Just 5 minutes more exercise and 10 minutes more sleep may lower your risk of heart disease.

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A new study suggests that making small lifestyle changes can significantly protect your heart health. Image credit: Westend61/Getty ImagesThis article was originally published on Medical News Today A new study investigated how small changes in lifestyle affect cardiovascular health. The research team followed more than 50,000 people for about eight years, tracking their sleep, nutrition, … Read more

“At age 40, I went from no exercise at all to running a 5K in under 20 minutes in just 18 months. This is how I train.”

"At age 40, I went from no exercise at all to running a 5K in under 20 minutes in just 18 months. This is how I train."

Many runners spend their entire lives trying to run a 5K in under 20 minutes. P. Burton Morgan, now 42, achieved this goal in just 18 months, despite being a “middle-aged mother who didn’t exercise at all for 20 years.” I want to hear more RW We sat down with a runner and a poet … Read more