health
ThinkFest Recap: Dr. Jean Bennett on Curing Blindness
ThinkFest is streaming live all day. Watch ThinkFest here. Philadelphia is leading the way in developing gene therapies that could pull off medical miracles like reversing […]
10 Unexpected Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Salads
When my funds are running low (or I’m feeling really lazy) and I need to stuff my face with something healthy, a simple salad with […]
The Checkup: Why You Don’t Need to Shower With Soap — Even After a Workout
• When you showered this morning, did you lather up with soap from head to toe? Surprise: Using soap every single day could be a really […]
The Checkup: How to Optimize Your Power Nap
• A nap can absolutely help you plow through your day with lots of energy — but you have to do it right. Here, four smart […]
The Checkup: Is It Actually Possible to ‘Catch Up’ on Sleep?
• If you stay up way later than you intend, you can always make up those lost hours tomorrow night … er, right? [Women’s Health]
The Checkup: This Is What’s Really Scary About Added Sugar
• The sugar war wages on, with researchers and experts homing in on perhaps the biggest sugar culprit of all: added sugar — that is, […]
Free Flu Shots for Philadelphia Residents
If you’ve yet to get a flu shot this year, consider this your official reminder. And if you’re a Philadelphia resident, you have officially run […]
5 Philly Fitness Pros on the Life-Changing Moment They Decided to Care About Their Health
Here at Be Well Philly, we talk to a lot of people who work in the world of health and wellness: trainers, juicers, running-club founders, and […]
13 Princeton Students Have Weird Infectious Disease
Princeton University made national headlines a while back for cases of bacterial meningitis on campus; one Drexel student, Stephanie Ross, died after attending a mixer […]
The Checkup: This Is the Best Time to Put on Deodorant
• Well, your morning routine just got a little less rushed (You’re welcome). Turns out, the best time to apply an antiperspirant so that it […]
The Checkup: The Best Fall Farmers’ Markets in Philly
• Green Philly has come to our rescue this week, with a very fantastic guide to the best fall farmers’ markets in Philly. Bring on […]
The Checkup: The Real Reason Your Hands and Feet Are Always Freezing
• This one goes out to all the ladies and gents who sit at work all day with freezing, ice-cold fingers (me!): A doctor explains […]
The Checkup: Here’s How Many Extra Calories You Burn Using a Standing Desk
• You’ve probably wondered: Is a standing desk worth it? A new study found that people with adjustable standing desks — the ones that lower […]
Voting in Round 4 of the Health Hero Challenge Semifinals Is Open!
We’ve made it to the last round of voting in this year’s Health Hero Challenge Semifinals, people! This morning at 10 a.m., we opened voting […]
Hey, Millennials: If We Lived in the 1980s, You Would Be Skinnier, Study Says
Welp, in today’s evidence that life is completely unfair: A recent study published in the journal Obesity Research and Clinical Practice found that it’s harder, […]