insert_link Health & Wellness If you canceled dry January during chaos at the Capitol, here’s why you should get Back on the Wagon Dry January, the annual no-alcohol challenge, offers a reprieve, a reset, a chance to reflect on the impact alcohol has on our lives. People vow to trade the haze of a hangover for 31 days of mental clarity. But on Wednesday night, six days into dry January, chaos erupted in Washington D.C., and Twitter exploded with an abrupt declaration: dry January was "canceled." No guilt, everyone said. Drink up, they […] todayJanuary 11, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness How Fast You Walk Might Show How Fast You’re Aging Middle-aged folks who worry about healthy aging would do well to keep an eye on their walking speed. Turns out that the walking speed of 45-year-olds is a pretty solid marker of how their brains and bodies are aging. A new study suggests that slow walkers appear to be aging more rapidly, including losing more brain volume and performing worse on physical and mental tests than those with a faster […] todayOctober 15, 2019