When it came to meditating, writer Alice Barraclough was a skeptic, but keen to reap the benefits she kept hearing about. She tried different methods until she found one that did not involve sitting in silence. I have a confession:…
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With 3 COVID vaccines approved, is there a ‘best’ shot?
Americans love to have choices, and now there are three COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States. But infectious disease experts say that all three protect strongly against severe COVID-19, so there is only one criteria to use…
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Why This Performance Coach Built a Practice Around Eccentric Isometrics
At first glance, Advanced Human Performance in Suwanee, Georgia, looks like a standard high-performance gym: all free weights and squat racks and turf. But then you look around. In one corner, Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Austin Meadows bends forward while…
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A Top Trainer Shares His 8 Favorite Dumbbell Legs Exercises
Unfortunately, many of us have not had access to our normal gym and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kinesiologist Jeremy Ethier, fitness trainer, and founder of Built with Science, gets it. However, one piece of equipment that many of us…
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Skipping mammograms raises a woman’s odds for breast cancer death
(HealthDay)—Don’t skip your breast cancer screening mammogram. This is the overarching message of an extended study of more than a half-million Swedish women. Those who missed even one recommended screening mammogram were more likely to die from breast cancer, the…
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A new blindness gene uncovered in a canine study
Inherited retinal dystrophy is a common cause of blindness, with as many as two million people suffering from the disorder globally. No effective treatment is available for retinal dystrophies. Gene therapy is expected to offer a solution, but developing such…
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A Karate Sensei Breaks Down How Boxer Mike Tyson Uses Karate
YouTuber, sensei, and self-branded “karate nerd” Jesse Enkamp is all about educating his viewers on all things Karate culture and technique. He’s previously fought Muay Thai champion Petch-Eak Sitjaoph0, and gave his take on the Netflix series Cobra Kai. In…
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‘An Arm and a Leg’: Revisiting Insulin: How the Medicine Got So Expensive
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. We’re re-releasing a story we first reported in 2019, about how insulin got to be so expensive. And this 2021 update includes a check-in with people working to make the potentially lifesaving…
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FDA-approved antidiarrhea drug can reverse resistance to chemotherapy in a mouse model of leukemia
New research into one of the most common and difficult cancers to treat has revealed an effective route to mitigating chemotherapy resistance through the use of a drug already approved by the FDA to treat diarrhea. The findings are published…
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Majority of Russians believe coronavirus is a bioweapon: poll
Close to two out of three Russians believe that the coronavirus is a man-made biological weapon and less than a third are willing to get vaccinated, a poll said Monday. Observers say the findings reflect a distrust towards authorities fuelled…
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