Over the past two decades, the number of Americans having total hip replacements has more than doubled, to more than 300,000 a year. Though most patients eventually walk again without pain or the aid of a cane, recovery and rehabilitation can be rigorous, painful and lengthy.
The surgery is extensive: As its name suggests, it involves...
A growing body of evidence suggests that all of the antibacterial-wiping, germ-killing cleanliness of the developed world may actually be making us more prone to getting sick — and that a little more dirt might help us stay healthier in the long run.
The idea, known as the hygiene hypothesis, was first proposed in 1989 by epidemiologist...
Q: Do the health benefits of juicing live up to the hype?
A: With new juice bars popping up around the country, and many people stocking their kitchens with a home juicer, there’s no doubt juicing is the latest health craze. Freshly squeezed and freshly bottled juices have become a popular way to get the...
Keeping up with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is always a workout.
But this season, the cast of the Bravo show is really making the audience sweat with a pair of dueling fitness DVDs.
Real Housewife Phaedra Parks released a program in the fall that promised to give viewers a “donkey booty.”
Now, Kenya Moore is competing...
• “CorePower Yoga: Calorie Blast Yoga” ($13)
“Calorie Blast” is the second DVD in a three-part series being released through Gaiam to introduce the kind of sequences found in CorePower Yoga studios, the largest chain of yoga studios. “It’s not as rigid as Bikram, but there’s a very specialized skeleton we follow in every...
