Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and Greeks struggling through that country’s financial turmoil.
My daughter first attended music classes when she was 9 months old. My cousin Brenda and her 5-month-old Anastasia invited us to a “Music Together” demo class on the Upper West Side. I remember bundling her up in her cozy pink sweater one particularly cool spring day, and was surprised to see a newborn, barely 3 months old, in the class, as well.
In what could possibly be the strangest place to find inspiration for an article, this week’s story comes from last night’s dream.
Swimming can be learned at any age. After a strenuous week at work, it’s time to relieve stress by learning the basic skills in swimming, building your endurance and enhancing your fitness level.
Workers who suffer job strain are 23-percent more likely to have a heart attack than stress-free counterparts, but the risk is far smaller than smoking or a sedentary lifestyle, a large study published in The Lancet on Friday says.
It’s not all about DNA, after all. A fascinating story on the front page of Inquirer held a lot of people enthralled last Sunday. Perhaps it has become one of the paper’s “most-read” stories to date.
It cannot be avoided. Situations in your life that may seem to overwhelm you can oftentimes leave you powerless. Emphasis on the word “seem,” because nothing, really, is what it seems.
Make your home healthy, eco-friendly and livable with indoor gardening. Anahad Oconnor of scitimes@nytimes.com says exposure to plants relieves stress and boosts immunity.
It’s been called the stress syndrome of the 21st century. And it goes by one name: adrenal fatigue. Why do health experts believe that this is the most agonizing and challenging century in history? Despite the improved quality of life and opportunities for personal advancement, most people have become victims of stress. The result? Adrenals that have been exhausted. They are two walnut-size glands that sit on top of your kidneys.
Any doctor will tell you that stress can hinder human performance. But the problem is, most people are not aware of the fact that stress is already affecting them. Health and fitness are elements of the larger concept called human performance. And whether we like it or not, we need to find better ways to [...]
No amount of radical dieting can give you what many fitness experts help their patients to achieve: body definition. It is normal for the human body to lose muscle mass with the passage of time. But while this may seem inevitable, it is preventable. Muscle loss in older people is called sarcopenia. Studies have shown [...]
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