AltWeeklies Wire
Squat, Press, Jerknew
CrossFit follows nine fundamental movements, including squat, front squat, overhead squat, standard shoulder press, push press, jerk, dead lift, sumo dead lift and clean.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Flynn |
03-29-2013 |
Health
Sit, Jacksonnew
Meditation is a great way to recognize and control negative emotions.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-21-2013 |
Health
Bat-killing fungus arrives in South Carolinanew
It was only a matter of time before the North American batpocalypse reached South Carolina. But now that the S.C. Department of Natural Resources has announced that the bat-killing fungus behind the epidemic known as White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has arrived, biologists are hoping that some rapidly retreating species will be able to make a stand in the Palmetto State.
Charleston City Paper |
Dan Conover |
03-21-2013 |
Health
Tags: Bats, White Nose Syndrome
A Hangover Cure—at a Costnew
Two Chicago Reader staffers intentionally drink too much, purposefully get hungover, and determine whether Chicago's first hangover clinic is really all that.
Chicago Reader |
Gwynedd Stuart and Mara Shalhoup |
03-14-2013 |
Health
Toxics in the Wombnew
East Bay scientists are studying whether exposure to environmental pollutants early in life leads to breast cancer as an adult.
East Bay Express |
Lindsey Konkel of Environmental Health News |
02-27-2013 |
Health
Feel the Pure Burnnew
If you haven't heard of Pure Barre, you must be living under an exercise rock. The workout, which mixes ballet, pilates and yoga, is growing rapidly across the country.
Jackson Free Press |
Kathleen M. Mitchell |
02-22-2013 |
Health
Tags: Pure Barre
From Punishment to Healing: Moving Mental-Health Care Homenew
On March 10, 2010, the Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center sued then Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour along with a handful of state mental-health administrators on behalf of several teenagers whom the state was holding in mental institutions. All of the children's problems stemmed from trauma.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
02-15-2013 |
Health
Don't Med on Menew
Will South Carolina choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, or won't it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins and Dan Cook |
02-06-2013 |
Health
Vital signs: Taking Buncombe County’s pulsenew
In less than 10 minutes, a doctor or nurse can get a read on a patient’s overall health and well-being just by checking a few key indicators: pulse, blood pressure, temperature and respiration rate. But how do you assess an entire community’s vital signs? And if you don’t, how will you know what the biggest problems are and how best to allocate scarce resources? This story provides a checkup on Buncombe County and how health is a community issue.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
01-30-2013 |
Health
Parenting Through Serious Illnessnew
Serious medical problems are scary for grownups, but they can be even scarier for kids, who may not be able to fully understand or conceptualize the implications of any given diagnosis or treatment or what it might mean for their lives.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
01-17-2013 |
Health
Heavy Liftingnew
Olympic weightlifting: not just for muscled-up meatheads anymore.
North Bay Bohemian |
Nicolas Grizzle |
01-16-2013 |
Health
The Practice that Healsnew
After years of being scoffed at as a silly hobby for mystics and hippies seeking peace, love and harmony, the ancient Indian practice of yoga is being embraced by millions of the same Americans who once dismissed it.
Folio Weekly |
Claire Goforth |
01-09-2013 |
Health
‘SAD’ But True: Coping with the Winter Bluesnew
Research shows that darker, colder months increase depression for many, specifically women and individuals between the ages of 18-30.
Jackson Free Press |
Jasmin S. Searcy |
12-28-2012 |
Health
Address the Mental-Health Crisisnew
Like everyone in the nation, Mississippi Families as Allies, a grassroots, family-led organization for children's mental health, is stunned and saddened by the atrocity at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Our hearts are with all of the families who lost loved ones.
Jackson Free Press |
Joy Hogge |
12-27-2012 |
Health
