Every athlete knows it well: the soreness that sets in a day or two after a particularly tough workout. A recent article in the New York Times offers a somewhat helpful explanation of how it works (no one knows) and what you can do about it (not much).  Known to […]

The Mediterranean diet became even sunnier recently when the FDA granted bottlers of olive oil the right to claim that it may help reduce the risk of heart disease. The Washington Post reports that olive oil contains mono-unsaturated fatty acids, which lower the dangerous type of blood cholesterol known as […]

We’re certain that your mother was right about everything else, but when she told you to put on a hat because most of your body heat escapes through your head, she was wrong. The theory, the New York Times explains, was based on 50-year-old research in which people were exposed […]

Forget the nap. The best way to boost energy after a long day of travel is found in the other direction: an extreme physical workout. That, at least, is the preferred treatment of the business travelers interviewed in this short piece in the New York Times.

Each year, the New York Times reports, 1.5 million Americans break bones because of osteoporosis, costing the health care system $18 billion. Doctors are persuaded that it doesn’t have to be that way, and they are scrambling for ways to keep bone sturdy through midlife and into old age. The […]

The good news, according to a recent study, is that you can eat as much as you would like to eat and not gain weight. The bad news is that you can’t eat what you’d like to eat. As Jane Brody reports in the New York Times, the study showed […]

Monte Rosa is not one mountain but a series of peaks above 15,000 feet and marking a frozen stretch of the border between Italy and Switzerland. Climbing it, writes Eric Sylvers in the New York Times, is a series of hardships and rewards.

How hard is it to burn fat? Does a more intense workout like a game of squash burn more fat than a slower workout like long walk? The short answer is ‘yes,’ but the best answer requires a bit of explanation, such as this one from the ever-helpful Moving Crew […]

Bad news for the male, fifty-plus, Chardonnay crowd: white wine does nothing to prevent prostate cancer. Red wine, however, appears to cut the risk of prostate cancer in half, at least for men who drink at least four glasses or more a week. Heck, that’s nothing. Sure makes the red/wine […]

The bad news, according to a new study by the Rand Corporation, is that the suburbs can make you sick. As this article in the Washington Post reports, people living in more densely populated areas reportedly suffered more illness, such as arthritis, asthma, stomach problems, headaches and urinary tract infections, […]