Health & Wellness

Fitness 2015

Turn Up for What? The 2015 Workout Playlist

A playlist to spur your savage beast

01/04/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Work It

At Traditional Gyms, Finding New Ways to Compete

Old-school gyms are learning how to stand out in a Crossfit world.

01/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

Work It

Bit by Bit: Finding Motivation Through Tech Gadgetry

Blink, vibrate, success!

01/04/2015 By Catherine Matusow

Fitness 2015

Houston’s Hike & Bike Trails Await!

From The Woodlands to Deer Park and back again

01/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

Work It

At Snap Kitchen, a Crash Course in Eating Right

Can a dining editor survive on health food alone?

01/04/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Work It

The Greatest Workout Classes You’ve Never Tried

These creative, often unusual approaches to fitness may just be the thing to get you off the couch.

01/04/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Work It

A League of Your Own

Everything’s better with a friend, or 10.

01/04/2015 By Chris Abshire

Ice House Interview

Ritual Killing: How to Beat OCD

Once told her OCD was too severe for treatment, Elizabeth McIngvale now works to help others overcome their own conditions.

01/04/2015 By Catherine Matusow

Top Doctors 2014

Seizing the Moment

One Houston physician is a pioneer in eradicating a rare form of epilepsy.

09/01/2014 By Michael Hardy

Top Doctors 2014

Finding a Better Way to Target Children’s Cancer

In a world where the cure can be deadlier than the disease, a Houston medical power couple is finding new ways to deliver cancer medicine.

09/01/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

Top Doctors 2014

Solving the Mysteries—and Blame Games—of Childbirth

To find out why non-human primates often have more successful births than humans do, one BCM professor is thinking small.

09/01/2014 By Kerry H.

Top Doctors 2014

Training the Next Generation of Minimally-Invasive Surgeons

Remote control technology lets doctors perform less invasive surgeries than ever—and to train doctors all over the world from their offices.

09/01/2014 By Catherine Matusow

Child Obesity

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy One

Fighting unhealthy school lunch options with a can-do attitude

09/01/2014 By Catherine Matusow

Interview

Tackling the HPV Vaccine’s Image Problem

Meet Dr. Lois Ramondetta, gynecological crusader.

06/30/2014 By Catherine Matusow

Feature

Summer Fitness Guide

Surviving our city’s summers isn’t easy, but it can be done. You just need some great ways to enjoy the great outdoors without melting, a few worthy indoor substitutes to help you ride out the heat, and all the sweat-fighting gear you can afford.

06/02/2014