US recommends 2 1/2 hours of exercise per week

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Adults should aim to get in 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week and children should run and play for at least an hour a day, according to new exercise guidelines issued by the US government on Tuesday.
The guidelines, meant to be akin to the “Food Pyramid” nutritional advice, are based on studies that show [...]

Exercises for health: No pain, big gains

Monday, August 18th, 2008

by Tyrone M. Reyes, M.D.
The world is in the grip of an energy crisis.
The rising costs and dwindling supply of fossil fuels get all the press. but from a medical view, the real crisis involves human energy — or to be more specific, the lack of it. In the Philippines and many other countries in [...]