10 Things Depression Makes Us Do

Due to media and cultural stereotypes, most of us have assumptions about how someone behaves and looks if they’re struggling with depression. We imagine someone who rarely leaves their room, doesn’t dress themselves well, and constantly looks miserable, but people with depression do not all behave in the same way. All people are, of course, different from each…

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Seated Exercises for Older Adults

 holistic approach to fitness, yoga helps build muscle strength, aerobic fitness, core stability, and total-body mobility—all of which are important for older adults, says David Kruse, M.D., a sports medicine specialist at the Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Orange, California. And while yoga is low-impact and gentle on your body’s joints, it’s still weight-bearing, meaning that…

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9 Weird Dog Behaviors Explained

Many people believe that dogs with an upset stomach will eat grass to make themselves vomit. This is true to some extent. In a survey of more than 1,500 dogs, 79 percent were documented to eat grass at least monthly. Only 9 percent of the dogs appeared ill prior to eating plants and about 22…

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