Robert Sturman, an artist from Santa Monica, Calif., has traveled around the world painting and photographing landscapes, cityscapes, musicians, athletes and even a surfing rabbi. But it is the study of yoga that has triggered one of the most creative periods of his career, resulting in a series of stunning portraits that capture the beauty [...]

 

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times Quinoa Pilaf With Sweet Peas and Green Garlic Garlic is typically harvested in the middle of the summer, and the result is a familiar bulb of segmented cloves that we typically see in supermarkets. But shoppers at farmers’ markets may come across green garlic, which has been harvested [...]

 

Illustration by Andrew Kuo Recently I tried to persuade a friend, a professional woman in her 40s, to create a Facebook account. Like many people, I’m a regular user, usually to post photos and updates of my daughter’s sports and academic accomplishments — and to keep track of friends and family. But my friend believed [...]

 

Anne Francey Suleika Jaouad at a halfway house following her bone marrow transplant. I opened my eyes to find doctors peering over my hospital bed. They had some welcome news. I had for a month been living in isolation in the bone marrow transplant unit of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, my only option after my [...]

 

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Your morning cup of coffee may start to taste even better after a major government study found that frequent coffee drinkers have a lower risk of dying from a variety of diseases, compared with people who drink little or no coffee. The report, published online in The New England Journal of Medicine [...]

 

Skechers USA, via Business Wire The settlement includes Skechers Shape-ups. People who bought a pair of Skechers toning shoes may not get the great legs and abdominal muscles that the advertisements promise – but now at least they can get their money back. Federal regulators announced on Wednesday that Skechers has agreed to pay $40 [...]

 

Ben Welsh/Getty Images Can going for a walk improve cancer survivors’ long-term prognosis? It may, according to new research showing that exercise can lower survivors’ risk of premature death, not only from cancer but from any cause. The findings are likely to resonate widely at a time when about 14 million Americans, and many more [...]

 

Jojo Whilden/HBO The much-discussed third episode of the HBO series “Girls” was rife with misinformation about HPV. Hannah, the spunky central character in the edgy new HBO series “Girls,” is a creative and endearingly naïve 24-year-old bumbling fearlessly through postcollege life. She works for years at an unpaid internship that never turns into a job [...]

 

Probiotics — live micro-organisms that offer some benefit to their host — significantly reduce the risk for diarrhea caused by taking antibiotics, a review of 82 trials has concluded. Most of the studies tested species of Lactobacillus, found in yogurt, cheese and other foods. Others tested combinations of Lactobacillus with other probiotic organisms. The studies [...]

 

Yvetta Fedorova As far back as I can remember, I have been more at home in water than on land. My father taught me to swim at age 3, and I’ve been an enthusiast ever since. While most of my aquatic adventures have been relatively tame, a few have been remarkable. I’ve swum with piranhas [...]

 

Alex di Suvero for The New York Times Researchers have no definitive answers on whether  athletes who started competing later in life fare better than those who began competitive sports early. I used to run with a guy who was unhappy with the way his performance had deteriorated over the years. In his early 20s, [...]

 

A national survey of more than 12,000 students in grades 5 to 10 has found that television viewing is associated not only with unhealthy snacking while watching, but also with unhealthy eating at all times. Researchers asked the children how much TV they watched; how often they snacked while watching; how often they ate fruits, [...]

 

Getty Images Sippy cups have contributed to a surprising number of accidents. Two months ago, Jackie Sherrill of Grove City, Ohio, was sitting on her couch when her 20-month-old toddler, Morgan, who was sitting beside her, suddenly reached over. In an instant, Morgan, who had a bottle in her mouth, tumbled off the couch, crashing [...]

 

Getty Images During pregnancy, many women are pampered and cared for more than at any other time of their lives. Husbands are attentive, family members call to see how the mom-to-be is feeling, and friends host baby showers, lavishing a woman with gifts and attention. Michael Stravato But what happens after the baby arrives? Suddenly, [...]

 

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times Romaine and Radish Salad With Buttermilk Lemon Dressing Most of us eat lettuce cold, as a salad or a crispy fresh topping on a sandwich or burger. But in this week Recipes for Health, Martha Rose Shulman turns up the heat on lettuce, putting the crispy greens in [...]