5 Quick Tips for Disease Prevention
OK, all of us at Brigham City Community Hospital respect your time. So here are the five tips to prevent disease— nice and fast, no beating around the bush. Stop (or never start) smoking Exercise...
View ArticleThe Dangers of “Fad” Diets
The New Year has come and reality has set in. That “fad” diet you started—determined to lose 30 pounds—has come and gone as well. A fad diet is a diet that has no real scientific basis, and quickly...
View ArticleHealth Benefits of Aerobic Exercise
What if we told you that the key to living longer and feeling younger had been found? Would you do anything about it? What if we told you that it could be as simple as exercising for just 30 minutes a...
View ArticleI (Heart) Smoking?
By now most of us are familiar with the bad effects that smoking has on one’s health. One of the single, most important things you can do to improve your health (or avoid problems altogether) is to...
View ArticleYou + Exercise = ☺?
We all know that we need to exercise to stay healthy. The benefits of good, regular exercise are numerous and well demonstrated. But how do you know which type of exercise is best for YOU (and we mean...
View ArticleEAT, SLEEP, RUN… IT’S RAGNAR
The RAGNAR Wasatch Back Relay race is scheduled for June 20 – 22, 2013. RAGNAR features a crazy 12-person team (or sometimes an even crazier 6-person team) completing a combined run of almost 200...
View Article5 Keys to a Healthy Heart
Do you know which organ is the body’s strongest? How about which muscle does the most work over the course of a lifetime? If you guessed the heart, you are correct. Tipping the scale at a mere 11...
View ArticleCramp…That Hurts!
How to Avoid Running Cramps Ever been in a groove while running? Early morning air, sun rising over the mountain, and you just think: Life’s good. That is until the sharp pain runs through your body....
View ArticleHydration How To’s
Salt. The familiar taste trickles down your rough, cracked lips in small beads of sweat from your upper lip. With each new strike of the foot, small dust clouds rise up from the dry dirt. Your muscles...
View ArticleThe Hot and Cold Game – Do You Ice or Heat a Running Injury?
If you’re an avid runner, or if you’re getting ready to run RAGNAR this June, you might want to take some time away from training for a few minutes to read this: Running is awesome exercise. It’s good...
View ArticleGetting More Exercise Out of Daily Activities
At Brigham City Community Hospital, we understand it can be hard to find time to exercise. But our exercise champions say it’s easier than you think – if you apply activity into your normal schedule....
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