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Where Washington slept
During the pivotal 18 months from December 1776 to June 1778, George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware River no fewer than six times. As best as can be determined, he spent 45 nights here during this period. Historians have identified no fewer than seven homes in Bucks, Hunterdon and Mercer counties that served as his headquarters. That doesn’t necessarily mean he slept in each house. Sometimes it'd be in a tent outside.
Where revolutionary history lives
History is everywhere you turn in Bucks and Hunterdon counties. The list of sites below is selective and roughly chronological, since the histories of many sites extended long before or after the American Revolution. Some of these places have been formally recognized as historic sites and remain open to the public, with guided tours offered regularly. And while others no longer remain standing, their importance in the revolution has not been lost to history.
Expert Tips For a Better Golf Game
One of the best ways to get ahead in life is to learn from those who are where you aspire to reach. Your golf game is no different. There's been no better display of golfing talent to learn from this year than at this year's Genesis Invitational.
‘Love more’: Why doctors should promote social connection
Those who embrace lifestyle medicine are familiar with the slogan Dean Ornish, MD, likes to use: Eat well, move more, stress less, love more. That last one, love, was the renowned physician and author’s focus at the recent American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Denver.
‘Love more’: Why doctors should promote social connection
Those who embrace lifestyle medicine are familiar with the slogan Dean Ornish, MD, likes to use: Eat well, move more, stress less, love more. That last one, love, was the renowned physician and author’s focus at the recent American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Denver.
'Love More': Why Doctors Should Promote Social Connection
Those who embrace lifestyle medicine are familiar with the slogan Dean Ornish, MD, likes to use: eat well, move more, stress less, love more. That last one, love, was the renowned physician and author's focus at the recent American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Denver.
What Professional Athlete Is the One True GOAT of All GOATs?
Is there anything stupider than arguing about who is the greatest football player of all time? There is! Who is the greatest of all time in all sports? That’s right, who’s the GOAT of GOATs? Sure, it’s comparing apples and oranges, but we’re also throwing in some plums and peaches and mangoes. That’s a fiber-rich debate. How much weight do you give to, say, an athlete’s dominance of an era? (Woods!) Influence on the sport? (Jackie!) Versatility?
Playing Golf May Help Older Adults Prevent (or Treat) CVD
close Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out Cancel Good news for your older patients who love to golf: They're getting plenty of exercise — if they walk, that is. A new study says walking 18 holes is just as good — and possibly better — for your cardiovascular health as going for a brisk walk or even walking with trekking poles.
Playing Golf May Be Good for Your Heart
Feb. 7, 2023 -- Golf lovers, listen up: You're getting plenty of exercise — if you walk, that is. A new study says walking 18 holes is just as good — and possibly better — for your cardiovascular health as going for a brisk walk or even walking with trekking poles. All three types of exercise improved blood pressure. But the lower intensity and longer duration of a round of golf led to better cholesterol and blood-sugar results.
The Power of Movement for Healing and Mental Health
close Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out Cancel Melissa Strong was living her dream. Home was Estes Park, Colorado, gateway to glorious Rocky Mountain National Park. Her passion was climbing, mostly bouldering, that purist sport of scaling big rocks without ropes, relying on just your fingertips, feet, and crash pads below.
Climbing Back: One Woman's Triumph After Near-Fatal Injury Original
Jan. 26, 2023 -- Melissa Strong was living her dream. Home was Estes Park, CO, gateway to the glorious Rocky Mountain National Park. Her passion was climbing, mostly bouldering, that purist sport of scaling big rocks without ropes, relying on just your fingertips, feet, and crash pads below. Her career was hospitality, managing a busy restaurant while fantasizing about owning her own place. Then it happened: the dream and a nightmare. At 43, she bought an old restaurant and gutted it.
Stop Procrastinating and Make That Doctor Appointment
We’re just a few days into 2023, and the “New Year New You” energy is in the air. It’s the perfect time to finally make an appointment for your annual checkup. But you probably haven’t done it, have you? Avoiding the doctor is a guy thing. Most women have annual gynecological checkups. But men wait for a sign — like pain, blood or something about their penis, says Gary LeRoy, M.D., who’s seen it all in 30 years as a family physician in Dayton, Ohio. “Not necessarily in that order,” he points out.
Loving a Fake Person: Redefining Romance for the Virtual Age
Dec. 2, 2022 – When a young man finds himself falling for a 300-year-old cyborg in the 2019 sci-fi film Alita: Battle Angel, they share the following exchange: “Does it bother you,” the cyborg (Alita) asks, “that I’m not completely human?” “You are the most human person I have ever met,” the young man (Hugo) replies. Cinema is filled with examples like this, of humans hitting it off with non-humans.
Danger, Death, and Disgust: Why We Just Can't Look Away
close Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out Cancel Halloween Ends? Yeah, sure. Like that'll happen. The market for horror remains robust 44 years after the original Halloween movie premiered. Part of the reason (besides Michael Myers's charm) is that we humans appear to be hard-wired to enjoy getting scared.
Danger, Death, and Disgust: Why You Just Can't Look Away
Oct. 24, 2022 -- Halloween Ends? Yeah, sure. Like that’ll happen. The market for horror remains robust 44 years after the original Halloween movie premiered. Part of the reason (besides Michael Myers’s charm) is that we humans appear to be hard-wired to enjoy getting scared. Whatever happens in Halloween Ends, the latest entry in the long-running film series, you’ll leave the theater with a sense of relief and satisfaction. You had fun and survived. It feels good.
Sound Sick? New AI Technology Might Tell If It’s COVID
Sept. 19, 2022 -- Imagine this: You think you might have COVID. You speak a couple of sentences into your phone. Then an app gives you reliable results in under a minute. “You sound sick” is what we humans might tell a friend. Artificial intelligence, or AI, could take that to new frontiers by analyzing your voice to detect a COVID infection. An inexpensive and simple app could be used in low-income countries or to screen crowds at concerts and other large gatherings, researchers say.
Power of the Streak: Could It Be Our Best Motivational Tool?
close Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out Cancel Aug. 30, 2022 — Wordle is a fun game that brings me pleasure and satisfaction every day. Except when it's a stupid waste of time. Like the day my streak ended, six games short of 100. I just didn't see the point of a silly word puzzle that contributes nothing to the common good. I mean, really. I have better things to do.
Power of the Streak: Could It Be Our Best Motivational Tool? Original
Aug. 30, 2022 – Wordle is a fun game that brings me pleasure and satisfaction every day. Except when it’s a stupid waste of time. Like the day my streak ended, six games short of 100. I just didn’t see the point of a silly word puzzle that contributes nothing to the common good. I mean, really. I have better things to do. But I still play it, every day. It’s not just me.
The 8 Unspoken Rules of Health Club Etiquette
Recovered from COVID-15 yet? That’s how much weight everybody supposedly gained during the pandemic. (The real number is more like 12 or so pounds, but whatever, who’s counting?) It was the Dad Bod of 2021, the excuse everybody used for why their bodies had gone soft. “It’s not me,” we’d say, “it’s COVID’s fault!” And then we’d laugh and poke each other’s bellies like Pillsbury Doughboys. Well, that moment has passed. It’s 2022, and blaming the virus is no longer an excuse for skipping the gym.
Losing Testosterone? Your Nipples Can Tell You
They can sneak up on the middle-aged guy, revealing themselves in the harsh light of the bathroom. Are those man boobs? About half of men over age 50 show some increase in breast tissue, according to Bradley Anawalt, M.D., an endocrinologist and professor at the University of Washington. But are you actually growing man boobs? Let’s take a closer look. First things first: Are you overweight?
Researchers Know What Makes Us Freeze Under Pressure
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Why Do We Freeze Under Pressure?
April 22, 2022 – Pat Sajak knows something brain researchers have spent decades confirming: Anyone can choke under pressure. You blank on a movie title. You freeze at a pop question. You forget – momentarily – the name of someone you’ve known for 30 years. If you’re lucky, it’s in front of a close friend or small group. At least you don’t do it in front of 8 million people, as happened this year on Wheel of Fortune. A seemingly simple puzzle stumped two players, who of course faced ridicule online.
Credit Rehab: A Gen Xer Guide to Fixing Rotten Credit
Lousy credit can haunt anyone, at any age or in any income bracket. Like the 52-year-old still recovering from losing his house in the 2008 recession. Or the 47-year-old with a bum leg who’s suddenly slammed with medical debt. They’re everywhere—family guys and divorced men, white-collar and blue-collar. But they all have one thing in common: “They don’t know the first thing about credit,” says Martin Lynch, director of education at the Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp.
Why Having “the Talk” With Your Son Really Matters
The world has changed, at least somewhat for the better. Back when you were a teen, finding pornography still took effort, and you still relied on adults for some sex intel. Today’s kids are just one Google search away from a terrifying education. That’s why it’s more important than ever to have “the talk” with them.
20 Common Myths About CBD
How much do you really know about CBD and Cannabis? We bust some myths for you. Indica, sativa—what’s the diff? Less than you think. Marketers like the words because they offer simple guidance through the thicket of products out there. You know the dorm-room lore: Sativa lifts you up; indica calms you down. Once upon a time, that was true, but the consensus among botanists, growers, and scientists now is that the difference is overblown.
Is CBD a Cure for the Yips?
A golfer’s “swing oil” traditionally comes in chilled 12-ounce cans, sold from beverage carts roaming the course. Beer seems to reduce anxiety and smooth out a swing. Optimal dosage varies from person to person. Is CBD the new swing oil? The PGA Tour has been abuzz with speculation that superstars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are chomping on CBD chewing gum. Tiger says chewing gum suppresses his appetite; Lefty says it helps his “cognitive function” so he can focus.
How Rory McIIroy helped change the face of golf
It’s not easy to become the bogeyman to golfing officials, but Rory McIlroy’s managed it in one sentence: “I could use HGH and get away with it.” Rory’s not the first person to work out for golf. Gary Player was the guy who took it forward, then Tiger took the mantle Why use the opening press conference of the 2016 Open Champion for such a statement? To highlight golf’s lax attitude towards doping.
How Rory McIlroy Became the World's Best Golfer
The path to the title "best golfer in the world" took Rory McIlroy from the tee box to the gym and back again. In the dark at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, McIlroy held off a charging Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler to win the PGA Championship on Sunday. It was McIlroy's third straight tournament victory and second major of the year. The win puts him in rarified air, joining Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only golfers in the modern era to win four majors before the age of 26.
I Bought the Garmin Forerunner 35 and It's Made Running Even Better
I picked the Garmin for typically boring, practical reasons: It looks acceptable in basic black for everyday use, and the display is big and clear. Buttons are easy to push. Simple is good, especially when you’re tired, sweaty, and moving at a decent clip. 3 Running Drills For Better Technique And Speed: The learning curve was minimal, and I don’t mind waiting for it to find satellite signals.
How Rory McIIroy helped change the face of golf
It’s not easy to become the bogeyman to golfing officials, but Rory McIlroy’s managed it in one sentence: “I could use HGH and get away with it.” "If golf is in the Olympics it needs to improve the drug testing,” said the Northern Irish world number four. “On average, we get tested four or five times a year. It's very little compared to other Olympic sports.
A Voice Crying In The Wilderness
"The way I looked alienated a lot of people," Barry says. "I've seen films of myself and seen the faces I made. I looked terrible." He closes his eyes to the memory and shakes his head. "I acted like, a jerk. Did a lot of stupid things. Opened my big mouth and said a lot of things that upset and hurt people. I was an easy person to hate. And I can understand that.
Willie Geist Talks Men's Health
“I’m in Men’s Health, but I’m talking about drinking,” Willie Geist joked with his co-hosts on the third hour of NBC’s Today. “That’s the only way I could get in the magazine.” He might not have the muscles to compete with Dwayne Johnson, our June cover guy—Geist admitted that he would need “a few extra reps” to Sculpt Sleeve-Busting Muscle Like the Rock—but he's no slouch in the fitness department. In fact, he’s one of the judges in our Ultimate Men’s Health Guy search. (Have you entered yet?
Laser Helmets for Bald Spots?
The iGrow helmet [igrowlaser.com] looks like something out of a Saturday Night Live parody or a dubious infomercial. But that’s a shame—because it actually works. The FDA-cleared device uses lasers and LED light to activate dormant hair follicles. It also touts an MP3 interface for the guy who can’t live without his Zune and a remote control for the wife who will most certainly be laughing at you. Here's what it actually looks like: It’s not science fiction.
Fitness Secrets of Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy, winner of four major titles at age 25 and number one in the world rankings, is the first golfer to appear on the cover of Men’s Health magazine. And it's no mystery why we picked him. Find out How Rory McIlroy Used Science and Sweat to Become a Champion. Next » McIlroy built his body under the direction of exercise physiologist Stephen McGregor, Ph.D. Though Rory’s body-fat composition is an enviable 8.5 percent, he’s not extreme in his diet.
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