Sports and Fitness

Rose Madeline Mula writes: "I just joined a spinning class for seniors (spinning wool, that is); I’ve become a surfing enthusiast (TV channels and the Internet); I cycle every day (actually, recycle); and last week during a trip to Vermont, I participated in chair lifting — not lifting chairs, but riding in one up a mountainside." more »

New research from Harvard School of Public Health suggests that seemingly small changes in summer temperature swings — as little as 1°C more than usual—may shorten life expectancy for elderly people with chronic medical conditions, and could result in thousands of additional deaths each year more »

It's possible you've heard about the Yoga controversy which involves sexual improprieties. The California Code of Professional Ethics for Yoga Teachers sets forth guidelines and answers to questions that had arisen. The NIH backgrounder on Yoga provides the history of an immensely popular and, presumably, very profitable activity more »

While results tended to confirm previous clinical findings — i.e., that female fibromyalgia or migraine patients report more pain than their male counterparts — the search unearthed previously unreported gender differences in pain intensity for particular diseases, for example acute sinusitis and “cervical spine disorders,” more commonly known as neck pain more »