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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
A 31-Day Mobility and Walking Plan That Will Reduce Pain and Keep You Moving
Many people enter a slump with their health routine this time of year. And we get it: The priority is soaking up every last bit of summer before the fall rush hits, which means lazy days by the pool, quality time with friends and family, and indulging in our favorite summer treats. Many of us shrug off any diet and fitness goals, tabling them until the fall. But it is possible to not only keep daily movement a priority, but do it in a way that doesn't take a lot of time and sets you up to hit the ground running in September. That's why we designed the Start TODAY app to be a daily motivator you can keep in your back pocket, with small ways to prioritize your health that don't feel overwhelming. This month, we're going back to the basics by focusing on mobility and walking. Over the course of the month, we will serve you a mobility routine or walking podcast daily to improve overall functional fitness, reduce aches and pains and most importantly, keep you moving and prime the body to tackle bigger fitness goals next month. For the full 31-day plan, including daily mobility routines and walking podcasts — plus on-demand workouts, meal plans and inspiration — download the Start TODAY app! August Tune Up: 31-Day Mobility and Walking Plan >>Download the calendar here 'People forget that stretching and mobilization is a 'workout.' It is an integral part of health and wellness and should be incorporated at least a couple of times during the week, depending on your condition and health status,' says physical therapist and Start TODAY trainer Karena Wu. 'In my experience, clients that have good mobility have had less injuries and have been able to recover more quickly. Mobility allows for better neuromuscular communication and improved circulation and blood flow. All of these can help with avoiding injuries and allowing for normal function with no limitations, compensations or perceptions of pain.' In this 31-day plan, mobility days are alternated with walking to prioritize cardiovascular exercise that burns calories, improves heart health and boosts metabolism. Join our monthly challenge in the Start TODAY app to receive daily mobility routines designed by best-in-class trainers to improve range of motion and reduce aches and pains. On walking days, press play on audio podcasts that provide motivation and mental health tips to entertain you and help reduce stress while you get your steps in. Mobility workout Get a taste of what your daily workout may look like with this "Hip Mobilization" routine from Karena Wu. "Your hips work all day and absorb a lot of forces. They can get weak, feel right and affect how you move," says Wu. Tight hips can have a ripple effect throughout the body, causing issues in the low back, knees and ankles. "Stretching only addresses the overlying tissue," says Wu. "Mobilizing targets the deeper tissues of the joint," preventing aches and pains and prevent injury. For the full routine — and the the complete 31-day challenge with a unique workout sent to your phone each day — download the Start TODAY app! Diet Tune Up: Nutrition Tips While you're focused on simple ways to keep your body moving this month, Start TODAY dietitian Natalie Rizzo has some small habits that will help you tune up your nutrition before the busy back-to-school season: Use the 'addition' rule of nutrition. This means focusing on the healthy foods you can add to your plate, rather than foods you should take away. For instance, add a cup of veggies to your pasta dinner, add a side salad to a slice of pizza, add beans to taco night or add berries as a side to your morning eggs. Even easier, add a glass of water to your morning routine before you have coffee, or drink water with dinner to keep you hydrated throughout the night. Focus on 'One Small Thing.' This feature in the Start TODAY app is a great tool to help make healthy choices a no-brainer. Check it off daily throughout the month and by September, you'll be on a 31-day streak of doing something every single day to prioritize your health! This is an actionable way to apply the rule of addition and focus on what you can add to your routine, rather than take away, to keep a positive mindset around healthy eating and exercise. Eat more anti-inflammatory foods. Mobility is all about reducing aches and pains and promoting healthy aging, and nutrition is an important part of those goals. This month, when you're choosing what to add to your plate, focus on foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and fish, which have antioxidants that fight inflammation and over time can reduce your risk of disease. The Start TODAY app is packed with recipes that have an abundance of anti-inflammatory ingredients, like Parchment Packet Baked Tuna Steaks & Vegetables with Creamy Dijon-Turmeric Sauce and Anti-Inflammatory Beet & Avocado Wrap. These recipes are also low in added sugar, saturated fat, and sodium, which are all pro-inflammatory ingredients. Try the Heart Healthy or Mediterranean Meal Plans to get daily anti-inflammatory meal ideas! This article was originally published on
Boston Globe
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Involuntary commitment should be on the table in the opioid crisis
Get The Gavel A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. Enter Email Sign Up Advertisement Wu administration officials told me they have been doing that since February and dispute the idea that the mayoral race has anything to do with it. To back up that contention, they cited Advertisement According to data supplied by city officials, so far this year in the Mass. and Cass area, there were 51 petitions for involuntary commitment under Section 35. According to this data, arrests are up, as well as what are called 'interactions' with people on the streets for situations involving drugs, fights, intoxication, panhandling, and vandalism. Documenting those interactions 'can also support a petition for a Section 35,' a Wu spokesperson pointed out. The issue of involuntary commitment is politically polarizing. From the liberal perspective, if someone believes that at some point a homeless person with substance-abuse issues should not be able to refuse treatment, they are considered callous, cold-hearted, and willing to violate the due process rights of others, with no understanding of what it takes to overcome the misery of addiction. Advertisement And yet, what about the rights of law-abiding citizens to live without stepping over needles or encountering assaults and other violence in front of their homes? Why should their rights be trampled? Never one to resist the chance to push a hot-button issue, President Trump presented that side of the argument in a recently issued executive order. Titled But the rationale behind the policy is also worthy of consideration: 'Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order,' states the Trump executive order. 'Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens.' Meanwhile, the impact on quality of life is unacceptable. Residents are very frustrated. Their patience is gone. Advertisement Imagine seeing what they see every day in front of your own home and it's easy to understand why. Joan Vennochi is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at
CNBC
a day ago
- Business
- CNBC
CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Chinese AI companies are already making money
From startups to tech giants, Chinese companies are finding business demand for their artificial intelligence services, even as AI models elsewhere keep burning cash. AI can now resolve more than 80% of online customer questions at Toyota's joint venture with Chinese state-owned carmaker FAW, more than twice as many as it could address half a year ago, Wu Yongjian, vice president at Tencent Cloud, told me on Friday. Tencent provides some AI tools to the automakers. And now it only takes around two weeks to get Tencent's AI customer-service platform up and running, down from up to three months, Wu told me, as we sat inside the company's shiny new office in an up-and-coming Shanghai waterfront district. Over the weekend, Tencent announced an upgrade to its Hunyuan AI model alongside releases by other companies as the "World AI Conference" got underway in the city. While not every company is seeing a similar demand for their products and services, the focus on business opportunities reflects a shift underway in China in capturing the AI opportunity. And that's also reflected in job applications. Zhou Yuxiang, CEO of Temasek-backed startup Black Lake Technologies, told me on Saturday that in the last few months he's been getting resumes from AI model engineers who want to shift into developing AI for specific industry applications. "Before it was hard to get AI engineers," he said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC. Black Lake primarily sells AI tools to small factories in China to help them speed up production and better utilize capacity. Many of the business owners are experiencing "FOMO" right now because they missed out on the direct-to-consumer e-commerce boom of the past few years, Zhou said, adding that the cost to use AI has also dropped significantly. formerly Zhipu, on Monday became the latest Chinese startup to slash operating costs with an open-source AI model release. Its pricing undercut Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot's Kimi K2 model released earlier this month, and DeepSeek's R1 in January, which offered lower rates compared with what industry leader OpenAI was charging people to use ChatGPT. Open source AI models can be used for free, and even altered and distributed, without special permission from the creator. Users who opt not to download the model can access them via the cloud and pay per use. Many businesses are realizing they need to have better data in order to apply AI effectively. It's a foundational layer that's seeing huge demand, just like chips, even if monetization of the AI application takes time. Chinese startup DeepExi, backed by venture capital firms Hillhouse and BAI, says its AI system combines business-specific data analysis with AI models to "deliver zero hallucination outputs." That means the system does not make up results, as generative AI models are quite prone to do. CNBC was unable to independently verify the claim. DeepExi lists clients such as Han's Laser Technology and an unnamed public healthcare operator "that oversees 40 public hospitals and 100 clinics." The startup's revenue surged by 88.3% to 242.9 million yuan last year, DeepExi said in an April filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for a planned listing. Data labeling, or annotating bits of information for better AI use, is also seeing surging demand. Beijing-based Haitian Ruisheng last week estimated its revenue in the first half of 2025 grew by at least 61% from a year ago to 148.9 million yuan. Its revenue in 2024 was nearly 240 million yuan. After excluding items, profit is expected to have more than doubled to between 4.5 million yuan and 4.9 million yuan in the first half of the year, according to the company's filing with the Shanghai stock exchange. Haitian Ruisheng counts ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and several U.S. "Magnificent 7" companies such as Microsoft and Amazon as clients, Zhang Zhe, the company's secretary to the board, said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC. In China, the company sees the greatest monetization opportunities in education, healthcare and tourism, Zhang said, adding that there was also potential in smartphones and "embodied intelligence" — a category that includes robots. Haitian Ruisheng combines automated data annotation with evaluation by human experts, Zhang said, adding that AI requires global cooperation and his company was eying overseas markets, with a subsidiary in Singapore. Just days after the U.S. unveiled its AI action plan, the Shanghai-based "World AI Conference" opened Saturday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang announcing plans for a global AI cooperation organization. China called for supporting AI integration across industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, education and agriculture. Tencent has already taken steps in that direction. It has local partnership in Japan for a "virtual human service" that domestic businesses can purchase, Wu said. That's a digital avatar of a human, often used for livestreaming and other digital content. Other popular AI business lines in regions such as Southeast Asia include "know your customer" identification verification for finance, translation services as well as a platform for developers to develop AI agents, Wu said. With these business projects — and broader state-backed ambitions — China has clearly gone beyond the labs in the global AI race. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Trump has 'final say' on all trade deals Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss how trade talks happen, what's pending the President's approval and much more. EUCham in China: Beijing needs to address market barriers to foreign companies Jens Eskelund, the president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, says that European businesses in China believe in the economy's long-term potential – but have concerns around imbalances in trade, transparency, and market access. Watch CNBC's full interview with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest developments on U.S. trade negotiations, details of U.S.-EU trade deal, state of U.S.-China trade talks, and more. No U.S.-China trade truce extension yet. A possible extension of a tariff pause between Washington and Beijing will not be agreed to until President Donald Trump gives his nod, U.S. negotiators said Tuesday. At least 30 people die in torrential rain. State media reported the deaths at the outskirts of Beijing after the capital city issued a red alert for heavy rain on Monday. President Xi Jinping called for more work on flood prevention and disaster relief in the broader northern region. China ramps up support for births. The country on Monday announced the equivalent of about $500 a year per child under the age of three, following plans to roll out free preschool education. Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks were mixed Wednesday as U.S. trade talks with China hang in the balance. Mainland China's CSI 300 rose 0.51%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index — which includes major Chinese companies — was 0.45% lower as of 10:07 a.m. local time (10:07 p.m. ET on Tuesday). The mainland benchmark has gained more than 5% so far this year, data from LSEG showed. July 31: Politburo meeting expected Official PMI for manufacturing, services Nio to officially launch Onvo L90 electric car Aug. 1 - 4: China Joy gaming conference in Shanghai Aug. 1: S&P Global China General Manufacturing PMI Aug. 5: S&P Global China General Services PMI
Yahoo
a day ago
- Health
- Yahoo
How Many Days a Week Should You Do Mobility Exercises to See Results? A Trainer Explains
Having good mobility is essential for healthy aging, though many people do not think about mobility — the ability to coordinate your body's movements to carry out daily tasks with control and stability — when planning their workouts. 'Mobility is extremely important as we age. We typically get stiffer and less mobile, so making sure to maintain motion in our joints and soft tissue is crucial for overall all health,' Karena Wu, doctor of physical therapy, Start TODAY trainer and owner of ActiveCare Physical Therapy, previously 'Our joints sit the deepest, so motion here means the overlying soft tissue will be more pliable and malleable, which means better control, circulation, range of motion, balance and performance.' In the Start TODAY app, Wu offers mobility routines that target specific areas, from the low back, to the hips, to the neck and shoulders, plus full-body mobility programs designed to improve range of motion and functional fitness while reducing aches and pains. Trainer Tip of the Day: Do Mobility Exercises 3 Times a Week At least three times a week, Wu recommends that people incorporate mobility exercises into their regular routines. 'People forget that stretching and mobilization is a 'workout.' It is an integral part of health and wellness and should be incorporated at least a couple times during the week depending on your condition and health status,' Wu said. Mobility helps with daily activities, such as walking without falling or getting out of a chair with minimal effort. Having bolstered mobility also improves other types of workouts. 'Having a full range of motion allows for the best muscle activation so exercises can work the soft tissue through the entire range,' Wu explained. To ease into it, try the Start TODAY app's 4-Week Healthy Aging Workout Plan, which includes mobility training once a week as part of a well-rounded exercise routine. Why It Matters As we age, we lose muscle mass, weakening our strength and stability. This can lead to falls with broken bones or injuries from carrying out daily tasks. Having good mobility can prevent painful accidents. 'In my experience, clients that have good mobility have ... less injuries and (are) able to recover more quickly,' Wu said. 'Mobility allows for better neuromuscular communication and improved circulation and blood flow. All of these can help with avoiding injuries and allowing for normal function with no limitations, compensations or perceptions of pain.' How to Get Started To boost your mobility, it's important to work your muscles in a range of motion. Some mobility exercises that you can do at home to improve your mobility include: Single controlled arm circles Static shoulder stretches Standing hip controlled articular rotations (CARs) Leg stretches Thoracic rotations Wall chest stretches Download the Start TODAY app for video demonstrations of mobility exercises like these. TODAY's Expert Tip of the Day series is all about simple strategies to make life a little easier. Every Monday through Friday, different qualified experts share their best advice on diet, fitness, heart health, mental wellness and more. This article was originally published on
South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Alibaba, Standard Chartered partner to accelerate AI adoption in banking sector
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding that would see Standard Chartered leverage solutions from Alibaba Cloud – the Hangzhou -based firm's AI and cloud computing services arm – to enhance operational efficiency and elevate customer experience, according to a statement on Tuesday from Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post. 'Through this strategic alliance, we will combine Alibaba's technological expertise with Standard Chartered's deep industry knowledge to unlock new possibilities,' Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Yongming said. Their cooperation includes building AI-powered customer engagement tools, automating risk management and compliance, and talent development at the bank through AI workshops and certifications for employees. 'From education to healthcare and scientific research, AI has already shown its potential to drive transformational change,' Wu said.
