TO BUILD BIG, strong legs, you can’t just depend on exercises that call for a balanced stance with your feet planted on the floor with perfect symmetry. Life happens outside the lines as much as it does within—so your workouts should adjust accordingly if you want to train for peak performance. That’s why movements like …
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Horror loves a reboot. Oh man, horror loooooves a reboot. You’ve heard the names of horror classics like Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre because they are utter classics of the genre—and you’ve had those names re-splashed in your head in the last 20 years because they’ve …
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Oct. 14, 2022 — Patients with type 2 diabetes achieve much better control of their blood sugar if they participate in mind-and-body-practices such as yoga, a new study shows. While past research has been done specifically for yoga, this study, published online recently in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, also looked at the …
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Oct. 13, 2022 — Generations of Americans grew up being told that breakfast cereals like Corn Flakes and Raisin Bran were healthy ways to start their days. But now, under new federal guidelines, those cereals and other mainstays of the breakfast table can no longer make that claim. The guidance was proposed after the White House …
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Oct. 13, 2022 – It’s a devastating series of setbacks for long COVID patients. First, they get the debilitating symptoms of their condition. Then they are forced to give up their jobs, or severely curtail their work hours, as their symptoms linger. And next, for many, they lose their employer-sponsored health insurance. While not all …
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When you think of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), back pain is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But heart disease — an umbrella term for several types of heart conditions — should be on your radar, too. Research suggests AS raises your risk for heart disease and stroke by as much as 60%. The …
Your doctor may prescribe certain treatments, like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and physical therapy, to help your ankylosing spondylitis. But everyone is different: What works for someone else might not work for you. If this happens, your doctor will most likely recommend that you try a new class of drugs known as biologics. “These are amazing …
Ryan Murphy’s dramatized account of the real-life murders committed by serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most-watched series on Netflix right now—but the Evan Peters vehicle has also been subjected to some serious criticism from the families of several of Dahmer’s victims. Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, told the Guardian that …
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I’m Zachary Zane, a sex writer, author, and ethical boyslut (a fancy way of saying I sleep with a lot of people, and I’m very, very open about it). Over the years, I’ve had my fair share of sexual experiences, dating and sleeping with hundreds of people of all genders and orientations. In doing so, …
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Igby Rigney doesn’t want to reveal how old he actually is. But after teaming up with modern horror writer/director/producer extraordinaire Mike Flanagan to play the high school-aged Warren Flynn in last year’s blood-sucking Midnight Mass and reuniting this year to play 18-year-old terminally ill Kevin in Midnight Club, it’s clear that he’s nowhere near old …
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