Just what is a “learning difference?” Why are people so reluctant to be specific? This ambiguity is used by both writers and family members when referring to an individual who has some sort of cognitive [...]

Next time you think you can’t go without a sugary soda or bottled juice, remind yourself this may add to a risk for stomach cancer. A study from the Mass [...]

You don’t necessarily have to accept “death by chair.” Getting up and walking more during the day may help reduce health risks linked to spending too much time sitting. [...]

Which is better for your body: spending your workout time on strength training and jogging, or doing a little less of those activities while adding yoga, fitness classes and karate? A study published in [...]

Eccentric training can be paired with very hard lifting, but it doesn’t have to be intense to work. So what happens when you focus mostly on eccentric movements at a [...]

Creatine is usually associated with bigger lifts, explosive power and better gym performance. But this white powder has a role beyond exercise. You don’t need supplements to have creatine. Your [...]

Research suggests that an exercise regimen may reshape the nerves that control how the heart functions. Scientists have found that moderate aerobic exercise changes the heart’s nerve system in different [...]

You’ve heard that 150 minutes/week of exercise is needed for heart health, but is 150 minutes over seven days really enough for optimal heart health? […]

“You owe thinness to nobody” is a mantra sung by many fat activists on social media. They keep saying “thinness” as though fat and skinny are the only two ways to exist. [...]

The human body is full of flaws — and this points to evolution more than any other explanation for “how we got here.” The body may seem magnificent. Various processes may seem wondrous, even miraculous. [...]

Scientists have long assumed that complex thinking largely shuts down when a person is unconscious under general anesthesia. […]

Entrepreneurs like to proclaim that you can turn your passions into money. There are two things they’re not telling you. What they don’t tell you is that it requires two factors to transform a hobby into a [...]

Why should Taylor Swift get well and not homeless Joe just because 10M people would pray for HER and only three for Joe? Is popularity how prayer works? If prayer by the numbers for one [...]

Because the movement of an upright dumbbell skull crusher is performed in a more vertical position than traditional lying skull crushers, proper technique is very important — nothing to sniff at. Avoiding a few common [...]

Smith machine squats can be an effective lower-body exercise when performed correctly. […]

Knockouts in boxing are intense moments that can have profound effects on the human body, both immediately and in the aftermath. One common observation is the stiffness and rigidity displayed by boxers after a knockout. [...]

Even the most beginning of beginners can do this. Yet the advanced should also try this basic exercise if they want to grow their upper trapezius muscle or become stronger in that area. All that is [...]

Why is it that when a tall person is overweight, they’re often called “big” or “large boned”? […]

For the past several years, the term “at risk” has been increasingly used by journalists when writing about a missing younger person, or by reporters when announcing it on TV. […]

It’s not “there’s someone for everyone.” It’s “there’s MANY for everyone.” If there’s only one person for any given person, then how’s it possible that in a world of billions of [...]

It’s so wrong when someone says “She can have any man she wants” or “He can have any woman he wants.” […]

It’s a trick question because under certain circumstances, always parking far from a building CAN cause weight loss. […]

Two nurses who served as witnesses in a medical malpractice case were asked if they knew what cachexia is. Both said “No.” […]

Colorism isn’t new. But the word for this concept is: colorism. […]

First there was RK. Then there was LASIK. But will LASIK one day be gone by the wayside, replaced by an even better technology for curing bad vision? […]

Not all forms of vitamin D work the same way inside the body. D2 supplements may actually reduce levels of vitamin D3, the form of vitamin D that the body [...]

Why should special needs adults be expected to connect with every human they meet any more than “normal” people are expected? […]

A woman with two black eyes says she fell on her forehead. Or did someone beat her? […]

Some obese people have decided to quit trying to lose weight out of fear that yo-yo dieting is worse for their health than just staying fat. […]

Your body clock may actually have an effect on your physical fitness. Timing of activity, not just amount, can influence your state of body. […]

It’s not a myth that when you eat can influence weight loss outcomes. […]

Going to bed at different times each night in midlife could be an early signal of future cardiovascular risk. […]

A study suggests that listening to self-chosen music can significantly improve how long people can sustain hard exercise, even when their fitness level doesn’t change. […]

A study from the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca suggests that dreams aren’t just random mental noise. […]

This sorry piece of advice needs to go out with the bathwater. Whoever believes that if you “Do what you love and the money will follow” is off his rocker. […]

A large study suggests you don’t need long workouts to improve your health. […]

Men get varicose veins too, but even if a man doesn’t care about looks, he needs to worry about possible medical complications of these abnormal vein formations. […]

Have you discovered that when walking on your home treadmill, one of your feet “drags,” that is, you can tell it’s making more contact with the belt than your other foot is? [...]