Step into summer in the best shape of your life with these reports from Harvard Medical School.
Learn How

Start your exercise and fitness program and reap the benefits of being more fit, stronger and healthier!

Warmer weather is on the way and it's not too late to get in shape for the summer. These 3 reports can help you enjoy outdoor activities in the best shape of your life:

Healthy Lifestyle

Start the new year with a new you.  Discover ways to improve your health and well-being in 2010 with the Harvard Special Health Reports in our Healthy Lifestyle series. Take advantage of 25% savings with this special online offer. 

Enter Promo Code NEWYOU25 at checkout.


Displaying 1-10 of 16 items [ View All ]
A Guide to Women's Health: Fifty and forward

A Guide to Women's Health: Fifty and forward

Midlife can be a woman’s halftime celebration. Not only can it be an opportunity to reflect on and rejoice in the life you’ve lived, but it is also a good time to plan your strategy for the future. This report will help you determine the conditions for which you are at greatest risk and do your best to avoid them. It will also help you to better manage chronic conditions that may erode your quality of life, and to deal with physical changes that are more bothersome than serious. It is... Learn more »

Core Exercises: 6 workouts to tighten your abs, strengthen your back, and improve balance

Core Exercises: 6 workouts to tighten your abs, strengthen your back, and improve balance

Want to bring more power to athletic pursuits? Build up your balance and stability? Or are you simply hoping to make everyday acts like bending, turning, and reaching easier? A strong, flexible core underpins all these goals. Core muscles need to be strong, yet flexible, and core fitness should be part of every exercise program. Learn more »

Exercise: A program you can live with

Exercise: A program you can live with

What can improve your mood, boost your ability to fend off infection, and lower your risk for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and colon cancer? The answer is regular exercise. It may seem too good to be true, but it's not. Hundreds of studies demonstrate that exercise helps you feel better and live longer. This report answers many important questions about physical activity. It will also help guide you through starting and maintaining an exercise program that suits your abilities... Learn more »

Healthy Eating: A guide to the new nutrition

Healthy Eating: A guide to the new nutrition

Eat real food. That’s the essence of today’s nutrition message. Our knowledge of nutrition has come full circle, back to eating food that is as close as possible to the way nature made it. Based on a solid foundation of current nutrition science, Harvard’s Special Health Report Healthy Eating: A guide to the new nutrition describes how to eat for optimum health. Learn more »

Hearing Loss: A guide to prevention and treatment

Hearing Loss: A guide to prevention and treatment

If you think you might need a hearing checkup, you probably do. This Special Health Report describes the causes and cures for hearing loss. You’ll learn about the latest advances in hearing aid technology and find out which kind of hearing device may be best for you. This report contains in-depth information on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss. You'll learn how to prevent hearing loss and preserve the hearing you have now. Learn more »

Pain Relief Without Drugs or Surgery

Pain Relief Without Drugs or Surgery

Pain Relief takes many forms. This Special Health Report looks beyond the standard treatments of drugs and surgery and explores the many other pain remedies available from acupuncture to mind-body therapies. Includes discussions of chiropractic medicine, physical and occupational therapies, herbal remedies, mindfulness meditation, and music therapy among others. Provides specific treatments for 10 common pain conditions. Learn more »

Positive Psychology: Harnessing the power of happiness, mindfulness, and personal strength

Positive Psychology: Harnessing the power of happiness, mindfulness, and personal strength

Positive emotions have been linked with better health, longer life, and greater well-being in numerous scientific studies. On the other hand, chronic anger, worry, and hostility increase the risk of developing heart disease, as people react to these feelings with raised blood pressure and stiffening of blood vessels. But it isn’t easy to maintain a healthy, positive emotional state. Positive Psychology: Harnessing the power of happiness, mindfulness, and personal strength is a guide to the... Learn more »

Simple Changes, Big Rewards: A practical, easy guide for healthy, happy living

Simple Changes, Big Rewards: A practical, easy guide for healthy, happy living

All of us probably know some areas where we could boost our health and happiness — perhaps by exercising more, eating healthier, learning stress management techniques, or nipping a bad habit in the bud — but making a change can be daunting. It doesn’t have to be, though. This report will show you how to incorporate simple changes into your life that can reap big rewards. To receive this report at the $8 Special Price, add Positive Psychology to your cart and Simple Changes will be offered... Learn more »

Strength and Power Training: A guide for adults of all ages

Strength and Power Training: A guide for adults of all ages

Studies attest that strength training, as well as aerobic exercise, can help you manage and sometimes prevent conditions as varied as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and osteoporosis. It can also protect vitality, make everyday tasks more manageable, and help you maintain a healthy weight. This report answers your strength training questions and helps you develop a program that's right for you. Learn more »

The Autism Revolution

The Autism Revolution

After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child’s genes and destined to remain fixed forever, as we’re often told. Instead, it is the result of a cascade of events, many seemingly minor: perhaps a genetic mutation, some toxic exposures, a stressful birth, a... Learn more »

Displaying 1-10 of 16 items [ View All ]