Strategies to REVERSE coronary artery disease plaques are sorely needed. Evidence for over 40 years has demonstrated that low-fat plant diets, mind-body practices, and exercise like walking, medication, and some…
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Forest bathing is a term from Japan since the 1980s to describe a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku by spending time in forests, green spaces, and by bodies of…
Physical activity and exercise training are associated with a lower risk for coronary events. Puzzling for sure is that prior studies of middle-aged and older male athletes revealed increased coronary…
Vigorous physical activity (VPA) is a time-efficient way to achieve recommended physical activity levels. There is a very limited understanding of the minimal and optimal amounts of vigorous physical activity…
It is unclear whether the weekly recommended amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) has the same benefits for mortality risk when activity sessions are spread throughout the week…
Balance quickly diminishes after the mid-50s increasing the risk for falls and other adverse health outcomes. A simple test to assess balance, fall risk, and even survival, would be of…
It would hardly be worth studying nutrition if the data suggested it was not a powerful path to prevent heart disease and other conditions. Fortunately, it is quite the opposite….
Maintaining fitness has been a challenge these past two years as the pandemic shut gyms for many months and then limited occupancy. Many of my patients are off-track on…
In the year 490 BC, the fittest runner in Greece, Phiddipides, ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens, to announce a great victory over the Persians. After declaring the news,…
Dr. Joel Kahn: “Healthy habits make a big difference.” Was 2020 an easy year for most? Was it a healthy year for most? Was it a low-stress year for most?…
