Health & Fitness Articles
The PTSD Defense
A Bellingham mental health expert says the soldier accused of the worst military atrocity in decades isn’t the only one to blame.
Top Dentists 2012
The best 424 practitioners in the Seattle metro area, as selected by their peers.
Edited by Ariana Dawes
Best Restaurants 2011: The Restaurant Inspector Comes Calling
An afternoon with a very friendly food-safety official.
Dr. Deisher's Stem Cell Crusade
When pro-life biotechnologist Tracy Deisher sued to halt federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, it rocked the biotech universe. What’s driving the Seattle researcher to kill the promise of medicine’s greatest hope?
Seattle Start-Up PlugOut Converts Exercise into Electricity
How a SoDo start-up is turning your gym into a generator.
23 Reasons It’s Great to Be a Pet in Seattle
For starters, we teach dogs how to talk. Not really, but if Penny here could, she’d tell you she never wants to leave.
Parade of Pets: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Seattle Met readers’ well-dressed, regal, extra cute furry friends
Top Dentists 2011: 10 Ways that Dental Treatments Are Getting Faster, Safer, and More Natural
By Sarah Hirsch
Yoga for Life
Seattle’s devoted say that yoga will change your life. But how does that work? We asked them.
Swing and a Prayer
The flying trapeze can be an aerial assault of awesome if you don't let it go to your head.
Turnover
3BA might be the next big thing in professional basketball: full-court, three-on-three hoops played at breakneck speed. But even the game’s back-and-forth action can’t compete with the off-the-court legal drama.
Life Is But a Dream
Rowers at Lake Union Crew ditch the Stairmaster and sauna in favor of fresh air and open water.
By Karen Quinn
Dental Health 101
Four of Seattle's top dentists reveal how routine dental checkups can protect your smile.
By Karen Quinn
Better Body, Better Brain, Better You
68 ways to make 2010 your best year yet.
Edited by Jessica Voelker
On the Rocks
One trip to the ice will be enough to cool your doubts about curling’s physical demands.
The Doctor Is In a Fix
Martin Cahn went into general practice to help people and unravel the mysteries of their ailments. Now he just wishes someone could do the same for a health care system gone critical.
A Healthy Dose of Skepticism
Global health is big business in Seattle—which means it may be in danger of forgetting the billions of people it set out to help.
By Tom Paulson
Home Runners
Canceled your gym membership? Run into these shops for top shoes, great guidance, and stylish gear.
The Longest Mile
You gotta be a fanatical runner—or crazy—to run an ultramarathon. Seattle’s Scott Jurek is a little bit of both.
By Sean Leslie
Wheels of Fortune
Quad rugby’s rising local star is headed for the big time. And it's going to be murder.
5 Northwest Olympic Hopefuls
Learn from the pros—here's how 5 Northwest Olympic hopefuls stay in tip-top shape.
Joyride
Jerry Baker has ridden every Seattle to Portland cycling event. With his advice and a little hard work, you can start your own streak.
The Fit Parade
50 ways to have fun and stay fit
By Roger Brooks, Courtney Nash, Jim Gullo, Meri-Jo Borzilleri, and Jessica Voelker
This Is Your Life
Who doesn’t know that taking care of your body early on will pay off in the end? How to do that is another story. Seattle doctors answer 30 of the biggest questions you’ll have at every stage of your life.
Don't Get It Twisted
Competitive yoga may seem like a sport based on contradictions, but its fans call it physical enlightenment.
