Health and fitness

News, reviews and articles about health, fitness and sports products and accessories.

Keep time and the score with the ScoreBand

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There are a lot of choices in watches today.  You can choose a simple watch or you can choose a tiny computer that you wear on your wrist.  The problem with the tiny computers is that they are expensive and something you probably don’t want to wear while engaging in sports because of the potential […]

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You may not have one on your shoulder, but you can wear an Angel health sensor on your wrist

Angel Health Sensor

Lets face it, with the cost of medical care and health insurance rising, it is more important than ever to look after your health. I have seen a lot of wearable activity monitors around, I even wear a Nike FuelBand everyday, but the information that you can get back is more about activity and not

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Prospecs Power Walk 503 sport walking shoes review

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The right tools will make any activity easier and more enjoyable. For example, you wouldn’t want to build a house with a Swiss Army Knife or paint a portrait with a toothbrush. So it follows that a runner wouldn’t wear flip flops to run a marathon and a sports walker shouldn’t wear running shoes to

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Withings Pulse activity tracker review

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Hey potato, get up off that couch and let’s take a walk to healthy town. Just 30 minutes of brisk walking per day offers a lot of health benefits, but I know it’s sometimes hard to get started, so here’s a fun little gadget to motivate you. It’s the Pulse activity tracker from Withings. I’ve

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Help your child (or yourself) conquer a fear of medical injections by removing the pain

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When my daughter was much younger, she had to suffer through a lot of allergy testing and allergy injections (sometimes as many as three a week).  Because this testing started when she was barely a year old, you can imagine she quickly developed a fear of needles because of the pain of the procedures.  I

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The FitBark – a wireless activity monitor for your dog

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We’ve all seen the variety of fitness monitors for humans on the market today, and now FitBark is extending the monitoring to your dog.  This Kickstarter project has already met more than 200% of its funding goal, but you have until Aug 26, at 3:00pm EDT to pledge to be sure your dog is one of

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TomTom puts GPS tech into 2 new fitness watches

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The popularity of fitness bands and watches is currently at an all time high. Everyone wants to know how they measure up with their daily step count, running distance, and other health stats. One of the newest fitness watches to show up on the scene is from what I thought was an unlikely company –

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Track your calorie burn with the SYNC Burn connected fitness device

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Most of the fitness trackers currently on the market have a burned calories display that has been calculated based on stats like weight, height and of course your activities. While this info is very helpful, it’s using a formula that has not been created especially for you. If you’re looking for more accuracy, you might

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Nap comfortably anywhere with this pillow

Napanywhere pillow

The NapAnywhere pillow is a Kickstarter project developed by Ravi Shamaiengar, a medical doctor who was tired of the stiff, painful neck that resulted when he slept during travel.  He found those U-shaped pillows just didn’t offer the neck and head support that was needed for sleeping upright, so he says: “Using my knowledge of

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Protect your health with the DefenderPad Laptop Radiation Shield

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Anyone who’s sat working with a laptop computer on their legs for any length of time realized how much heat they put out.  The heat can cause permanent damage and discoloration to the skin on your legs, and it can even adversely affect male fertility.  It’s not just heat you have to worry about, though.

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Stay moist with the Satechi USB Portable Humidifier

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The Satechi USB Portable Humidifier is a small screw-on device that fits on most brands of bottled water and can be used as a humidifier, mister or aroma diffuser. Just fill the bottle with purified water, screw on the device/filter and plug in to a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port. The USB Portable Humidifier will

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