Healthy Living

How to Make Your Winter Workout Seem Easier

Our weekly take on fitness news, trends, research, and workout tips
November 4, 2008
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I woke up Sunday morning and stuck my head out the window, hopeful that my friends who were running the ING New York City Marathon would have good weather. They were in luck: Beautiful sunny skies and cold-but-not-too-cold temperatures made for great racing conditions. While I know that some of us on the sidelines were quite chilly, I’ll bet the runners were quite thankful for the almost-perfect autumn day.

Pretty soon, though, these crisp autumn mornings will turn into bitter cold winter days; I’ve already noticed that it’s been harder and harder to get up and run in the mornings as the temperature drops and the wind picks up. And while some runners embrace the cold and will keep running outdoors through the new year, I tend to retreat to the gym during the winter—to the dreaded treadmill. Read More


How Being Overweight Hurts

April 21, 2008

Heart disease
If you’re 40-something and overweight—even if you have normal blood pressure and cholesterol— you’re much more likely to get heart disease as you get older. Researchers at Northwestern University studied almost 18,000 people for 32 years and found that the obese were 43 percent more likely to die of heart disease later in life than those of normal weight. Fat itself, especially abdominal fat, produces hormones and chemicals that can damage blood vessels, upping the risk of blood clots and diabetes.
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Your Healthy Travel Planner: Should You Be Flying?

November 1, 2007

Can you fly with a cold? Well, yes, if you promise to sneeze into a tissue and not on your seatmate. Actually, swollen Eustachian tubes from a cold can keep changing cabin pressure from equalizing in your head. This can lead to pain and even infection. Use a nasal-decongestant spray ahead of time to lessen the pressure on your ear canals. Below, what you need to know about some other conditions. Read More



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