The Mayo Clinic is a major leader in the health care industry.  Here’s some interesting trivia that provides insight into why the clinic has seen such incredible success and growth. Interesting facts about the Mayo Clinic How did the Mayo Clinic become so popular? While the Mayo Clinic does not have much paid advertisements, it gains its patients primarily through [...]

How to calculate how old you will live to be for most Americans is quite simple. Though statistics are not exact, they can provide a good estimate of how long you will live to be according to your lifestyle. Here are guidelines you can use to estimate your longevity. Estimating how long you will live A healthy lifestyle If you [...]

Gordon B. Hinckley didn’t get to 97 out of luck.  The reasons Pres. Hinckley lived to 97 can be attributed to his healthy lifestyle. Here are four specific things President Hinckley did to maintain good health. 4 Healthy habits from Gordon B. Hinckley’s life Each day in the morning President Hinckley would perform cardio exercise for at least 15-30 minutes (treadmill or stationary bicycle). [...]

For the terminally ill, one of the hardest things to cope with is not necessarily the sickness they have, but coping with the treatments doctors and others put on them.  For patients who have cancer, often the treatments are more hard to endure than the cancer itself. Hospice is a lesser-known option for terminally ill patients.  Hospice allows those who [...]

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper introduced the concept of aerobics to the world.  Though aerobic exercises have existed since the beginning of man, it wasn’t until Kenneth Cooper that aerobics became popular. Here are some contributions Dr. Cooper made to the world of health and fitness. 7 Contributions Kenneth Cooper made to health and fitness He proved wrong the false notion [...]

Some people link using food stamps to obesity.  Let me explain some logic behind this thinking. Why using food stamps may lead to more obesity U.S. food stamps are quite generous and often provide enough food money to buy junk food.  A young family with three children might get by on $300-400 of groceries each month and prepare their own [...]

Over the last 20 years the prevalence of obesity in the USA has grown dramatically.  Here are some growth trends of obesity in the United States. American obesity in 1990, 2000 and 2010 1990. In 1990 10 states in the U.S. had less than a 10% obesity prevalence. No single state had more than 15%  of people who were obese. [...]

The average American gets about 1 hour and 20 minutes less of sleep than they should to function optimally.  As a whole, Americans get 6 hours and 54 minutes of sleep per night.  The amount of sleep the average American needs for optimal functioning is about 8 hours and 15 minutes. Here’s some trivia to help you understand how to [...]

About one in eight women get breast cancer. While there are variables we can’t control (such as genetics), there are several things you can do to reduce your risk for breast cancer. Three ways to reduce your risk of breast cancer Eat leafy green vegetables. Some studies have shown eating spinach, broccoli and brussel sprouts to be as effective as chemotherapy in some [...]

Each winter Utah has its share of inversions, but 2013 has proved to be one of the most polluted years for Provo. In January 2013, Salt Lake City, Logan and Provo ranked among the top most-polluted cities in the United States.  For several days Provo ranked the second-most polluted state in America.  On a national map, much of the Wasatch [...]