Mia De Graaf

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Mia De Graaf |Gabby Landsverk |Henry Blodget

A 35-year-old man says he transformed his body in a few months by switching to full-body workouts and smaller portion sizes with a protein goal. Dr. Simon Doyle, a GP from London, had a consistent fitness routine until a shoulder injury left him out of the gym for over a year, during which he started to feel out of shape and struggled to bounce back. "It happens gradually. You don't notice until you think 'I don't look like myself,'" Doyle told Business Insider.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mia De Graaf |Hilary Brueck |Henry Blodget

About 10 years ago, David Furman realized something had to change. As a postdoc at Stanford University in 2016, he studied how inflammation and aging are tightly wound together. His life was "pretty stressful," he said, and he feared his body might be aging in hyperdrive. He could feel it, too. Furman had migraines several times a week and often took ibuprofen to dampen the pain. Mostly, he said, he felt run-down. One day, he decided to test his hypothesis using a novel blood test he was developing.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mia De Graaf |Julia Pugachevsky |Henry Blodget

Billy Joel is canceling the rest of his concert tour after being diagnosed with a brain disorder. The news comes after the singer postponed some gigs over health concerns. In an Instagram post, Joel, 76, shared that he was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare brain disorder which he said leads "to problems with hearing, vision, and balance." His doctor advised him to refrain from performing and pursue physical therapy in his recovery process.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mia De Graaf |Gabby Landsverk |Henry Blodget

Shorter workouts could be the key to getting in shape and staying that way into your 50s and beyond, according to a personal trainer who learned to work smarter instead of harder. Bill Maeda, 56, said recovering from a health crisis taught him that short, simple, and consistent is key to building muscle and fitness long-term. "My raw horsepower is less than it was 10 or more years ago, but I don't care," he told.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mia De Graaf |Hilary Brueck |Henry Blodget

When the news broke on Sunday that former President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with prostate cancer that had spread into his bones, Dr. Arpeet Shah was surprised. Soon, his phone started blowing up with texts from other urologists, who were equally flummoxed as to how this could have happened to a man of Biden's stature. "That was certainly a conversation amongst urologists yesterday, texting each other," Shah told Business Insider on Monday, the day after Biden's diagnosis was made public.