Health

You've no doubt noticed that in developed countries, women almost always have a higher life expectancy than men. Being a woman, it would seem, can add not just months but years to your life. Over at the Good Men Project — Macho Men Die Early — Hugo Schwyzer offers some thoughts on one of the reasons men die earlier, on average: many of them are simply "too macho" to seek out health care.

Wake up younger tomorrow! Dr. Oz shares his best tips for slowing the clock

Start your day off right with this delicious granola

To compete in a triathlon, you need to be able to do three things: swim, bike, and run. But let's face it, if you hope to have fun on race-day, you need not only to be able to do these things, but to do them reasonably well. This is where training comes in: building endurance and skill, over time.

A May 4 article in the New York Times health section examined recent research on different types of sport drinks and their effects on exercise performance. Although some of the mechanics of the study, ratios, types of sugar used, and performance measurements were changed, it still boiled down to the same basic conclusion: this stuff matters for competitive athletes, and not the average person.