But don’t be too quick to toast the finding, which is based on a comparison of 340 heartattack survivors with the same number of heart-healthy controls. For one thing, drinking can cause high blood pressure, stroke, cirrhosis of the liver, car crashes, impaired cognitive abilities, birth defects and possibly breast and bowel cancer. And moderate drinking often turns into heavy drinking, which clearly hurts the heart. The difference between two drinks a day and five, write the scientists, “may mean the difference between preventing and causing disease....

OK, so curing baldness won’t save lives. But it will undoubtedly ease the emotional suffering of millions. Each year, those 80 million follicularly challenged men and women pour $2 billion into the quest for the magic pill, medical procedure–or at least the perfect wig, says Chris Webb, editor of The National Hair Journal. Tip Sheet offers a guide to what’s available now–and what’s on the horizon: MEDICATIONS. Buyer beware: so far, the FDA has approved only two antibaldness medications: minoxidil, sold over the counter as Rogaine, for both men and women, and finasteride, a prescription pill sold as Propecia, for men only....

Description A 20-minute longevity calculator to determine your biological age or “RealAge"Gives practical and helpful suggestions and informationTest requires an email address Pros Most comprehensive test availableAsks detailed questions about health status and conditionsProvides good feedback and resources Cons Requires e-mail for registrationLong test duration Review RealAge is a test that predicts just that: your real age. It’s considered a longevity calculator, although it doesn’t actually estimate your life expectancy. Rather, your real age acts as more of a prediction of your life expectancy....

Approximately 1.3 million American children under the age of 3 have hearing loss. Even temporary or treatable forms of hearing loss, such as fluid in the ears, can cause delays if they are experienced by a child who is in learning to understand language and to speak. Impaired social skills may also occur in children with hearing loss. Additionally, many children with hearing loss experience difficulty in areas of academic achievement....

A heart attack occurs when there is a blockage or severe reduction in blood flow to a portion of the heart. It is a life-threatening medical emergency and the longer this goes on without treatment, the more damage to the heart that can happen. Studies have found that survival rates for people hospitalized for heart attacks are approximately 90% to 97%. This varies based on the type of heart attack, which arteries are involved, and additional factors such as age and gender....

DEVENEY: Bosh’s battle requires dose of perspective Bosh has been out since Feb. 9 with what was initially diagnosed as a calf strain. But his history with blood clots has reportedly been a concern for the team and physicians. Bosh missed the second half of the 2014-15 season after suffering from blood clots. He ruled himself out of the playoffs last month. The Heat currently lead the Toronto Raptors 1-0 in the second round of the NBA Playoffs....

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Dion Waiters has not played for the Heat this season, and that streak continued Friday under bizarre circumstances. Miami radio host Andy Slater reported that Waiters ingested too many “gummies” (presumably of the recreational-drug type and not vitamins) while the team was in flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles after its game Thursday vs. the Suns. Waiters, it seems, was not well at the end of the flight....

“My mom used to tell me that I had a small black and white TV that I would hold and watch on the bottom bunk of my bunk bed and watch all 162 games when I was a kid,” Hardy, who faces Shelly Vincent for a world title Saturday on HBO, told Sporting News. “I used to play stick ball and wiffle ball all the time. I love baseball. But little girls weren’t allowed to play little league....

Play was suspended for nearly two hours Sunday, before Rory McIlroy and all the leading players had even teed off. Workers brought out squeegees, trying furiously to push standing water off the course. Towels were used to dry the tee boxes. About an inch of rain fell in 45 minutes, but it took longer to get the course back in playing shape. During the 1-hour, 51-minute delay, ducks wallowed in an impromptu creek running down the middle of a fairway....

Yes, he is, Mrs. Vinnicombe, and Warner Bros. and Mattel and Coke and every other company with a stake in the movie version of “Harry Potter” are all betting that there are tens of millions more like Brendan, counting the hours until the movie debuts Nov. 16. Already the most popular children’s book of all time, “Harry Potter” as a movie must now live up to its best-selling legacy. The studio is privately calling this the most important movie franchise in company history (at least three sequels are planned, with a possible total of seven), and that’s some claim coming from the company that made the “Batman,” “Lethal Weapon” and “Matrix” films....

Ronaldo names Portugal heir Heinze spent three years at Old Trafford between 2004 and 2007, prior to a move to Real Madrid, and won the Premier League title in his final year at the club. The Argentine, now manager of Argentinos Juniors, was well-liked at United due to his fiery temperament and aggressive playing style. However, such an attitude also got him into trouble with his team-mates, with Keane – perhaps one of the greatest hard men of all time, taking exception to him on one particular occasion....

Clemson and Alabama look nigh-on impossible to stop, while Georgia, LSU, Ohio State and Oklahoma are legitimate playoff candidates. If teams have lived up to expectations, the same can be said for Heisman Trophy contenders. Unsurprisingly, quarterbacks lead the race for the award, with Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts and Joe Burrow the three runaway favorites so far. Tagovailoa began the season as a joint-favorite along Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence to win the Heisman Trophy and now leads the race as 2/1 favorite....

Jameis Winston and Johnny Manziel came out of nowhere as redshirt freshmen to win it the past two seasons. Robert Griffin III became Baylor’s first Heisman winner in 2011 and former Florida and JUCO QB Cam Newton won it in 2010. This year, we have the returning winner in Winston and a slew of elite candidates. Each week, we’ll give you five top candidates and five to watch. Is 2014’s winner on this list?...

The model, 22, had originally faced a misdemeanor assault charge for striking a 24-year-old woman that he didn’t know while attending New York City’s Feast of San Gennaro festival in September 2021. According to the New York Post, Mingus Reedus pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday. The charge is classed as a violation, which is less than a misdemeanor, in New York City. Assistant District Attorney Elaine Ortyl said that the victim in the case had expressed a desire for Mingus Reedus to “take more accountability” than the plea deal that was offered....

While basketball star Shaquille O’Neal rotated into the Reebok spotlight, O’Brien retreated to the small-town obscurity of Moscow, Idaho. Yet in the year since his famous flop, with virtually nobody in this country watching, O’Brien, still just 27, has rebounded to new heights. He set world records both indoors and out and earlier this summer reclaimed his national title, earning the right to represent the United States in next week’s world championships in Stuttgart, Germany....

Throughout history, a nation’s political influence has correlated with its military power—in other words, its ability to inflict damage on other societies. But equilibrium based on military power is not static. It relies on consensus—importantly, among all the members of the international system—about what constitutes power; what renders power legitimate and which members have both the capability and the intention to use their power to try to impose their will....