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More ticks infected with Lyme disease as temperatures increase

HEALTH

As the temperature increases so do the number infected ticks transmitting Lyme disease. For this edition of Healthy Living, YNN’s Marcie Fraser met with a public health and preventative medicine specialist to find out more about Lyme disease.

More ticks infected with Lyme disease as temperatures increase

5:00 AM

Tips for avoiding Lyme disease

HEALTH

20 years ago you hardly anyone knew anyone who had Lyme disease, today everybody seems to know somebody who has it. Why is there an increase? For this edition of Healthy Living, Marcie Fraser has more.

05/19/2013 05:00 AM

Paleo-friendly dishes may fill "hole" in your diet

HEALTH

Paleo dieters try to eat as a caveman would have. For this edition of Healthy Living, Geoff Redick has more.

05/18/2013 05:00 AM

Equilibrate vest helps with balance

HEALTH

In a recent report, within one year $1.3 billion was spent on physical therapy for muscular issues which often involved balance.

05/17/2013 05:00 AM

Decline bench for chest exercise

Tone Up

A decline bench is awesome for abdominals, but if you want a broad chest, you can also use the decline bench. Chest often mixes in push-ups and benching. This one mixes in a decline bench press. Marcie Fraser explains in today's Tone Up.

05/16/2013 05:00 AM

Allergy relief tips for a high pollen spring

A snowy and long winter means late blooming in spring. And with little rainfall to wash away the pollen as spring rolls in, allergic reactions have been more intense for some this year. For this edition of Healthy Living, YNN’s Erin Billups meets will a pulmonologist for some tips on alleviating allergy symptoms.

"Blu-U" device destroys unwanted skin cancer cells

We all know we should use sunscreen. But for those who don't, it's important to be on the lookout for skin-spots. For this edition of Healthy Living, YNN’s Geoff Redick talks with a dermatologist about a relatively new device for cancerous skin-sports, called the “Blu-U.”

Look for new sunscreen labels

Pay careful attention this spring and summer to the label on your sunscreen bottle. Due to new FDA testing and labeling standards, the term "broad spectrum" now has meaning. For this edition of Healthy Living, YNN meets with a professor of dermatologist.

Recovering from drugs (Part 2)

When it comes to addiction it doesn't discriminate. It can affect anyone at any age.

Healthy Living: Recovering from drugs

The percentage of adults addicted to prescription pain medication is on the rise, and many of them become addicted before they know it.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Healthy Living: </em></span>Recovering from drugs

Teaching children about warm-ups, cool downs and stretching

Now that you've laced up the right shoes, you're almost ready to start running. In this Child Wellness Wednesday Series, Ready, Set, Run, we're following ten adolescent girls as they go from never running before to completing a 5K. Step one was getting a proper shoe fit. Step two is teaching children about warm-ups, cool downs and stretching. YNN's Katie Gibas has more.

Proper breathing while lifting

Tone Up

It may seem obvious how to breathe, but it's not obvious when you're lifting. It can make a difference. It's recommended to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Marcie Fraser explains.

05/14/2013 05:00 AM

Tone Up: Strength training and 'negatives'

When you're talking fitness, you want to talk strength or toning. In today’s Tone Up, Marcie Fraser is doing a little strength training using a process called 'negatives.'

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span>Strength training and 'negatives'

Tone Up: Using a backpack for workout on the go

We're headed into the summer and that means travel. Don't let trips ruin your workout. No one wants to bring free weights on their trip but there is something most of us carry: a backpack or a small tote. For this edition of Tone Up, YNN’s Marcie Fraser shows us how to use a backpack for a workout on the go.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span> Using a backpack for workout on the go

Tone Up: 10-minute workout

Want to get into shape? Got 10 minutes? Get a pull up bar or join a gym and this entire routine can be done in just a few minutes every day. You're going to get a great shape, great toning and a great body.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span>10-minute workout

Tone Up: Exercises to strengthen lower abs

How's your belly? Don't like that lower belly pouch? Standing abdominals will help strengthen your lower abdominals in order to pull the belly in. Marcie Fraser shows you how.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span>Exercises to strengthen lower abs

Tone Up: What to do when you hit a plateau

Have you hit a plateau in your workout? In today's Tone Up, Marcie Fraser explains how to break through and lose that weight.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span>What to do when you hit a plateau

Tone Up: Front squats

Need a challenge? Try a front squat for your lower body. They're not for beginners. Marcie Fraser explains.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span>Front squats

Child Wellness Wednesday: Ready, Set, Run

Child Wellness Wednesday

If you've ever been intimidated by running, don't be. In this Child Wellness Wednesday series - Ready, Set, Run - we'll follow 10 adolescent girls as they go from never running before to completing a 5k.

05/08/2013 05:00 AM

Child Wellness Wednesday: Drug use

When you ask parents if their children use drugs, most of them would say 'no,' but 20 percent of our teenagers are using; and, they tried it for the first time before the age of 14. For this edition of Child Wellness Wednesday, YNN's Marcie Fraser filed the following report.