Podcast: Play in new window | Download Retirement means a time to relax for many seniors. But those reformed workaholics who once couldn’t find time to walk the dog may want to use their leisure time as an opportunity to be active. New research findings show that a prescription of regular structured exercise enables sedentary [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Most Americans think of snails as slimy pests whose tiny lives were made to be stepped on, often with a decisive crunch. In France, snails get a little more respect… when they’re served on a plate in fancy restaurants and bistros. We may owe snails a big apology. [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Marathon running is an increasingly popular sport. In 2005, almost four-hundred-thousand marathon finishing times were recorded in the United States alone. And although the speed and ability levels of marathon runners vary drastically, recreational runners, Tour De France legend Lance Armstrong and professional marathoners all bear something in [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Cold turkey may be the best way to quit after all. That’s probably not the news most smokers want to hear, but Norwegian researchers recently reported that quitting is the only way to begin repairing the damage smoking inflicts on a person’s health. Even cutting back on cigarettes [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download When we were children clutching our first quarters, many of us whiffed a distinct, metallic scent. In our teens, when coins were joined by car keys, the aroma became even more familiar. But now the truth is revealed. And, as is so often the case with odors, the [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download For the first time in recorded history, the number of overweight people walking the earth rivals the number of those considered underweight. But new research finds that malnutrition, a nutritional deficiency caused by an improper or insufficient diet, exists in both weight groups. Malnutrition is typically caused by [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Ladybugs don’t seem likely to bother people. They’re cute, quiet and don’t bite or sting. They even help control garden pests. Unfortunately, some people are allergic to these otherwise benign beetles. And a pilot study published recently in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology suggests this [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Certain activities are best put off until the teenage years, including driving a car, getting a part-time job and, of course, that first date. Until recently, wearing contact lenses was also on the list. But that may be changing. Optometry researchers from Ohio State University recently conducted a [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Keeping heart-healthy can be easy as ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three. A new study by Italian researchers… presented at the American Heart Association annual meetings in Chicago … found that dancing helps patients with mild to moderate heart disease as much or more as a light workout on a treadmill. The [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download A new study says a good dose of exercise may be just what the doctor ordered to protect kids from hay fever… an allergic response to environmental substances that affects nearly forty million people in the United States, including six-point-seven million children in 2004 alone. So say German [...]