By Jessica Cassity

A successful workout program requires tracking and progression, says Brynn Jinnett, owner of Refine Method in New York City. By keeping tabs of your fitness, you'll be more inclined to improve it. Create a baseline fitness test, making sure to include moves that measure the strength of all of your major muscles. Maybe you gauge things like the number of pushups you can do, how long you can hold a plank, how many lunges you can do in 60 seconds, and how long you can hold a wall squat. Then make it your goal to beat those numbers one month from now.

By Melissa Matthews

Scoff at the guy ordering an oat milk latte and vegan breakfast burritoall you want, but he may just live longer than you. At least according to one new study.

By Joanna Gale

No snacks before dinner. Well, ok then, just a little snack. Fruit, yeah…some fruit. Oh ok, just a little biscuit then. Ok two… but no more than two.

By Diana Bruk

It’s no secret that coffee prompts alertness—which is just one of the many reasons why Americans can’t get through their mornings without a cup of joe. But you might be surprised to find out that, according to a new study published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition, simply seeing something that reminds us of coffee can make us feel a burst of alertness, as well.

Exposure to loud noise can certainly damage your hearing.

But increasingly, scientists are finding that too much noise can take a toll on our health in other ways. Here is how our loud world can can affect you, plus what you can do to protect yourself.