Nordic walking uses poles to transform a standard walk into a full-body workout. Here's how it went for me – and what I learned from an expert.

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Scientists have discovered that freedivers who plunge deep underwater develop incredible mental adaptations that protect ...

Meera was folding laundry when she suddenly felt off balance. She reached for the cupboard and held on until the feeling ...

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Researchers found vagus nerve stimulation after practice improved learning in mice. Could wearable devices such as Pulsetto ...

Stimulation of the vagus nerve after exercise helped the mice to better consolidate motor skills: the effect appeared in the ...

A new meta-analysis of thirteen randomized controlled trials finds that vestibular rehabilitation improves balance, gait, ...

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French intensivists traced a patient's posture-dependent oxygen collapse and multiple strokes to a nineteen-centimetre liver ...