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Everyone knows that regular physical activity offers numerous health benefits, but are the benefits different for indoor vs outdoor workouts? Jay Maddock, PhD, Regents Professor with the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University and Director of the university’s Center for Health & Nature, has the answer.

Jared Klickstein, author of "Crooked Smile: What It Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, & Crime," shares his personal story of addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and eventually, redemption.

Writing a will ensures a person's wealth goes to intended recipients, but a large number of Americans do not have one. Gal Wettstein, PhD, Senior Research Economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, led a recent study to learn why people don’t have a will, and test ways to encourage them to establish one.

Here's a surprise: recent research found that a substantial portion of young athletes are also at risk of high blood pressure. Aneeq Malik, MD, Internal Medicine Physician at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Medical Director of the Saving Hearts Foundation, explains what parents of student athletes need to know.

How many older Americans are ready for retirement? Retirement planning expert Dana Anspach, Founder and CEO of Sensible Money, outlines the five things she plans to do in the five years leading up to retirement.

Last year, hundreds of thousands of Americans died from drug and alcohol abuse, yet few of these people received treatment. Michael Businelle, PhD, Co-Director of the TSET Health Promotion Center, a program of the University of Oklahoma Health Stephenson Cancer Center, explains how new technology offers a way to provide substance abuse interventions when they're most needed.

Suffering cardiac arrest outside of a hospital most often has a fatal outcome. But Comilla Sasson. MD, PhD, FACEP, FAHA, Vice President of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for the American Heart Association, explains why knowing CPR and how to use an AED can help save lives. She said basic CPR can be learned in as little as 90 seconds. via an AHA online video. She also discussed the AHA's Heart Walk campaign, engaging more than 220 cities nationwide through the collective efforts of corporate and community participants.

New research by Christopher Palmer, PhD, Albert and Jeanne Clear Career Development Professor, Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management, found some basic guidance made a significant difference in helping low-income families move into neighborhoods providing better economic opportunities.

What's the return on investment when it comes to the high cost of a college education? Preston Cooper, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, conducted a recent analysis that found that some fields of study have a significantly higher payback than others.

It's being called a new era of human learning: the rapidly-growing impact of artificial intelligence on education. Jose Antonio Bowen, PhD, FRSA, Senior Fellow, American Association of Colleges and Universities, author of "Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning" explains how it's already changing traditional notions of creativity in the classroom.