Cutting intake fends off aging
WASHINGTON — Eat less, live longer? It seems to work for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their agi...
BUTLER TWP — VA Butler Healthcare is one of a few VA facilities with an on-site chiropractor.
"There are few hospitals in America that have chiropractors on staff," said...
Modern shoes change stride
WASHINGTON — Harvard biologist and runner Daniel Lieberman had a simple question: "How did people run without shoes?"
The answer he got is: Muc...
While there are no substitutes for long sleeve shirts and wide-brimmed hats to reduce sun burn, many sunbathers will opt for more comfortable protection against harmful ...
It allows for faster healing
BALTIMORE — When Liane Lefever complained to her doctor about a persistent ear ache, an examination found a much more serious problem: a brai...
A right-handed friend in high school was so worried about breaking her right hand — thus leaving her incapable of taking high-quality notes — that she would practice wri...
Summer is the perfect time for a fresh start for personal health and fitness. It is easy to fall into diet fads and fitness traps that begin as hopeful but quickly turn ...
Yeah, sure, summertime is all about easy. Except when you're a kid and you keep getting bumped or scraped, bee-stung or klonked in the head. How to handle these boo-boos...
Knee pain is the bane of many runners, sometimes causing them to give up running altogether. But knee pain might be lessened by strengthening the hips, a new study finds...
MIAMI — The sky is the color of freshly brewed coffee when Liliana Retelny slips her 27-foot shell into the still waters of Miami Beach's Indian Creek and begins her dai...
