This weightlifting gym helps older people build more than just strength
At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train.
Health & Safety
What do penguins, sea turtles and whales have in common?
Aquatic creatures of very different sizes swim at the same relative depth when traveling long distances.
'Cancer ghosting' can be more painful than treatment, survivors say
Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.
Energy chief Granholm warns against 'unfettered exports' of liquefied natural gas
Granholm's statement came as the Energy Department released a long-awaited study that found U.S. LNG shipments drive up domestic wholesale prices and frequently displace renewable energy sources.
Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection
Critics argue that people planning to live through an atomic blast aren't focusing on the real and current dangers posed by nuclear threats.
Breast cancer mortality rate declines in NC, report says
Improved treatment options have helped lower the state’s overall breast cancer mortality rate. But there are still significant disparities among racial groups.
Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant
NPR visits first person to get a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney two weeks after undergoing the historic procedure.
North Carolina's Medicaid expansion hits enrollment goal about a year ahead of projections
More than 600,000 people have enrolled in North Carolina's new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults about a year after the program's expansion, reaching the state's enrollment goal for the program in about half the time that was originally projected, the governor's office announced on Monday.
At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes. All Things Considered went to the Florida Senior Games to find out why.
Clarifying the results of a study on black plastics
"Morning Edition" reported on the health risks of flame retardants in black plastic kitchenware. The study cited has issued a correction. The risk is lower than initially reported.