Tag Archives: Year’s

This Man's New Year’s Running Resolution Helped Him Lose 59 Pounds

Name: Rob NestleAge: 39Occupation: SalesHometown: Fort Gratiot, Michigan Start Weight: 256 poundsEnd Weight: 197 poundsTime Running: 1 year I lacked exercise in my life. At my heaviest, my weight got up to 256 pounds. I was into the too-busy-to-work-out routine, and didn’t exactly make the best decisions with my eating habits, either. But I never… Read More »

A step-by-step guide on how to choose, make, and keep New Year’s resolutions

As the holiday music fades and the time to pay the resolutions piper comes due, let Harvard experts make the transition a little easier. Don’t know where to start? You can try the 1 percent performance improvement method. Stressed at the prospect of a lifestyle change? Practice mindfulness and find out how meditation can lead to… Read More »

Pediatric leukemia 'super drug' could be developed in the coming years

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered two successful therapies that slowed the progression of pediatric leukemia in mice, according to three studies published over the last two years in the journal Cell, and the final paper published Dec. 20 in Genes & Development. When a key protein responsible for leukemia, MLL, is stabilized, it slows the… Read More »