Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old age. That is the message of a new peer-reviewed study, published in the Annals of Medicine (Elevate), that found smoking and other vices are associated with declines…
On social media and the Internet, you’ll find references to running clubs being the “new Tinder.” … More (Photo: Getty) getty Are you running out of patience with dating apps? Well, apparently, more and more people are running to another way of meeting potential partners: running clubs. In fact, on social media and the Internet,…
LONDON — Britain’s government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country’s last steelmaking blast furnaces running, as Beijing warned the United Kingdom against politicizing the takeover of Chinese-owned British Steel. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government swooped in on Saturday to prevent the closure of British Steel’s main plant in northern Scunthorpe…
Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the requirement. The move comes amid an increasingly vexed debate over eligibility rules in female sports and comes less than a year after the issue erupted at the…
A global elderly and aging population has significant impacts, not only in terms of individual health risk but in terms of societal pressures and issues. The Chief Commercial Officer at Atlantia Clinical Trials, Barry Skillington, and long-term Atlantia clinical trial expert Emily Goodbody explore how an aging population is analyzed, looking into the future of…
When Mayank Vaid was training for the gruelling Arch to Arc Triathlon in 2019 – an almost 300-mile (480km) race from London’s Marble Arch to Paris’ Arc de Triomphe billed as the hardest triathlon in the world – one of his aims was to increase his body weight by several kilograms. His weight-gain method? Eating…
Film star Chow Yun-fat finished Hong Kong’s half-marathon in under 2½ hours on Sunday and said he was looking forward to feasting on snacks and dim sum as treats after the exhausting effort. “Seems like it was a triple deuce,” he joked, referring to the finishing time on his watch of two hours and 22…
The singles run club was the brainchild of Lunge’s founder, Steve Cole, and Rachael Lansing, a NYC-based fitness coach. The two met through a mutual industry connection and dreamed up a weekly meet-up where singles could chat with one another in a casual, fitness-based environment. They added a few twists on a traditional club: encouraging…
The Boulderthon 5K could get up to 1,600 runners and walkers, a big jump from 2023. The race is drawing a good field of fast runners up front, attracted by prize money for the top finishers. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: September 23, 2024 at…