Health-Wellness-Sex Articles

How can I help my student manage stress?

We adults all experience it, hate it, and deal with it. Over the years we’ve learned ways of handling stress that work best for us. (It’s the reason some of us devour pounds of chocolate…) Our college students are different, though. They’ve been shielded somewhat from...
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Investigated: Anxiety-inducing fitness test purports to tell you how long you’ll live.

It seems a simple enough challenge: Sit down on the floor and get back up without the help of your hands or knees. Try it, though, and you might discover it’s not as easy as it sounds. This “sitting-rising” exercise was designed to predict mortality in middle-aged and...
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Napping tied to 5 mm Hg drop in systolic blood pressure

A napping habit could lower blood pressure to a similar extent as other lifestyle modifications and some drugs, according to research scheduled to be presented March 18 at the American College of Cardiology’s scientific sessions in New Orleans. Researchers studied 212...
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Why you should use nasal breathing when you exercise

Imagine yourself exercising: running, hiking, dancing, lifting weights — whatever you like to do. Picture yourself pushing to a maximum intensity. Now, ask yourself: Are you breathing out of your nose or mouth? If you are like most exercisers, you breathe through your...
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