Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Corneel Vandelanotte, et al
Regular walking produces many health benefits, including reducing our risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression.
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- Written by: Caitlin Coyle
Community-based exercise programs improve physical fitness and quality of life for people with cancer, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Chloe Reichel
New research suggests that people who know more about the benefits of physical activity spend more time doing it.
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- Written by: Mike Williams
Organized sports and physical activities aren’t enough to keep homeschoolers fit, research finds.
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- Written by: Esther Robards
People who exercise on a regular basis are more likely to eat healthier, too.
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- Written by: Caitlin Coyle
Setting workout goals for the New Year? Increasing physical activity and aiming to improve your health are worthy goals, but can be challenging.
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- Written by: Barbara Benham
Increases in physical activity tend to be followed by increases in mood and perceived energy level, research finds.
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- Written by: Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D.
Today, virtually every form of medicine recognizes these basic truths: 1) Simple exercise can have profound healing effects. 2) Specific "healing moves" can help fight illness and enhance health. Healing moves provide an ideal self-care strategy to help prevent, relieve, and...
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- Written by: David Hill
Walking significantly lowers the risk of heart failure in older women, a new study shows. The study of more than 137,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 is the largest and most comprehensive to date that has evaluated physical activity within the context of heart failure prevention.
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- Written by: Andrea LaFerle
People with low muscle strength don’t typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to a new study. After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, chronic health conditions, and smoking history, researchers found that people with low muscle strength are 50 percent more likely to die earlier.
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- Written by: Andrew Lavender
Many older people find they’re not able to move as freely as they did when they were younger. They describe their movements as feeling stiff or restricted. In particular, feeling stiff when getting out of bed first thing in the morning or after sitting for a long period. The feeling does eventually ease with movement as the muscles “warm up”, but it can be troublesome. There are a few reasons this happens.
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- Written by: Lori Barrette
When temperatures spike in the summer, it’s important to make sure you temper your workouts to stay safe, says Sandeep Mannava, a sports medicine specialist at University of Rochester Medicine.
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- Written by: Christopher Stevens
Given the state our bodies are in after exercise, and what alcohol does to our system, drinking after sport is a bad idea.
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- Written by: Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University
Research shows that regular exercise can dramatically reduce the risks of depression as well as boost cognition and memory.
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- Written by: F.J. Chu
The wisdom and knowledge that the martial arts offer is something that should be preserved in modern society. The practitioner who views his training as merely a means of self-defense will eventually realize that his efforts are unrewarding. The martial Way is nothing less than self-cultivation and the promotion of virtuous conduct.
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- Written by: William Pullen
The natural world is our natural home. This may sound obvious, but to many it’s a forgotten truth. There is so much drawing us away from the grounding and nourishing world around us. But no matter how cut off we may feel, or how far into our own darkness we fall, the sun always rises with the possibilities of the day ahead.
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- Written by: Keith Brannon-Tulane University
Participating in yoga and mindfulness activities at school may help anxious third-graders improve their well-being and emotional health, according to a small study.
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- Written by: Laura Bailey-University of Michigan
A review of studies on exercise and happiness addresses some lingering questions about the effects of physical
activity on positive health conditions.
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- Written by: Marla Paul-Northwestern University
A 30-minute daily or alternate-day facial exercise program sustained over 20 weeks improved the facial appearance of middle-aged women, resulting in a younger appearance with fuller upper and lower cheeks, report researchers.
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- Written by: Tim Lucas-Duke University
Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the health benefits of exercise in adults over 60, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Brendan Lynch, University Of Kansas
Physical exercise may help people exert more control over impulsivity, a new, small study suggests. “There’s a lot of neuroscientific evidence that suggests mood-altering effects of physical activity could change how you make decisions...”
