You know The Zone. It’s the place you find yourself when you’re playing your best game–golf, tennis, swimming-the game doesn’t matter, being in The Zone does. Now comes a study from researchers in the UK and Australia that appears to show us what golfers need to stay in The Zone: […]

Probiotics, the living bacteria that offer a variety of health benefits, especially for the digestive system, are available in tablet form, sold online and in health food stores. They are also available in the form nature put them in: daily products. Which is better? That’s what researchers at the University of […]

Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve) pose a greater risk to heart health than had been believed. That’s the word from the FDA, which, according to the New York Times, will soon ask drug manufacturers to change the labels to reflect new evidence that the drugs increased the risk of heart […]

In two important ways, salt intake and cholesterol intake, fast food is no worse than slow food, although, yes, it is less time-consuming. Researchers at the University of Illinois who analyzed eight years of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, concluded that eating at a restaurant is comparable […]

OK, this sounds like some kind of conspiracy of french fries, but researchers at the University of Georgia are convinced that it’s true: A high fat changes bacteria in our gut, and the new bacteria sends information to our brain that can impair our ability to know when we are […]

No, it’s not fair: the benefits of exercise are not created equal. According to research conducted at Brown University, the type of people who get the most from their efforts are men, people under 50, and people battling type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems. How do they know? Because when […]

Get out. As in “get outside,” because yet another study has shown that walking in nature is good for your brain. The Washington Post reports on the research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which asked 38 people with no history of mental disorder to take a […]

Two weeks. That’s how long you have to be inactive to cause appreciable muscle loss. How much is loss that? According to researchers at the University of Copenhagen, young men who have one leg immobilized for two weeks lose up to a third of their muscular strength, and older people lose […]

The rich are different.  So, according to the New York Times, are the athletic: they are younger than their chronological age. Times health columnist Gretchen Reynolds reports on research that attempted to determine the “fitness age” of people competing in the Senior Olympics, a biennial event for athletes over 50. […]

It’s OK, close your eyes, breathe deeply. Your boss will wake you up soon enough. When she does, direct her attention to a recent study conducted at the University of Michigan, showing that sleeping on the job can actually boost productivity. A U of Michigan news release reports that researchers […]