Month: July 2014

Is it a bad idea to hit the gym after having a few drinks at happy hour? — Celeste We've all been there. A friend wants to grab drinks or go to a boozy brunch, but you promised yourself you wouldn't skip yoga (again). And as much as we'd like to deny it, you aren't doing yourself any favors by pounding the pavement or hitting the mat with a slight buzz. As you probably guessed, even in moderation alcohol is considered an ergolytic substance, meaning it impairs athletic performance (compared to ergogenic substances like caffeine, which can enhance performance). The

Turns out, there's truth to the stereotype of the "four-eyed bookworm." A new study in the journal Ophthalmology suggests reading and schoolwork may have a greater influence on nearsightedness (also called myopia) than genetics. The findings are based on 4,685 people who underwent eye exams and genetic tests and answered lifestyle surveys. Researchers from the University Medical Centre Mainz in Germany found that among people who had graduated from school after 13 years (which is how long it would take to complete the most rigorous levels of German primary and secondary school), 60. …

No one has it all, but some people do make the best of what they have and take very good care of it. Those people tend to savor their lives a bit more.

By Laura McMullen for U.S. News Stress can help you perform better and work harder both in the workplace and elsewhere. But sometimes too much of even "good" stress can be overwhelming and lead to fantasies of curling into the fetal position under the desk, familiarizing co-workers with a specific finger or simply walking out the door forever. Let's not let it come to that. These tips will help you find calm, focus and even a little happiness during your most stressful workplace moments. 1. Switch tasks. "If you have the flexibility to do something else, get into a task

Leading doctors’ group says it’s time to rethink routine pelvic exams for most healthy women

HOUSTON (AP) — Rushing into a Houston home, police officer Austin Huckabee encountered a drunken, combative man bleeding profusely on the kitchen floor. He quickly realized the blood was spurting in rhythm with the man's heart and cardiac arrest was just moments away.

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The 30s and 40s are the ages at which it's time to lose that "eat right, exercise, die anyway" mentality, put down the cigarette, and get moving: Recent research says even the natural progression of coronary artery disease can be reversed, regardless of lifestyle sins of the past. "It's not too late," said Bonnie Spring, lead investigator of the study and a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine assessed the lifestyle and coronary artery calcification levels of the former CARDIA participants, now between the ages of 38 and 50. Healthy lifestyle was considered as not being obese or overweight, exercising regularly, not smoking and sticking to a healthy diet with a low alcohol intake.