Month: July 2023

July 14, 2023 — For as long as we’ve had official recommendations for exercise, those recommendations have focused on effort. Do at least 150 minutes a week of “moderate to vigorous” physical activity, public health guidelines say. That could be anything from brisk walking (moderate) to competitive mountain-bike racing (vigorous).  But as broad as that spectrum is, it still leaves out a lot. Like washing dishes. Or changing a diaper. Or birdwatching in the park. Or giving a PowerPoint presentation.  All those tasks are “light” physical activities. We don’t think of them as exercise, and public health guidelines don’t account for ... Read more

Nikki S. was angry. After several years of different migraine treatments, one of her pain doctors suggested that it might be time to try a drug called ketamine. “Absolutely not,” she told her doctor. She knew about the drug’s shady past as a party drug known as “special K” and she didn’t want to be linked to it in any way. (Nikki asked WebMD not to use her last name because of the stigma of ketamine use in some quarters.) But Nikki was getting desperate. She had developed chronic migraine after a train accident in 2016 when she was 25. ... Read more

By SeAndrea Collins, as told to Keri Wiginton  I’m 38 and I’ve had myasthenia gravis (MG) for over 20 years. A good life is still possible. I enjoy my work as a third-grade teacher and the time I spend with my husband, our teenage son, and my friends and family.  So did I learn to pace myself with MG? That’s a good question.  Now that I’ve lived with it for so long, I can tell when it’s OK to push myself and when I need to pull back. But I overdid it a little more when I was younger. I ... Read more

Vlaho Bukovac (1855 – 1922) – A Croatian Painter was famously know for his Nude Une Fluer (The Flower) painting which was created by him during the French period and was one of his most notable work. Check out some of his beautiful paintings. Watch the short film on Youtube: Also see:  Source link

Ivan Goryushkin-Sorokopudov was a Russian Painter who was born in 1873 and died in 1954. He was born in the family of barge hauler Sila Goryushkin in Tambov province. He had a troublesome childhood as he became an orphan in the early age and was sent to the distant relatives. Ivan Sorokopudovy was a painter who belonged to the lower middle class from Saratov.  In his youth, he was serving as a delivery boy on the ships of the merchant Kuzmin near the Volga River. He later became the student of the Astrakhan Fine Arts Scool of P.Vlasov who was ... Read more

Morgan Weistling | U.S. Painter | Children Paintings Morgan Weistling studied art at an early age with his father, a former art student. His parents both met at art school. His father, Howard, a POW in Germany, entertained his fellow American prisoners in Stalag 1 with a daily comic strip that he created and drew to keep morale up. Drawn on scraps of paper found on the prison grounds, he crafted a humorous world of characters that managed to bring a smile to imprisoned soldiers. In the last days of the war and feeling the Russians would be coming, his talents with ... Read more

Savers grew used to getting little or nothing on their money when interest rates were slashed almost to zero after the financial crisis. That dramatically changed, with the Bank of England hiking base rates from just 0.1 percent in December 2021 to today’s five percent. The BoE is expected to hike rates again at its next meeting on August 3, possibly to 5.5 percent as it continues its losing battle against inflation. Markets now expect bank rate to peak at 5.75 percent. Despite this, today’s six percent-plus deals are living on borrowed time. By the spring, the BoE could be ... Read more

It’s a rebel with a cause and a must-see for the dazzling beauty on show – art exhibition REJECTS has opened in central London showcasing works submitted, but then rejected by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Not making the grade has never looked so good and the exhibition is running now until Thursday August 3 in a pop-up art gallery in the heart of Bermondsey just south of the Thames. The works, affordable, for sale and perfect to enhance any interior, are a selection from the 13,000 submissions that didn’t make it. The outlier show is the brainchild of female ... Read more

By Charlotte Laycock, as told to Keri Wiginton One year before I summited one of the world’s tallest mountains, a doctor told me I might never exercise again. Unlike most people, I didn’t start climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with the summit in mind. That’s because I have myasthenia gravis (MG). And while my disease is fairly stable these days, MG is unpredictable. My goal was to put one foot in front of the other each day.  I can’t easily describe what it felt like to look out on the world from a height of nearly 20,000 feet. There was some relief ... Read more

A Japanese man has spent around £12,480 (two million yen) to fulfil his dream of becoming a dog. Known only as Toco, he shared on the YouTube channel titled “I want to be an animal” his first walk outside in a hyper-realistic border collie costume. Onlookers who only took a glance at Toco would be excused if they thought he was a real animal, given how detailed his costume is. In the latest video on his channel, which included clips from his interview with German broadcaster RTL, Toco could be seen interacting while on all fours with humans and dogs ... Read more