Health & Fitness

Exercise during teens reaps long-term benefits for women, study shows

Exercise during teens reaps long-term benefits for women, study shows

Playing team sports and exercising during adolescence can have long-lasting benefits for women and may even reduce their risk of…
Flavoring, other additives increase cigarettes’ addictiveness

Flavoring, other additives increase cigarettes’ addictiveness

Ingredients that help enhance the appeal of “light” and “low-tar” cigarettes may contribute to the addictiveness of smoking, a study…
Male caregivers may be less likely to ask for help

Male caregivers may be less likely to ask for help

Among unpaid, informal caregivers of older people with illness or disability, male caregivers in particular can be ambivalent about asking…
Vaccine success holds hope for end to deadly scourge of Ebola

Vaccine success holds hope for end to deadly scourge of Ebola

The world is on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization said on…
Early bedtimes can lift the spirits

Early bedtimes can lift the spirits

Going to bed early and keeping regular sleeping hours can reduce negative thoughts and worries, according to recent research at…
Four exercises to help you stay in shape on vacation

Four exercises to help you stay in shape on vacation

Thirty minutes three times per week is what's required to maintain your physique.
Sleep science: Learning is possible during sleep

Sleep science: Learning is possible during sleep

French researchers have discovered that rehearsing simple word classifications up until the moment we nod off leads to the brain…
Snowga–mixing yoga with snow sports–takes off

Snowga–mixing yoga with snow sports–takes off

If there's snow, chances are there's Snowga, for the marriage of yoga and snow sports with a winter wonderland backdrop…
Two generic drugs reduce breast cancer deaths – Study

Two generic drugs reduce breast cancer deaths – Study

Two inexpensive classes of drugs available in generic form each reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in post-menopausal women as…
Boy who lost hands to infection gets double-hand transplant

Boy who lost hands to infection gets double-hand transplant

An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest patient to receive…
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