You are already doing many things right, in terms of taking care of your aging knees. In particular, it sounds as if you are keeping your weight under control. Carrying extra pounds undoubtedly strains knees and contributes to pain and eventually arthritis.You mention weight training, too, which is also valuable. Sturdy leg muscles, particularly those at the front and back of the thighs, stabilize...
Well: Ask Well: Squats for Aging Knees
Labels: HealthYou are already doing many things right, in terms of taking care of your aging knees. In particular, it sounds as if you are keeping your weight under control. Carrying extra pounds undoubtedly strains knees and contributes to pain and eventually arthritis.You mention weight training, too, which is also valuable. Sturdy leg muscles, particularly those at the front and back of the thighs, stabilize...
DealBook: Jefferies C.E.O. Earned $19 Million in 2012
Labels: Business3:48 p.m. | Updated The head of the Jefferies Group was one of the better-paid chief executives on Wall Street in 2012, as the firm put a difficult period behind it.Richard B. Handler, the chief executive of Jefferies, earned a total of $19 million for 2012, the firm said in a filing on Tuesday. That included a $5 million cash bonus and a $13 million long-term equity incentive award, on top of a $1...
Jan
28
The Lede Blog: Fire at a Nightclub in Southern Brazil
Labels: WorldMedics in Brazil rushed to care for the victims of a deadly fire at a nightclub on Sunday.Last Updated, Monday, 3:36 p.m. An intense fire ripped through a nightclub crowded with university students in southern Brazil early on Sunday morning, leaving behind a scene of horror, with bodies piled in the club’s bathrooms and on the street. At least 233 people were killed, many of them students in the agronomy...
TIMESCAST: Changes Unveiled at The New Republic
Labels: TechnologyJanuary 28, 2013By Fritzie Andrade, Zena Barakat, Whitney Dangerfield, Vijai Singh, Elaisha Stokes and Pedro Rafael RosadoTimesCast Media+Tech: The right to unlock cellphones expires. | Chris Hughes, publisher of The New Republic, discusses its redesign. | An animated look at how technology may change our daily routin...
Well: Keeping Blood Pressure in Check
Labels: HealthSince the start of the 21st century, Americans have made great progress in controlling high blood pressure, though it remains a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.Now 48 percent of the more than 76 million adults with hypertension have it under control, up from 29 percent in 2000.But that means more than half, including many receiving treatment, have...
An Italian Bank Caught in the Vortex of Election Politics
Labels: BusinessMILAN — The chief executive of a regional Italian bank embroiled in a scandal with political and even Europe-wide implications said Monday that recent revelations of past mismanagement and questionable deals would not impede efforts to turn around the beleaguered institution. “This is still a solid bank,” Fabrizio Viola, chief executive of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, said Monday at a news...
Jan
27
The Lede Blog: Fire at a Nightclub in Southern Brazil
Labels: WorldVictims of the fire are attended by medics. An intense fire ripped through a nightclub crowded with university students in southern Brazil early on Sunday morning, leaving behind a scene of horror, with bodies piled in the club’s bathrooms and on the street.At least 232 people were killed, many of them students in the agronomy and veterinary medicine programs at a local university, police officials...
Unboxed: Literary History, Seen Through Big Data’s Lens
Labels: TechnologyANY list of the leading novelists of the 19th century, writing in English, would almost surely include Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mark Twain. But they do not appear at the top of a list of the most influential writers of their time. Instead, a recent study has found, Jane Austen, author of “Pride and Prejudice, “ and Sir Walter Scott, the creator...
Brain Aging Linked to Sleep-Related Memory Decline
Labels: LifestyleFor decades scientists have known that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why. A new study may provide part of the answer. The report, posted online on Sunday by the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggests that structural brain changes occurring naturally over time interfere with sleep quality, which in turn blunts the ability to store...
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