Living

Can a 74-year-old yogi with an aneurysm stand on her head?

Doctors test 74-year-old woman to determine if her yoga headstands pose a risk to her cardiovascular condition. Sally Mertens has been diagnosed with a thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Advice

Jock Doc

A stiff big toe from tennis (or other sports) can be fixed

A stiff big toe caused by repetitive stresses can result in a bone spur that limits motion and may cause pain. This is seen commonly in tennis, basketball and football.

Health & Fitness

Suicide: The only top 10 in U.S. deaths that’s increasing yearly

Suicide is the only top 10 cause of death in the United States that is increasing each year, and we know that a substantial number of other deaths, including opiate overdoses and motor vehicle accidents, are also suicides. On average, there are 117 suicides per day.

Health & Fitness

Does standing on your head hurt your heart?

Doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center perform test on a patient to see if her heart is healthy enough for strenuous yoga exercises.

Recipes

A meal for every night of the week

Make Mexican chicken and bean stew, Thai turkey salad and brown rice royal this week for dinner.

Plastic Surgery 101

How to do a breast reconstruction long after your mastectomy

Breast reconstruction can be done many years after a mastectomy. Here’s what you need to know.

Ana Veciana-Suarez

When your kid’s homework is killing your sanity

But does reducing the amount of homework for elementary school students translate into sound policy if families don’t use that free time wisely?

Gay South Florida

Pridelines intergenerational conference shines light on HIV prevention

Pridelines, which has served South Florida’s LGBTQ community since 1982, last week hosted a conference “Bridging Generations Through Dialogue,” a first for the youth organization that now also focuses on HIV and elder issues.

Health & Fitness

Walk to School Day offers great safety opportunity for many kids

The fall festivals and Halloween are upon us, but have you considered how you will participate Oct. 5 in the 20th anniversary International Walk to School Day, an annual event that brings together families and community members to celebrate the benefits of walking.

Home & Garden

Design Recipes: Tips for choosing the perfect table

Whether you are looking to enhance your living room with a statement coffee table or create a dining space for grand entertaining, size and shape may play a role when it comes to selecting the ideal table.

Home & Garden

Kan. home by Studio 804 stands out for its barn shape, energy efficiency

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - John Iiams and Jenilee Borth-Iiams are the first owners of their striking, barn-like house, but they weren't involved in the design process.

Home & Garden

Yardsmart: Wild tulips for a drought garden

If you're gardening in drought, wild tulips may become your new best friend this year. These are wildflowers that bloom in spring throughout the mountain ranges and hill country of the Mediterranean and points east. They were first collected by the Persians and later used by the Dutch in early breeding of modern show tulips. They are the hardy pioneers called "botanical tulips" left behind in the wake of our obsession with fancy horticultural varieties.

Home & Garden

Style at Home: Let's hear it for the boys: Menswear fabric adds class

It all started with a fashion intervention. When I was a little girl, for Easter mass, all the other little girls' mothers dressed their princesses in frilly pink and blue frocks. My mom put me in a well-cut, no-nonsense khaki and cream dress. When I protested, wanting to look like the other girls, she gave me a knowing look and said, "Honey, you're just more of a tailored-dress kind of girl." In my heart, I knew she was right. And I've had a deep and abiding love for classic styling and menswear fabric ever since.

Travel

Beliefs aside, Noah's Ark in Kentucky is something to see

I'd been on Noah's Ark all of 20 minutes when the question that hung over every step was finally put to me: "Do you believe?"

Travel

Theme parks bring in Hollywood producers and giant terror-filled mazes for Halloween

Halloween is growing so big, it's scary.

Travel

Two unique destinations in the Caribbean

The islands of the Caribbean offer travelers of every stripe the ideal getaway: family-friendly resorts, couples-only properties, rustic eco-retreats and design gems that equal anything the U.S., Europe or Asia has to offer. During the past month, I had a chance to experience two unique island destinations.

Home & Garden

Ask Angie's List: Raking leaves or mulching ï¿½ which is better?

Everyone loves the brilliant fall colors ... until that beautiful canopy of leaves rains down on your yard. But what if you could retire the leaf rake hanging in your garage, or at least greatly curtail its use?

Travel

Simple tasting of tequila opens door to world of the spirit, namesake Mexican town

Long before Spanish conquistadors marched into northwest Mexico to establish the settlement of Guadalajara in 1532, indigenous Nahuatl Indians had discovered the bacchanal benefits of fermenting the sugary juice of the sweet heart of a ripe agave cactus. That milky, pungent drink known as pulque was the forerunner of tequila.

Travel

Brew-ha-ha: Biking to breweries in Boise

You've got to love a little Kickstarter-funded brewery such as Boise Brewing, with a mezzanine where you can sip an IPA and play foosball while beer is brewing in stainless-steel tanks below you.

Home & Garden