Do you consider yourself as someone who drinks a lot? The top 10 percent of American drinkers are said to consume more than 10 drinks per day.
Do you like to enjoy one drink with dinner every night? That puts you in the top 30 percent of American adults in terms of per-capita alcohol consumption. If you drink two glasses, that would put you in the top 20 percent.
Come face-to-beak with birds of prey this season, join NYC Parks' Urban Park Rangers on a birding program for the chance to catch a glimpse of migrating birds some from as far north as the Arctic as they pass through the city on their way down to Central and South America.
Sit-ups were once ruled as the way to tighter abs and a slimmer waistline, while “planks” were merely flooring.
Now planks exercises in which you assume a position and hold it — are the gold standard for working your core, while classic sit-ups and crunches have fallen out of favor. Why the shift?
The prime minister of Iraq says intelligence forces claim credible information has been uncovered about imminent plots by the Islamic State to launch attacks on subway systems in New York City and Paris.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told reporters at a meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly that officials were made aware of these plots, but noted that they had not yet been thwarted.
The sunshine is nowhere to be found today in The Big Apple as The New York Yankees play their final game of the season at home in The Bronx and team captain Derek Jeter bids his farewell to baseball fans near the home that Ruth built.
Following a season-long farewell tour around the major league parks, New York Yankees may get to play one last home game with No. 2 as their shortstop. Derek Jeter may be in for a sendoff, which has not been seen in The Bronx since NY Yankee great and #7 Mickey Mantle retired.
The threat of militants in the Middle East was front and center at The United Nations, as US President Barack Obama insisted the entire world should rally behind an expanding military mobility with an ultimate condition, war on the Islamic State's network of death.
Obama addressed the General Assembly and said "There can be no reasoning, no negotiation, with this brand of evil." He pointed out that force is the only language these militants understand and warned those who have joined their cause to leave them while they can.
The holiday of Rosh Hashanah is mentioned in the Torah, inside the book of Leviticus as Yom Teruah, which can be translated as the Feast of Trumpets, or the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar, a religious musical instrument which is blown like a trumpet.
The first night of Rosh Hashanah, after the Ma'ariv service, it is customary to wish one another: L'shanah tovah tikatev ve'techatem l'alter l'chayim tovim: May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year, for good life immediately.
The unemployment rate has fallen below double digits for the first time in years. according to New York State's Department of Labor.
In this day and age, when professional athletes are abusing women, drugs and who knows what else, many sports fans appear to be searching for that good old superstar hero and may be getting ready to settle for number two.
Background Adherence to a combination of healthy dietary and lifestyle practices may have an impressive impact on the primary prevention of myocardial infarction (MI). Men can reduce our chances of having a heart attack by as much as 86 percent, according to a new study conducted by the smarter gender. All we have to do is exercise, eat vegetables, not smoke, not drink, and trim down our waistline. So why isn’t everybody doing it?
Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the benefit of combined low-risk diet and healthy lifestyle practices on the incidence of MI in men.