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Running may be the single most effective exercise to increase life expectancy, according to a new review and analysis of past research about exercise and premature death. The new study found that, compared to nonrunners, runners tended to live about three additional years, even if…

It’s the time of the year for summer camp physicals.  If your child needs one you can come to Boca Regional Urgent Care and have it done for only $20.  Please bring in any forms that are needed.  No appointment needed.

We have seen an uptick in the flu this week.  It is influenza B and our patients with it have been feeling lousy.  The hallmarks of the illness are fever and body aches.  If you think you might have the flu there is medication that…

There’s plenty of evidence linking poor sleep to chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, but remarkably few good clinical trials have looked at whether sleep is a bulwark against respiratory infections. One such study, published last September in the journal Sleep, reported that adults…

By  GRETCHEN REYNOLDS NY Times  The holiday season brings many joys and, unfortunately, many countervailing dietary pitfalls. Even the fittest and most disciplined of us can succumb, indulging in more fat and calories than at any other time of the year. The health consequences, if…

The Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital is holding a “Tour de Fprce” in the fight against cancer.  Please join them on World Cancer Day for an interactive, open-house event for cancer patients, their caregivers and the community-at-large.   This Oncology Health Expo…

Until recently, many scientists believed that exercise reduces the body’s ability to fight off infections. Past studies had found, for example, that after workouts, especially strenuous ones, people had fewer infection-fighting white blood cells in their bloodstreams than before working out, suggesting that their immune…

A review of more than a thousand studies has found solid evidence that being overweight or obese increases the risk for at least 13 types of cancer. The study was conducted by a working group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of…

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS  NYTimes Until recently, many scientists believed that exercise reduces the body’s ability to fight off infections. Past studies had found, for example, that after workouts, especially strenuous ones, people had fewer infection-fighting white blood cells in their bloodstreams than before working out, suggesting…

The benefits of mindfulness meditation, increasingly popular in recent years, are supposed to be many: reduced stress and risk for various diseases, improved well-being, a rewired brain. But the experimental bases to support these claims have been few. Supporters of the practice have relied on…