Many people say they get headaches after they drink red wine. Experts have some hypotheses on why that happens to some people, though an exact cause is unknown.
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Many people say they get headaches after they drink red wine. Experts have some hypotheses on why that happens to some people, though an exact cause is unknown.
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What a new life stage can teach the rest of us about how to find meaning and purpose—before it’s too late
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While it may seem that the wind is responsible for burning your skin, it is actually the usual culprit of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
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Are you or an aging loved one starting to have trouble getting to your feet? There are ways to counteract that.
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We asked exercise experts for easy ways to test fitness for balance, mobility, grip strength, stamina and more.
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As you consider your New Year’s resolutions, know that it can take longer to form more complex habits and make them routine. Here’s what to take into account, whatever your goals.
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Finding drugs that mimic the benefits of a workout has long been a goal of science. As a new trial begins, the hope is to assist not just the time-poor or the lazy but elderly people and those with disease or disability
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Therapists and gyms are working both brain and body as the full benefits of fitness are increasingly recognised
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Shopping dockets? You are probably better off not handling them. Microwaving food in plastic? That is also not advised — and it is because of the 'disrupting' chemicals, which experts say are affecting vital systems in the human body.
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Marriage, career, children – the big decisions in life can often be the hardest. Is there an optimal method for making a choice? And how do you factor in loss and regret?
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Social media can amplify our own helplessness and guilt – perhaps it’s time to return our focus from the global to the local, where we can truly make a change
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“Go for a walk,” it said, the no-nonsense command perched in a prominent spot above Katherine May’s desk.
Ms. May, a British author who wrote the best-selling memoir “Wintering” about a fallow and difficult period of her life, had come across more hard times during the height of the pandemic. She was bored, restless, burned out. Her usual ritual — walking — had fallen away, along with other activities that used to bring her pleasure: collecting pebbles, swimming in the sea, savoring a book.
“There was nothing that made the world feel interesting to me,” Ms. May said in a recent interview with The New York Times. “I felt like my head was kind of full and empty at the same time.”
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Running so hard and fast that you fall off a treadmill might not sound like the ideal way for someone to spend their holidays. But that’s the lot of Melbourne star Christian Petracca, who is one of a number of players taking special steps to try to get an edge over their opponents for the 2024 season.
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Here are some of our favorite moves to help you feel strong and age well, no matter your fitness level.
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Study that involved transplanting people’s microbes into mice may show way to possible therapies, say scientists
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The Harvard Study of Adult Development has established a strong correlation between deep relationships and well-being. The question is, how does a person nurture those deep relationships?
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The Harvard Study of Adult Development has established a strong correlation between deep relationships and well-being. The question is, how does a person nurture those deep relationships?
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Running makes my anxiety go away.
For a moment, all my problems disappear.
I feel free on the track.
I can focus on me. My breathing and my movement and nobody else.
Even when there's nothing to do in this town, you can run.
It takes all my stress out — I feel light instead of heavy.
That's why I run.
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Sitting too much is bad for health. But there are ways to make time spent seated a little healthier. For example, people can keep their brains active by reading, writing, doing a hobby (such as knitting), or playing an instrument. And people can exercise while in a seated position. It's possible to do an aerobic workout that gets the heart and lungs pumping, such as a seated dance routine or calisthenics, as well as muscle-strengthening activities or stretching exercises.
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Some alcoholic beverages may affect your bowel motions more than others.
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It’s one thing to be gym fit but another to be race fit – especially in a grueling sport like F1.
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Tackling the toughest races in the world is all part of the day job for ultramarathoner Sabrina Pace-Humphreys. But where the hard work really begins is confronting racism. Here, she reveals what inspired her to set up the charity Black Trail Runners
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Fun has become work, an afterthought, a performance. Fun is now planned, performed, learned. There are books on fun. Coaches for fun. Which means fun is done.