Muscle

Since 1939, June has been the month to celebrate the dairy industry. Dairy products provide calcium, an important mineral, to our diet.   Calcium, which is 99 percent of what is stored in your bones and teeth, performs multiple functions in the body. Some...

The deleterious effects of self-tanning products — streaky brown or Oompa-Loompa orange skin — have faded considerably over the past couple years, due in large part to advances in formulations and delivery methods that make a DIY tan easier to...

Staph infections didn't used to cause much of a fuss. They would irritate skin but could easily be treated with antibiotics. Recently, however, antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, have...

Can you wobble your way to buns of steel? The popularity of "toning" shoes, whose unstable soles require you to work muscles harder to stay balanced, suggests consumers are banking on it. Sales of toning shoes, which cost from $70 to upwards of $200 and...

Cara Rosenthal is an ex-Miami Dolphins cheerleader who has competed in two seasons of CBS's "The Amazing Race." After being kicked off during an episode that aired in March, Rosenthal has kept in shape — working out five days a week in Boca Raton...

Ask most exercisers what they would like to change most about the way they look, and dollars to doughnuts they'll say they want better abs. Men and women alike strive for that tight, toned set of abs that could be put on display at the Smithsonian...

The black Chevy Tahoe slows to a gentle stop. You open the front door on the passenger's side and hear Radiohead's "There, There" spilling out of the speakers, filling the cabin. J.J. Redick shifts the SUV out of park, merges into traffic and offers...

Every weekend in San Diego is loaded with unique entertainment ideas, from pool parties to music festivals, museum soirees, and posh nightclubs. But, everyone knows that you always have more fun when you look good and feel good. To get you in the right...

Do you snore or know someone who does? It's a question that gets asked infrequently but when it does, the usual answer is Grandpa So-and-So or my Uncle So-and-So. I am here to tell you that more often than you realize it's the women who have caught up...

As an oil painter in college, Elizabeth Cook expected to pursue the life of the typical aspiring American artist: get an advanced degree, move to a big city, embark on a future of creative struggle. Then she attended an exclusive arts workshop in New...

Saline County Health Department reminds the public to protect themselves in hot summer temperatures. Even short periods of high temperatures can cause serious health problems. During hot weather health emergencies, keep informed by listening to local...

If you ask David Beares, complex new-age exercise machinery is not required to get a good workout. His class at a Columbia gym is taking workouts old school, and by that we mean Old World Russia — circa 1700. Kettlebells, the cast-iron cannonball-...