A recent study has found fidgeting to be beneficial to overall health. The study, involving more than 12,000 women participants between the ages of 37 and 78, examined whether fidgeting could counteract the adverse health effects of sitting behind...
Newly published research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (2015), conducted by Dr. Yi-Wen Chen and colleagues at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Canada, found that tai chi can be beneficial to people suffering...
When was your last 100-meter dash? For Japan’s Hidekichi Miyazaki, it was last week. At 105 years young, this Japanese sprinter has been dubbed “Golden Bolt” after Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. Last week, Miyazaki attempted to beat his...
New hope for the future comes in the form of research findings that Alzheimer’s may be detectable up to 18 years before an official diagnosis. Earlier detection could mean more opportunity for treatment.
Scary but true facts about Alzheimer’s
The...
Some people are always chilly. Women, more often than men, have a tendency to feel cold. Is that just a fact of life, or could there be something more going on? If you feel cold all the time, it...
Plastics are affordable, lightweight and damage-resistant, so they are the easiest choice for food storage and lunch containers. But are they safe?
You may have heard about the toxin bisphenol-A or BPA. Many products are now sold with a “BPA...
We can barely call the melting of the polar ice caps breaking news. We’ve all heard about it, seen it on TV, and maybe read about it in scientific magazines. Our politicians are even using the polar ice melt...
Just when you thought the selfie might finally be fading in popularity, the selfie stick appeared like a hungry shark out of murky waters. While shark attacks may dominate the headlines, the dangers that await you in the sea...
We’ve looked at the lives of some super-healthy people and listed all the things they seem to have in common.
They sleep. While we all sleep, super-healthy people know to go to bed at approximately the same time every night;...
According to a new study, most elementary students have much more homework than the recommended amount. In some cases, students have three times as much homework as the recommended amount.
The National Education Association and the National Parent-Teacher Association...
