 21, 2013)
4 Ways to exercise can boost your mental performance - No doubt, the biggest appeal of exercise is to build biceps, heart muscle, and perhaps some definition in those abdominal muscles, but how about using exercise to build your brain? (May 10, 2013)
Phys Ed: Can Cholesterol Drugs Undo Exercise Benefits? - An important new study suggests that statins, the cholesterol-lowering medications that are the most prescribed drugs in the world, may block some of the fitness benefits of exercise, one of the surest ways to improve health. (May 21, 2013)