Smartphone apps for health and fitness an exploding craze
SACRAMENTO â When Jon Mead, a devoted cyclist, visits a new city, he goes right to his smartphone app Strava to find the best bike routes. In Sacramento, where he works at a Fleet Feet running-gear...
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Jack LaLanne's dedication to fitness is a lesson to all
On Sunday, in a light rain, I was walking on the Sacramento River Trail and I ran into a gentleman in his late 60s, who said how nuts we both were to be out in the bad weather. He mentioned he'd read...
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Eat right, exercise and avoid needing medication as long as...
From my perspective, the seemingly endless debate and carping about the Affordable Care Act largely misses the point.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: 'Fat Head' filmmaker shows fast food doesn't necessarily make...
Over the past couple of years several patients have told me that the documentary "Fat Head" had changed their lives.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Be sure to get your B's
In the world of commercial vitamin supplements, a market niche known for fads and sophisticated marketing, B vitamins may seem pedestrian. They don't get the respect they deserve.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Ancestry research can be harmful to your health
Can family history websites like Ancestry.com be hazardous to your health?
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Research shows pets are good for your health
In the early 1990s, I stayed at a bed and breakfast where the guests, all complete strangers, sat around the table one morning telling heart-wrenching stories of their dead pets.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Labs offer affordable and easily accessible ways to gauge your...
If you're not feeling well and have access to a computer you've probably been researching your symptoms online.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Family celebrates holiday with this Mince Meat Pie
I think holiday traditions are healthy â and with a little tweaking traditional holiday foods can be somewhat healthy for us (in moderation, of course).
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Lazy 69 Ranch has best eggs in nation, institute says
A bit of Shasta County trivia you may not know: We are home to the best eggs in the nation. That's right. For the third year in a row, the Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute has given its top honor...
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Frozen fruits and vegetables as nutritious as fresh
We may need to re-think the vegetable garden this summer if this drought continues.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Eat real, whole foods to keep yourself healthy
In my clinical nutrition practice, patients often ask: What foods create health and what foods take health from us?
View ArticleDerrick Adams: What to do about boob sweat
Big breasts and summer sometimes do not mix well in the North State. I am not talking about falling out of your bikini at Shasta Lake either.
View ArticleReview: Samsung fitness products offer the basics
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — Samsung's latest gadgets try to tap into people's passions for tracking fitness activities.
View ArticleFit in 15 minutes test
Variety is the spice of live. So why do we get stuck doing the same exercises week-in and week-out, then wonder why we give up a month or two later and head for the couch? Here are five exercises you...
View ArticleYoga instructor uses experience with cancer to inspire students
Teacher uses her own cancer experience to encourage students.
View ArticleJanis Meredith: Should parents push?
Every parent pushes his child in one way or another because you want your child to be stretched to fulfill his potential. But when is it too much?
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Today's food trends started with 1970s revolt against processed...
A 14-year old patient of mine asked me if I’d ever had a smoothie. I had to smile. Her question triggered a cascade of crazy 1970s memories.
View ArticleRedding Recreation: Multi-sport camp to provide introduction to variety of games
Also, LaCrosse camp teaches young kids the basics,
View ArticleRunning 5 minutes a day might add years to your life
Attention, everyone who hates to run: Turns out you only need to torture yourself for about five minutes a day to reap some important health benefits.
View ArticleCommon antibiotic could lead to heart-related death
Danish researchers discovered patients taking clarithromycin have an increased risk of dying from a heart-related issue.
View ArticleAt 81, was it ethical to operate on Joan Rivers?
Comedienne Joan Rivers died Monday after undergoing elective surgery. As Rivers was 81 years old, medical experts are debating whether it was ethical for surgeons to put her under the knife.
View Article5 ways men can prevent most heart attacks
Researchers have identified five ways men can prevent most heart attacks. But why do so few follow them?
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Gluten-free baking company providing alternatives
If you’ve missed it, gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, barley and some other less common grains, has become an easy-to-identify allergen for many people with skin, joint, digestion problems, headaches...
View ArticleThe untold dangers of ramen noodles
A late-night favorite food—ramen noodles have been called out in a new study for increasing health risks in women.
View ArticleBeware of ‘big five' triggers of shingles virus
According to the Center for Disease Control, shingles is caused by varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. Anyone who has had the chicken pox virus can get shingles.
View ArticleStick to monthly resolutions with these 5 tips
A very low number of Americans are still keeping resolutions they set back in January. Here are tips for keeping to those goals.
View ArticleTrudi Pratt: Vibration plate has many healthy benefits
The vibration is a little different with different machines, but in general it exercises you by engaging up to about 90 percent of the muscles in your body.
View ArticleShasta Regional Medical Center to open new inpatient psychiatric unit in...
Services will be for those 55 and older who voluntarily want to join program.
View ArticleGonorrhea and chlamydia are public health concerns in Shasta County
The Shasta County Public Health Department has amped up efforts to fight gonorrhea and chlamydia.
View ArticleNew mammogram guidelines won't change policy of local clinics
Health professionals try to figure out what new recommendations by American Cancer Society mean for patients.
View ArticleDoug LaMalfa throws support behind mental health reform bill
HR 2646 would bring national resources to address mental health treatment.
View ArticleBloodSource, Shasta Blood Center are merging
What the new facility will be named and where it will be located have not been determined.
View ArticleMercy denies sterilization procedure for two women
ACLU sends letter demanding hospital perform procedure when two women have Caesarians.
View ArticleResearchers grow brain parts to study development, disease
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Sergiu Pasca, a neuroscientist, used to envy cancer specialists. They could get their hands on tumors for research, while Pasca could not directly study key portions of a living...
View ArticlePlanet Fitness will open in Redding
The fitness club hopes to be open this spring in former Mervyn's space.
View ArticleCourt sides again with Mercy on rejecting Redding woman’s tubal ligation...
In second ruling in two weeks, San Francisco Superior Court again says Mercy can refuse woman's request for tubal ligation procedure.
View ArticleSyphilis rates rising in Shasta County
County Public Health Department says if more cases reported in coming year, it may announce an outbreak.
View ArticleHealth and Support Groups List
See a list of support groups available in Shasta County and its surrounding area.
View ArticleReport details costs, challenges of ACA's newly insured
Health insurers gained a sicker, more expensive patient population after the Affordable Care Act expanded coverage in 2014, according to an early look at medical claims from the Blue Cross Blue Shield...
View ArticleResearchers seek ‘good death’ checklist for those at end of life
What do you see when you picture an ideal death?
View ArticleOutdoors Recreation Groups List
See a list of outdoors recreation groups and clubs in and around Shasta County.
View ArticleMore eligible for health benefits with expansion of Medi-Cal, legislation
Children and adults will now be eligible for a full scope of health benefits starting this month, thanks to the expansion of Medi-Cal insurance and the passage of a bill that will expand health...
View ArticleMilk bank offers breast-feeding alternative
Mothers should breast-feed their child for about the first six months of their baby's life, but for women who are unable to produce milk, have had a mastectomy, or may have trouble with their baby...
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