We hear it all the time: Meditation can improve our creative thinking, our energy, stress levels and even our success. Prominent artists, businessmen and politicians cop to the practice. Would it work for you?

"It did to my mind what going to the gym did to my body...

As investigators try to unravel the possible motives of the Boston marathon bombing suspects, brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, factors like their Chechen background, Muslim faith and family histories are being dissected.

But their age and gender are...

You may have heard, Dunkin' Donuts is offering a limited edition breakfast sandwich at a few locations in the outer Boston area. The big draw? The sandwich’s contents of a pepper fried egg and bacon -- both mainstays of the company’s breakfast menu -- are encased in a glazed yeast...

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What We Tried: The DeskCycle

What We Did: Pedaled under our desk!

How'd It Feel:

Sarah's Take: Although I think it's more practical to cycle in shorter bouts throughout the day, I decided I had to try pedaling all day at least once before writing about this....

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Would you fast twice a week? That's the task set forth in Dr. Michael Mosley's "The Fast Diet," the weight loss regimen that has become all the rage in the U.K. The diet prescribes that adherents eat their typical diet five days per week and then spend two days consuming...

We look forward to spring because it marks the end of cold weather and the beginning of new life. And if you're anything like us, you look forward to the season's best foods -- fiddlehead ferns and ramps, pea shoots and microgreens.

But these young, green foods aren't just...

If all had gone according to NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan, today would have been the first day without super-sized beverages in New York City.

Known as the "soda ban," Bloomberg's legislation put a cap on the number of ounces of sugary, calorie-laden drinks available for sale in...

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As regular readers will note, we've started a new series on what we're pledging not to stress about any longer. And though we're all taking up the same mantle, it's clear that we wear our anxiety in different forms. For me, stress isn't a quick, chemical surge that quickens...

Dr. Robert Lustig is the anti-sugar man. In his popular YouTube lecture, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth,", a subsequent profile in the New York Times Magazine and his best-selling book, Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease he explains how the sweeteners in...

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, enacted a policy this week that requires previously remote workers to now spend their days in-office and bars employees from using flexible work hours.

"To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working...

This review is part of our series on the most popular fitness tracker devices. Read the full story here.

Within a day of wearing the FuelBand, I was so accustomed to it that I often forgot it was there until,...

Falling in love is no excuse for lagging in the fitness department, cupids. Just because you're punishing rewarding your body with exercise, doesn't mean you have to forget about your shmoopie at home. In honor of Valentine's Day, we've picked the sappiest songs to ever clear 160 beats per minute....

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven't yet watched NBC's The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 7.

This week saw the dissolution of the teams as contestants continued their time on the Biggest Loser ranch as individual competitors. Gina took to the new paradigm immediately, revealing a strategic and...

Falling in love sure sounds stressful: the quickened pulse, the fixation, the anxiety that feelings won't be returned. But while the sight of your beloved might send your heart racing (thanks to a kick of adrenaline), the act of being in love may have a protective effect on...

When former White House physician Dr. Connie Mariano expressed concern that Chris Christie's weight may make him unfit for office and could be a deciding factor in his potential presidential candidacy in 2016, the New Jersey Governor came out swinging.

During an interview with CNN,