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How gross is your purse?

It may have more bacteria than a toilet

Ladies, what do you do with your purse when you're eating at a restaurant? Or what if there's no hook when you're in a restroom stall? One in five purses carries more bacteria than the average toilet. Read More

Olympic moves at school

Gold medalist Ashton Eaton shows off in the classroom

Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton, who holds the world record in the decathlon and heptathlon, is in Atlanta this week to compete in a track and field event and to meet with school kids to introduce a free classroom program that offers five-minute brain breaks throughout the day. Read More

Work-a-cise

From standing desks to hand-held fax machines, we've got the future of office-bound exercise covered.

In this brave new world of oddball and doctor-disapproved exercise regimens—where people use electric shocking belts in their desperate attempts to develop six-pack stomachs—there must be a product that can help sedentary lawyers fulfill their office-bound dreams of chiseled bodies, right? Read More

The no-work workout

Shake your way fit in 10 minutes a day

The problem with exercise is that there's so much moving involved. And it hurts. And it takes time. Unless you try GOGA. That's where you basically stand on a vibrating platform and let it shake you for 10 minutes. You don't break a sweat or have to move on your own very much. You can just watch TV and your gently bobbing body parts. Read More

Fear of flying

Virtual reality makes the skies friendlier

Afraid to fly? Emory wants you. Researchers are conducting a clinical trial using virtual reality to tackle fear of the not-so-friendly skies. Although virtual reality exposure therapy has been used before, researchers are adding a new twist. They want to see if this will prevent a relapse. Read More

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco

This is Club Chaos, a killer fitness class

Some people say you should tape a picture of Marisa Miller or Cameron Diaz on your fridge if you want some visual motivation to stay fit and forgo the bon-bons. But I got the hint in person, in the form of two women in hot pants, fishnets and fur legwarmers, go-go dancing to A-Ha at Club Chaos. Read More

Ultimate stroke care

Augusta hospital named comprehensive stroke center

Georgia Regents Medical Center is the first hospital in Georgia—and one of only 20 hospitals in the country—to be named an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. That gives the Augusta hospital serious bragging rights over its counterparts in metro Atlanta. Read More
 

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