Fitness
The Checkup: 100-Year-Old Marathoner Becomes Guinness Record Holder
When Fauja Singh crossed the finish line of a marathon in Toronto on Sunday, he was in dead-last place. He finished more than six hours […]
The Checkup: New Website Compares Hospitals by Patient Deaths
True, you don’t always have the luxury of time to decide which hospital you’d like to go to. But in situations when you do, there’s […]
Weight-Loss Plateaus, Spaghetti-less Spaghetti, Sister Power
Have you been keeping up with our Be Well Philly Office Challenge? Today marks the halfway point of the eight-week health and fitness challenge, which […]
The Checkup: Can QR Codes Curb Bike Theft?
I’m happy to report I’ve never had a bike get stolen—anyone have a piece of wood to knock on?—but I’ve got plenty of friends who […]
The Checkup: New York Woman to Give Birth in an Art Gallery
This week’s turning out to be a bizarro one in the health-news world. Today’s “did that really happen” headline comes out of New York City, […]
The Checkup: Beyonce’s Baby Bump Has the Internet in a Tizzy
Photos of a pregnant Beyoncé Knowles are making the rounds on the Internet this week, and people are up in arms. The photos—actually stills from […]
The Checkup: Chocolate Linked to Lower Stroke Risk in Women
First red wine and now chocolate: I just love giving the ladies reasons to eat and drink delicious things. A new Swedish study has linked […]
The Check-Up: Watch Out for ‘Text Neck’
How many hours a day do you think you spend hunched over your cell phone or iPad? If you’ve lost count, you might want to […]
The Check-Up: What If Your Car Knew You Were Drunk?
Imagine this: You get convicted for drunk driving (shame on you), and as part of your sentence you have to install a miniature breathalyzer in […]
The Check-Up: Monkeys Move Things with Their Minds
I’ve never actually seen the movie Avatar, but from what I’ve heard this is just like it, only real life. Researchers at Duke have figured […]
The Check-Up: Hope for an HIV Vaccine
This is pretty exciting. Researchers in Spain are saying an HIV vaccine they’re working on actually seems to be working. The research is still in […]
The Check-Up: The Big Yo(gasm)
I’m not particularly in to yoga, but apparently there’s a reason some women are so hooked. Turns out, it’s not uncommon to have an orgasm […]
The Check-Up: Food Recalls Galore
You probably heard about the contaminated cantaloupe, right? The ones coming from a Colorado farm that are tainted with a food-poisoning-inducing bacteria called listeria? The […]
The Check-Up: Science Meets Mario Bros.
All those hours my neighbor spent in front of his Super Nintendo when we were growing up could have apparently been put to really good […]
The Check-Up: Women Coffee Drinkers Are Less Depressed
Ah yes, a reason for me to stick with my morning cup of coffee. A recent study found that women who drink coffee are 20 […]