Sweat, maybe tears and no apologies at Black Box Acting
It's not easy dying eight times a week onstage. And it's uncomfortable sprinting dozens of times through knee-deep snow in subzero temperatures for a single scene until a director says...
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Football concussions send shocks through families
In basketball, it's the squeak of shoes on hardwood and a bouncing ball. In football, the most recognized sounds of the game are loud clacks of bodies hitting bodies, helmets...
Age doesn’t have to keep you from getting fit
When he first got on a mountain bike 20 years ago, Fred Schmid could barely pedal up the 100-foot hill leading to his house. Today the 82-year-old Schmid logs 200-mile...
Music can even enhance performance of golfers
It's no secret that music can have positive effects on elite and amateur athletes. For the pros, listening to the right tunes before competition can pump them up, calm them...
Try this simple exercise equipment, and you’ll be on a roll
It's one of the most popular yet simplest fitness gadgets around, used everywhere from pro baseball locker rooms to local YMCAs and rehab centers. The foam roller, a foam cylinder...
Types of hearing loss and when to get tested
We are probably better at restoring hearing than any other of the five senses, said Dr. Matthew Carlson, an otolaryngologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "We tell our...
Studies show link between hearing loss, mental decline
Hearing loss is so common that it's long been considered a normal part of the aging process and no great cause for alarm. But studies from Johns Hopkins University have...
Make your own health wake-up call
It's a scenario that plays out each January. Health clubs are packed, diet books are devoured, then within a month or two, our new year's resolutions lose steam. The crowds...
Healthier body starts with the brain
This new year you've decided to lose 25 pounds, restart your exercise program and de-stress. But isn't that what you decided last year? To keep resolutions, we've got to break...
6 health and fitness books to help turn back the clock in 2015
Looking for some motivating words to get those New Year's resolutions going? All of these titles offer guidance, whether you want to work out more, eat smarter or simply be...