Well: Ask Well: Weights Before Cardio?

Photo Credit Ariel Zambelich A Many dedicated gym-goers have heard that aerobic and resistance-style exercise should not be combined in a single workout; or if they are, that one or the other must come first. The theory behind these claims...

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Well: Vitamin E and Selenium Fail to Prevent Cataracts

Many health supplement companies, and some medical experts, have recommended vitamin E and selenium for reducing the risk for cataracts. But a large new study has found they are unlikely to provide benefit, though selenium might have a small effect....

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Well: Ask Well: Weights Before Cardio?

Photo Credit Ariel Zambelich Ask Well Your health questions answered by Times journalists and experts. A Many dedicated gym-goers have heard that aerobic and resistance-style exercise should not be combined in a single workout; or...

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Well: A Doctor, a Rabbi and a Chicken

Photo Credit Keith Negley "Doctor, is it O.K. for our rabbi to visit my father?" I was an intern on call in one of the internal medicine wards in an Israeli hospital just south of Tel Aviv. The first day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot had just...

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Well: Is Exercise Bad for Your Teeth?

Photo Credit Getty Images Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Vigorous exercise is good for almost all of the body — except perhaps the teeth, according to a surprising new study of athletes. The study, published in The...

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Well: A Better Baby I.C.U.

By many measures, a neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, with single-family rooms produces better results than one with a shared, open-bay arrangement, a new study has found. Researchers tracked outcomes in an open-bay NICU for 18 months before the...

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Well: Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body’s Blood Sugar Controls

Photo Researchers say gut bacteria changed in subjects that consumed artificial sweeteners, leading to glucose intolerance.Credit Weizmann Institute of Science Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body's ability to regulate blood sugar, causing...

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DealBook: Bayer to Spin Off Plastics Group to Focus on Health Care

Photo A Bayer plant in Leverkusen, Germany. Though it started as a chemical company, Bayer now makes nearly half its revenue from its health care business.Credit Ina Fassbender/Reuters Updated, 7:42 p.m. | The German drug maker Bayer said on Thursday...

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Well: Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body’s Blood Sugar Controls

Photo Sweeteners alter the microbiome, the population of bacteria that is in the digestive system.Credit Weizmann Institute of Science Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body's ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can...

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Phys Ed: Sit Less, Live Longer?

Photo Credit Getty Images Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. If people need motivation to get up from their office chairs or couches and become less sedentary, two useful new studies could provide the impetus. One found...

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The New Old Age: On New Measurements of Aging

Pediatricians chart children's growth at every visit, tracking how they conform to age-appropriate standards. What if standard measures of aging were similarly available? Warren Sanderson, a professor of social and behavioral sciences at Stony Brook...

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Well: Select Drugs Cause Most Childhood Poisonings

Almost all prescription medicines in the United States come in bottles with child-resistant caps. Still, more than 9,000 children younger than 6 are hospitalized annually for the accidental ingestion of prescription drugs; three-quarters of these are...

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The New Old Age: Tougher Than They Look

Photo Credit Getty Images Resilience, the subject of a large-scale study published recently in The Gerontologist, reminds me of what a Supreme Court justice once said of pornography: It's hard to define, but we know it when we see it. We've all...

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Well: Training Dogs to Sniff Out Cancer

Photo McBaine, a cancer detection dog.Credit Penn Vet Working Dog Center PHILADELPHIA — McBaine, a bouncy black and white springer spaniel, perks up and begins his hunt at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. His nose skims 12 tiny arms that protrude...

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Well: Training Dogs to Sniff Out Cancer

Photo McBaine, a cancer detection dog.Credit Penn Vet Working Dog Center PHILADELPHIA — McBaine, a bouncy black and white springer spaniel, perks up and begins his hunt at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. His nose skims 12 tiny arms that protrude...

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Phys Ed: Drink Soda? Take 12,000 Steps

Photo Credit Getty Images Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. People who consume the sweetener fructose — which is most people nowadays — risk developing a variety of health problems. But the risk drops substantially if...

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Well: The Problem With Reclining Airplane Seat Design

The Well Column Tara Parker-Pope on living well. To recline or not to recline? That is the question now being hotly debated among air travelers after three flights were forced to land after passengers on board began fighting about reclining seats....

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Well: In Prediabetes, a Chance to Avert Crisis

Personal Health Jane Brody on health and aging. After a routine test of her blood sugar eight years ago, Randi Sue Baker, a seriously overweight 64-year-old, learned that Type 2 diabetes was bearing down. With that test result, she joined the...

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Well: Ask Well: Is Horseback Riding Good Exercise?

Ask Well Your health questions answered by Times journalists and experts. Photo Credit Kike Calvo for The New York Times A It's very good exercise for the horse and, depending on how you ride, can be moderate or even strenuous exercise...

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Well: Put the Physical in Education

Photo Credit Illustration by Ben Wiseman Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. When confronted with an overly active child, many exasperated teachers and parents respond the same way: "Sit still!" It might be more effective,...

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