Hong Kong( CNN) Among the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, eight senior citizens gather at the Happy Valley Recreation grounds in the Wan Chai district. It’s time for their weekly class in qigong, an ancient Chinese mind-body practice similar to tai chi. It’s summer on the island, and at 8: 30 in the morning, the temperature …
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Extraordinary tales about the heart, lungs, genitals … plus some anger and life advice all delivered in the inimitable Bryson style The cartilage in your joints is smoother than glass, and has a friction coefficient five times less than ice. The more exercise we do the more our bones create a hormone that boosts mood, …
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( CNN) Dozens of common breakfast cereals and snack bars have tracing sums of a controversial herbicide found in the weed killer Roundup, according to a report released today by an environmental advocacy group. The Environmental Working Group( EWG) found that 26 of the 28 products it tested had levels of Roundup’s main ingredient, glyphosate, …
The long read: When she arrived in the US as a 10 -year-old refugee, Dina Nayeri determined it hard to fit in. But that all changed when she hatched a plan to get into Harvard by becoming a taekwondo champion When I was 13, three years after arriving in the US with my mother and …
Diet and lifestyle during the pre-conception period can profoundly affect the childs growth, researchers find Couples who are obese, as well as those who smoke and beverage alcohol, could be risking the health of their future infants, say experts who are calling for far more awareness of the effects of modern lifestyles on newborns in …
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Katie Golden began a symptom diary when she was first diagnosed with chronic migraines eight years ago. She recorded her pain score, what she ate, where she went, the weather and barometric pressure–anything that would unlock the possible triggers of her recur headaches and help ease the pain. But here’s the problem with meticulous tracking …
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( CNN) Chance are you’re reading this while leaning over a table or slumped back in a chair. Your head is tilted forward; your shoulders are curved. If you’re on a mobile device, your limbs are bent by your side and your back hunch is even more profound. Am I right?
( CNN) Sticking to a plant-based diet could help lower your risk of kind 2 diabetes, a new paper suggests. The effects of exercise on diabetes Simple weight loss is a good way to prevent diabetes
Health, climate change, animal welfare … whats driving more people and brands to embrace a plant-based lifestyle? We investigate, and, below, four vegans explain their choice Late on a Thursday afternoon in early March, only off Brick Lane in the heart of London’s nightlife hotspot Shoreditch, 23 -year-old Louisa Davidson is taking calls and co-ordinating …
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( CNN) This feature has been one of CNN Parallels, an interactive series exploring ways you can improve your health by making small changes to your daily habits. A lot of us drink. Too many of us drink a lot. Worldwide, each person 15 years and older ingests 13.5 grams of pure alcohol per day, …
