If you think you're too busy to work out, think again. All you need is 22 minutes.
In the latest bit of wisdom from NPR’s new family of podcasts called Life Kit, Allison Aubrey breaks it all down for you.
Here's the winning formula: 10 minutes of cardio, 8 minutes of weight training and 4 minutes of stretching, according to certified fitness trainer Bryant Johnson, whose high-profile clients include Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A healthy mind needs a healthy body.
"I've spent my whole career studying exercise, and I'm absolutely convinced that 95 percent of the benefits of exercise are above the shoulders," Dr. Tim Church says. "There are so many benefits to the brain, and each year we learn more."
Also in Life Kit, NPR’s Maria Godoy went from couch potato to fitness fanatic. Read about her inspiring journey.
On the first day of Joshua Mezrich’s surgical rotation as a medical resident, he witnessed a kidney transplant.
After the donor kidney came out of ice and the clamps on it were released, he tells Fresh Air’s Dave Davies, "it turned pink and literally, in front of my eyes, this urine just started squirting out onto the field."
Mezrich was blown away. "I just had this sense like, 'This is so amazing, what we're doing, and what an incredible gift. And could I ever do this?' "
The answer was yes. Mezrich became a transplant surgeon at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
He reflects on his experiences as a transplant surgeon and shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life. Read the interview highlights here.
Pain is complicated. Our skin and muscles sense it, just as they sense softness or warmth.
But pain is distinctly unpleasant. Why?
While it has long been understood how nerves signal pain to the brain, scientists haven't known how the brain adds that layer of unpleasantness.
Findings of a study published Thursday in Science offer an answer, NPR Science Desk intern Jonathan Lambert reports. Read about it here.
A research team from Stanford University pinpointed the neurons in mouse brains that make pain hurt and were able to alter these neurons in a way that reduced the unpleasantness of pain without eliminating the sensation.
The study lays the groundwork for future research into more targeted pain treatments.
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