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No Consensus on a Common Cause of Foot Pain
Foot pain is a common problem for sports lovers, and can even afflict less athletic walkers and golfers. Plantar fasciitis is characterized by stabbing pain in the heel or arch, and is responsible for injuring about ten percent of runners, and many others involved in sports like soccer and basketball. In a recent article published on [...]
Kids Who Exercise May Have Better Bone Density in Adult Years
Getting kids to exercise is a good way to burn off excess energy and establish a baseline of physical fitness. A new study shows that exercising when you’re young may increase bone density in the later years, as well. “‘Exercise interventions in childhood may be associated with lower fracture risks as people age, due to [...]
The Connection Between Fitness and Grades
Just how much impact do gym class and recess have on kids’ test scores and school grades? A new study shows there may be more of a link than previously thought. A new study from Michigan State University shows that physically fit middle school students scored higher on standardized test and on take-home report cards [...]
Supertasters May Be Less Susceptible to Sinus Infections
Supertasters have the ability to distinguish small flavor differences most of the world doesn’t even notice. In addition to being able to discern the pink Himalayan salt from regular seat salt, a supertaster’s palate may help them avoid potentially dangerous foods. For example, potatoes that taste bitter have high levels of solanine, a toxin which [...]
Sky-High Vegetables: Vertical Farming Sprouts In Singapore
For places in the world where real estate is at a premium, vertical farming may just be the wave of the future. Michaeleen Doucleff recently published an article with NPR highlighting the opening of Singapore’s first commercial vertical farm. Vertical farming is a new approach to indoor farming. Think of how cities have evolved to the [...]
Adventurous Eating Helped Human Ancestors Boost Odds Of Survival
Are you an adventurous eater? If you are, you may have fared well in prehistoric times (of course, your version of “adventurous” is probably a bit different than theirs)! Journalist Nancy Shute recently published an article with NPR explaining how the discovery of new foods, including sedges (pictured above) may have increased survival odds for [...]
Happy People: Joyful Things They Do
Do you ever wonder what you can do to increase your happiness? Writer and neuroscientist Gabrielle LeBlanc recently wrote an article for The Oprah Magazine exploring this very issue. The answers she found may surprise you. 1. Find your most golden self. A lot of people picture happiness as sitting on a beach or swinging [...]
Multivitamin Use Linked to Lowered Cancer Risk
Do you currently take a daily multivitamin? You may want to start. Roni Caryn Rabin, journalist for The New York Times, recently wrote an article about one new-found benefit of taking multivitamins. A large study followed almost 15,000 older male doctors for more than a decade. Some of the doctors took a daily multivitamin, while [...]
Eating for Health, Not Weight
While maintaining a healthy weight is typically great for our health, it’s also possible to be slim and unhealthy, or overweight and healthy. Dean Ornish, founder of the Preventative Medicine Research Institute, recently published an article in the New York Times explaining that health is about much more than weight – a lot of it [...]
Do Exercise Programs Help Children Stay Fit?
Many parents encourage their children to be more active by enrolling them in classes or programs that encourage some form of exercise. But a recent article in the New York Times suggests that these interventions don’t actually increase kids’ daily activity levels. Journalist Gretchen Reynolds reported on a recent review of a variety of exercise [...]