Unfit adolescents who have a high body mass index are more likely to suffer from hypertension when they are older than their peers, according to …
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Can low-fiber diets’ damage to our gut-microbial ecosystems get passed down over generations?
Uh-oh. A study conducted in mice raises suspicions that we humans may be halfway down the road to the permanent loss of friendly gut-dwelling bacteria …
Injured? Tips on maintaining your physical and mental fitness
My big sports injury came as a sophomore in high school in an indoor soccer game (an off-season way of staying fresh during the Midwestern …
Teens need healthy brain food, says Stanford expert
Today, U.S. News and World Report released their 2016 ranking of the best diets. For their story on healthy eating for teenagers, Neville Golden, MD, division chief of …
Doctor’s visits should include exercise check, researchers urge
Evidence on the health benefits of exercise abounds. Despite that, exercise is discussed in fewer than 40 percent of doctors' exams in the United States, …
Tips to survive — and thrive during holiday family events
Every year, in the interim between the last bites of my Thanksgiving meal and my first cup of coffee on Black Friday, a gnawing uneasiness …
Walking tall: The challenge of correcting your gait
Thanks to a bum knee, in elementary school I had to choose between two styles of special Oxford shoes to help correct my gait; I hated …
How parents and kids can have a happier – and healthier – Halloween
When I was a kid, the ghosts and ghouls of Halloween were the scariest things around. Now that I'm older, the terrors of Halloween have …
Study shows taking short walks may offset negative health impact of prolonged sitting
While most of us know that sitting for prolonged periods of time can be detrimental to our health, sometimes, despite our best intentions, we're locked …
A conversation about the diabetes epidemic
On this morning’s KQED’s morning radio show, Forum, several doctors including Stanford’s Bryant Lin, MD, discussed how diabetes is affecting the health of millions of …
Taking breaks for physical activity may benefit children’s long-term health
Here's an eye-opening statistic: Children in the United States spend on average 6 hours per day sitting or reclining. As we head into the fall and winter …
A Stanford physician takes a precision health approach to living a healthier lifestyle
Nearly 70 percent of Americans ages 20 or older are overweight or obese, including Larry Chu, MD, a Stanford anesthesiologist and executive director of Medicine …
Examining the long-term health benefits for women of exercise in adolescence
Sometime around the age of five, I distinctly remember my mother telling me, "You have to play a sport. You can pick any sport you …
Can food mentions in newspapers predict national obesity rates?
Food words trending in today's newspapers could help predict a country's obesity rates in three years, according to findings recently published in the journal BMC Public …
A day in the life of your body, in video
Most of us give little thought to the daily inner workings of our bodies. We're more focused on the tasks of getting ourselves, and the …
New research offers comprehensive picture of the lingering effects of sports injuries
In an effort to better understand the lasting impact of sports injuries, Stanford physicians collaborated with the university's athletic department to enroll nearly 1,700 student …