healthy living

Changing Your Genes

When research subjects pedaled their bikes for three months using only one leg, the most surprising effect on that leg was altered DNA.

April 27, 2015

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Nail Biter? Hair Fiddler? You Could Be a Perfectionist.

New research reveals that body-focused repetitive behavior, such as skin picking and hair pulling, are linked to personality.

April 13, 2015

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Doing What Moves You

Whatever your exercise goals are, achieving them may just be intense.

April 6, 2015

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Achoo Alert

As afflcted noses already know, allergy season has arrived. Suggestions for the suffering.

March 30, 2015

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For Hair, Thin Isn’t In

Whaaa happened to your formerly thick curls? Should you try hair tattoos, Latisse, Rogaine? Well-being editor Mary Carpenter reports.

March 23, 2015

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Oxygen Bars: A Breath of Fresh Air?

Bellying up to a bar for a few whiffs of scented oxygen probably won’t hurt you, but it’s also unlikely to do you any good.

March 16, 2015

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Daylight Saving Time: A Jolt Forward

If the time change has you feeling out of sorts, there’s an app for that. Or just take an early-morning walk.

March 8, 2015

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No Sob Story: The Good News About Crying

Go ahead, have a good cry. It can relieve built-up stress, lower blood pressure.

March 2, 2015

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Defining Your Fitness Choices and Goals

MyLittleBird’s well-being editor looks at how to exercise your options.

February 23, 2015

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Still Point’s Newest Spa Is Haven (on the Lake)

Our well-being editor tries out Qigong and gets a pampering pedicure. She’s ready to go back, despite the drive.

February 16, 2015

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To ‘Detox,’ Some Like It Hot

In her ongoing series sampling area healthy body experiences, MyLittleBird’s Mary Carpenter decides to take the heat — in an infrared sauna.

February 9, 2015

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The Season of Runny Noses

The air outside is cold and dry. Your nose knows.

January 26, 2015

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Finding Value in No-Name Drugs

Are you paying too much for brand-name drugs? You betcha.

January 5, 2015

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Got Protein?

Our well-being columnist reconsiders how to evaluate protein in your diet.

December 15, 2014

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Stem Cell Therapy: It’s Promising

Contemplating knee replacement surgery? The research and real-live experiences present other options.

December 1, 2014

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Yoga Therapy

Can a sun salutation or a downward-facing dog pose be used to treat injury or an arthritic back? MyLittleBird’s intrepid well-being columnist reports.

November 24, 2014

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The Dopamine Effect

Addicted to tweets and texts? Blame it on this hormone that controls the body’s pleasure system.

November 18, 2014

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Out, Out, Damn Bruise!

A prescription for taking the black and blue (and green and yellow) out of a bruise.

November 10, 2014

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