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Check out the February Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb Explore DC Guide to learn about great (mostly free, some low-cost) events around DC.  This month's calendar features:

  • People and Animal Cardio Club - a volunteer opportunity with the Human Rescue Alliance that allows you to take an adoptable dog for a run.
  • Open Mic Night  and The Comedy of Errors  -  live comedy and a live comedic theatre performance
  • Yoga at the National Building Museum - all-level yoga class under the Corinthian columns of the Great Hall
  • Tudor Place and ARTECHOUSE - learn more about DC's history at Tudor Place and/or experience the Everything in Existence Exhibit at ARTECHOUSE

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Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb's January calendar of events offers you options to exercise your body and to expand your brain beyond the health sciences!  Use the calendar to learn about events like the NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo, as well as free and reduced price Kennedy Center performances and museums.  Exercise and creative activities are both great ways to use different capacities of your brain which can help you focus better on your studies!

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The days may be shorter and the temperatures cooler, but you can still enjoy and explore DC with events and activities from Health Living @ Himmelfarb's December calendar!

  • Enjoy the lights with Zoolights or Georgetown Glow
  • Sample DC's cultural events with Winternational, the Kennedy's Center's free Messiah Sing-A-Long, or laugh through New Year's Eve with the Comedy Shuffle
  • Keep exercising (and enjoying) winter days at the Washington Harbour Ice Rink - just a short walk from Himmelfarb Library on the Georgetown waterfront

Image: Bentley, W.A. (1885).  Snowflake Study.  Retrieved from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/5243239593/

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8249906174_145e319ebd_oNew research published in JAMA Internal Medicine looks at the inverse relationship between coffee drinking and mortality. In this population-based study, researchers used baseline demographic data to estimate hazard ratios for coffee intake and mortality, and also looked at the potential effect of specific genes which are known to modify caffeine metabolism.

In Association of Coffee Drinking With Mortality by Genetic Variation in Caffeine Metabolism: Findings From the UK Biobank, Lotfield, Cornelis, and Caporaso seek to answer the question:

"Moderate coffee consumption has been inversely associated with mortality; however, does heavy intake, particularly among those with common genetic polymorphisms that impair caffeine metabolism, increase risk of mortality?"

To understand their research and find an interesting example of population-based genetic research, read the full article - and and enjoy your favorite caffeine beverage guilt-free while you read!

To learn more about these issues and other genetics topics, participate in the SMHS’s online Genetics Journal Club.

 

Image citation: Foong, C. (2012).  coffee [Online image].  Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cherylfoong/8249906174

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studybreaknov18Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb’s November events calendar!

You can use the Healthy Living calendar to find free events including exercise (Fitbit Local Bootcamp and TRL Yoga Flow),  cultural events (Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play), and activities to help you enjoy and explore Washington, DC (Smithsonian Food History Weekend Festival; Downtown Holiday Market).

Healthy Living's November calendar can help to help you recharge at the GW Harlan Greenhouse in SEH (Science & Engineering Hall), or by serving your community via Help the Homeless this Holiday Season at the Friendship Place.

 

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Nutrition Pepper Mushroom Background BackgroundsEating a healthy diet should be simple but nutrition news can make your head spin. Let’s clear up the confusion and separate the facts from the hype. Let’s figure out how you put a healthy and delicious meal on the table tonight.
Kate Sherwood, executive chef at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, will combine what nutritionists know about healthy with what chefs know about delicious. Because eating healthy food that doesn't taste great is impossible to sustain, and let's be honest: life's too short not to enjoy great food.
So healthy and delicious, practical and easy. Join Kate for a conversation and a taste of healthy and delicious. Food samples provided! (Space is limited; please register.)
When: Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 from 4:30-5:30 pm
Where: Himmelfarb Library, room 202
Sponsored by Healthy Living@Himmelfarb.

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Get out and see DC via Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb’s October events calendar!

You can use the Healthy Living calendar to find free fall events including the Pumpkins Pop-Up, Taste of DC, Dia de los Muertos celebration, and an 80s Halloween Dance Party!

Get out and see DC!

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HealthyLiving_SeptGet out and see DC via Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb’s September events calendar!

You can use the Healthy Living calendar to find free events including exercise (tai chi and Roosevelt Island run),  cultural events (National Book Festival and Kalanidhi Dance), and activities to help you enjoy and explore Washington, DC (DC Veg Fest and H Street Festival).

Go see DC!

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