Fitness
Do Essential Oils Work? Here’s What Science Says
Every time you turn around someone is suggesting aromatherapy. Essential oils are a $1 billion industry, but are they effective?
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Fitness
What Type of Exercise Is Best during Menopause?
How can menopausal and perimenopausal women exercise to avoid “middle-age spread”? We talked with physician and triathlete Tamsin Lewis to find out
Fitness
Astrology, Tarot Cards and Psychotherapy
With psychotherapists’ encouragement, troubled people are seeking solace in pseudoscientific practices such as astrology and tarot cards...
Fitness
Advancing Efforts in Disease Interception
Ben Wiegand, global head of the World without Disease Accelerator at Janssen, the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, talks about efforts to prevent a disease or to identify it in its earliest stages for more effective treatments...
Fitness
How to Maximize Your Workout with Push-Pull Strength Training
Do you want a flexible, balanced, easy-to-remember workout that doesn't require spending all day at the gym? Push-pull strength training is for you!
Fitness
3 Strategies for Eating Healthier—Which One Works Best?
There’s new research on the most effective strategies for changing behavior. Which one is best at helping you eat healthier?
Medicine
The Case for Fewer Heart Procedures
For some of the most common cardiac conditions, medication is a solid alternative
Evolution
Kirk, Spock and Darwin
Duke University evolutionary biologist Mohamed A. F. Noor talks about his book Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds ...
Fitness
Can Avoiding Caffeine Boost Your Athletic Performance?
The ergogenic effects of caffeine on muscle strength and aerobic endurance are significant. But do you have to forego your morning cup of joe for a while to really feel them?
Fitness
What to Eat to Prevent Kidney Stones
Passing a kidney stone is excruciating! Here are some tips to reduce the chances that you’ll ever have to endure that pain or relive past misery
Fitness
Can You Use Yoga to Improve Your Athletic Performance?
Get-Fit Guy picks the brain of yoga practitioner, Abi Carver of Yoga15.com, to find out how she works with athletes to do just that
Fitness
Every Student Needs 200 Cubic Feet of Air
Originally published in April 1895
Fitness
Is Red Meat Killing Us or Making Us Stronger?
For years, experts have been telling us to cut back on red meat. Now, a new analysis says there’s no reason to. What’s a health-conscious consumer to do?
Fitness
Doctors Need to Focus Less on a Patient’s Weight
Extra pounds can lead to health problems, but dwelling on fat itself can increase stigma and shame
Fitness
How to Stay Hydrated During Exercise
If you're lugging around a fanny pack water bladder or sports beverages, you may be doing it wrong
Health
Survival of the Fittest Cells
Cells in the body don’t always play nicely together. Could co-opting their competitive nature help to unlock cutting-edge therapies?
Fitness
Weights vs. Cardio: Keep Them Separate or Combine?
Confused about whether you should lift on the same day as a run? You’re not alone. Let’s take a deep dive into the research and determine what to do
Fitness
Calling an Illness “Psychosomatic” Doesn’t Mean It’s Imaginary
Recent experiments have begun mapping the neuronal connections between mind and body like never before
Fitness
Is Iron Deficiency Causing Your Hair Loss?
Is your hair falling out? Nutrient deficiencies may be to blame. Reversing it starts with finding the cause
Sleep
How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Do you really need eight hours of sleep each night to thrive? Savvy Psychologist Dr. Jade Wu breaks down the eight-hour sleep myth and offers three ways to find the best sleep for you
