» 2011 » February
Home » Archive: February 2011

The Oscars are upon us, and there are 10 films nominated for best picture ! One of them is a boxing movie, a genre Hollywood seems partial to. But two of our fave workouts, rock climbing and dance, have received nods from the Academy too. Pay tribute... 

The majority of positive research on nutritional supplements never makes the mainstream news. In fact, if you used the information presented in the most popular magazines, newspapers and television news programs exclusively, you’d probably have... 

This Sunday I’ll be celebrating the Academy Awards in style at an Oscars party. Besides a large spread of food, my friend is supplying each guest with a bag of popcorn – it’s the perfect snack for celebrating the film industry. And... 

If Wilbur can’t get past the co-op board, will a dog or cat do? If kids who live in close proximity to farm animals seem to develop asthma at lower-than-average rates, can urban or suburban children reap the same benefits by acquiring a dog or... 

If you’re a runner then you know the importance of managing the length of your toe nails, and if you’ve seen Black Swan then you’re hip to keeping your fingernails trimmed, too. In the midst of the creepy, claustrophobic film there... 

It seems logical that if a man’s prostate-specific antigen levels are rising quickly enough, even if the PSA itself is within the normal range, he should be checked out for cancer. A new study, however, finds that the use of PSA velocity —... 

It may seems risky to have two young actors host The Academy Awards , but Anne Hathaway and James Franco have been training rigorously for the event. Not sure if their boot camp will get you red carpet-ready, but Anne’s gold sneakers certainly... 

Johnson & Johnson’s latest recall was caused by a typo that inserted the bête noire of high-school English teachers — a double negative — into dosing instructions on more than 667,000 Sudafed packages. The incorrect wording reads:... 

Avastin Appeal: The FDA has granted Roche a late June hearing at which the company will try to convince the agency not to remove the breast-cancer indication for the drug Avastin, the WSJ reports . In December the FDA recommended Avastin no longer be... 

Muffin top. Spare tire. Love handles. That extra jiggle around the waist may have a lot of endearing nicknames, but that doesn’t mean we actually love it. Unfortunately you cannot pick and choose where you lose weight, but you can spot tone-troublesome...