Ask the Trainer at GetYourRearinGear.com gets numerous questions from women who want to lose weight, get in shape, or tighten typical problem areas. Last week’s Workout Tips for Women offered advice from Chris Freytag about toning the hips, thighs and abs. This week, fitness expert Kris Wayne offers more advice for women who are committed [...]
Concerns regarding a cancer recurrence often plague survivors and family members. This Ask the Doctor questions comes from the daughter of a survivor who developed cancer at an incision site. Get Your Rear in Gear reader: My father was diagnosed with colon cancer a few years ago, he had surgery and chemo and was cancer [...]
Today, new legislation goes into effect which will help to protect cancer patients. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network outlines the changes in a release to its members. Six months after the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the following vital protections take effect: Insurance companies can no longer discriminate against children with pre-existing [...]
The Ask the Trainer program at GetYourRearinGear.com has become a leading resource for exercisers who are seeking to improve their health, prevent disease, lose weight, or get in shape. Our panel of fitness experts field questions from advanced fitness buffs, new exercisers, and everyone in between. Recently, a number of questions have come in from [...]
Get Your Rear in Gear founder, Kristin Tabor, had a colonoscopy on Friday, September 17, after experiencing abdominal pain and colon cancer related symptoms for several months. In an earlier interview, Tabor explained that she wanted to share her fears and her experience with the blog audience because ” I want others to know that [...]
Colon Cancer Coalition president and founder Kristin Tabor has spent the past six years trying to raise awareness of colon cancer through Get Your Rear in Gear races across the country. The events have become the nation’s largest colon cancer community events. Now the cancer scare is hitting close to home. The 46 year-old mom [...]
A new article at WebMd.com clarifies the somewhat confusing relationship between alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer risk. On a broad level, the article addresses the issue of how moderate drinking affects overall health for men and women. But Susan Gapstur,PhD, MPH, vice president of epidemiology for the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, addresses the specific relationship [...]
Tune in on September 10 beginning at 8pm EST for Stand Up To Cancer, a multi-network, collaborative effort to raise awareness and funds for cancer. The live, one-hour event will be simulcast commercial-free on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Bio, Current TV, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, The [...]
Benign polyps are often found and removed during a colonoscopy. Patient follow-up after the colonoscopy can vary depending on the situation. This question comes from a reader who wants to clarify the risk involved when such a polyp is found and removed. For this important question, two Ask the Doctor panelists provide helpful advice and [...]
Runner Matt Carrera has a training plan to reach both his marathon and fundraising goals. The 32 year-old chiropractor will be running the January 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon to raise funds for the Colon Cancer Coalition and to reach his own personal fitness goals. Carrera had always wanted to run a marathon, but when [...]
