Moving Your Mind to Combat Anxiety
Physical exercise is a great stress-reliever, and teens these days are under a lot of stress. So when two Evanston Township High School students were looking for healthy ways to deal with their anxiety, they developed a program called Moving Your Mind, movingyourmind.com. Free, monthly classes for local teens combine physical activity — from indoor […]
Exercise helps aging brain stay young
The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts Q: Over the last year, I sometimes forget things. I am 66 but I always have had a great memory. What can I do to avoid becoming more forgetful? A: Most of us have had firsthand experience with memory lapses. We find ourselves flustered trying to recall a […]
10 ways to move more
If you’re like a lot of people, you don’t move as much as you should. The average American spends at least 10 hours a day planted in a chair: watching TV, surfing the internet, talking on the phone and reading. That means we’re not meeting the goal of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per […]
Too much sitting linked to heart disease, diabetes, premature death
By Julie Corliss Harvard Health Blog Like many people, I have a job that involves sitting in front of a computer most of the day. Because I work from home, I don’t have to sit through a long commute, and my dog gets me up out of my chair for walks a couple of times […]
