Health and Fitness

WHETHER OR NOT you count walking as a formal form of exercise, there are myriad reasons to get more steps into your typical routines. Along with the extra activity, walking more can help you improve cardiovascular fitness, lose weight, and promote joint health. Plus, it’s an easily scalable activity you can do anywhere with a …

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As a teenager, James Allan Cheyne woke up one night unable to move or speak. He felt a presence moving around his bed, and then sitting on his chest. Naturally, he assumed it was a demon. “You’re there in the dark, and there’s this entity pressing down on you,” he says. “You have no idea …

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FANS OF SHOWS like Hard Knocks, movies like Zero Dark Thirty, and books like Into the Wild will relish When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World. The gritty and intimate page-turner covers the season that anthropologist Jordan Thomas spent battling 15 fires with the Los Padres Hotshots—a California-based U.S. Forest Service unit …

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Like hot dogs and hamburgers, shrimp cocktails are indelibly associated with summer, bringing a refreshing element to any picnic or cookout. Just strip the shell off, dip in the bowl of red cocktail sauce, and enjoy. But at some point in your life, a less-than-appetizing question may have popped up as you lifted one to …

Is the Black Line in Shrimp Its Poop, and Is It Safe to Eat? Read More »

American Primeval (Netflix) Netflix Looking for a brutal Western? American Primeval is one of your best bets. This six-episode limited series tells the story of the American west in 1857 Utah, where the Mormons were dangerous and traveling anywhere was, essentially, a death wish. The show is very violent, very intense, and has an incredible …

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Den of Thieves 2 Lionsgate The cult-favorite action heist frenzy from 2018 is back for round 2, but in a totally different (but still super fun) story led by returning players Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. You’re going to have a lot of fun with this one. Stream It Here Presence NEON Director Steven …

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MOST MOVEMENT DOESN’T occur with both feet planted on the floor. You walk by putting one foot in front of the other, you go up stairs one at a time, and you might even hop over a puddle on a rainy day by springing forward off one foot. To build truly strong legs, you need …

How to Master the Bulgarian Split Squat to Grow Your Leg Muscles Read More »

TOPLINE: Long-term outcomes in primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) were influenced by patient/disease factors; compared with no treatment, treatment with cyclophosphamide (alone or with steroids) was associated with a reduction in relapse rates. METHODOLOGY: This retrospective observational cohort study included 163 adults (median age, 48 years; 45% women) diagnosed with PACNS at …

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TOPLINE: In very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age (PMA) revealed subclinical dysglycaemia; male infants showed prolonged hyperglycaemia, and prior insulin therapy predicted extended hypoglycaemia. METHODOLOGY: Researchers evaluated the prevalence of dysglycaemia in VLBW infants at 36 weeks of PMA through CGM and investigated associated risk …

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TOPLINE: In a large cohort, long-acting lipoglycopeptides (laLGPs) demonstrated comparable effectiveness to standard-of-care antibiotics for step-down treatment of serious Gram-positive bacterial infections in both individuals who used drugs and those who did not. METHODOLOGY: Standard antibiotic therapy for serious bacterial infections can be challenging due to stigma and logistical barriers associated with prolonged treatment. LaLGPs …

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