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"Activity is one of the best things you can do for your heart, your musculoskeletal system, your immune system," said Dr. Michael Roizen, a longevity expert.

Highlights include, soon, Benedetta Jasmine Guetta on “Cooking Alla Giudia," about the Jewish food of Italy, and Jessica Nordell on “The End of Bias, a Beginning." Events run through June; many are in person, and some are virtual, in this annual Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family festival.

Heres how many minutes of exercise you need per day for improved memory, plus the connection between brain health and exercise.

When 7-year-old Wyatt S. fell asleep for 11 days in 2017, doctors struggled to figure out what was causing his deep fatigue. Ultimately, they determined he was having seizures. When he was given seizure medications, he woke up the next day and rejoined the world as an active kid.

Sienna Miller is often mistaken for her friend Naomi Watts: "We get sent each others headshots to sign," says Miller. And Samuel L. Jackson says hes consistently mistaken for Laurence Fishburne. If asked for an autograph, "I just sign what they want me to sign for whoever they think I am," he says.

It seems like yesterday that we were washing off our groceries before putting them away and unable to see our near and dear for fear of spreading COVID-19. But the Center for Disease Control and Preventions recent loosening of restrictions is a game changer. The new guidelines say folks who are exposed to COVID-19 dont have to quarantine at home but should wear a mask for 10 days and test on day five to see if theyve contracted COVID-19. Also, you dont have to stay 6 feet from others, and theres...

When it comes to smoking, theres some good news: In the U.S., smoking has declined from 20.9% of adults in 2005 to 12.5% in 2020. However, that means that around 30.8 million adults currently smoke cigarettes. And a lot of those folks have prediabetes or diabetes. We know that because studies show that people who smoke cigarettes are 30% to 40% more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than people who dont smoke. And once they get diabetes, theyre more likely than those who dont smoke to have troub...

As science has exponentially accelerated, cures and treatments are extending lives so significantly that they've changed the trajectory of population.

As of June 2022, 38 states have legalized the medical use of cannabis to varying degrees, according to the National Organ-ization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; 19 states plus the District of Columbia have legalized it for recreational use.

Fifteen-year-old Katie Ledecky won gold in the 2012 London Olympics 800-meter freestyle event. Tiger Woods won the U.S. Junior Amateur tournament at ages 15, 16 and 17. Jennifer Capriati astounded the sports world when, at 14, she made it to the semifinals of the French Open and to the fourth round at Wimbledon.