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What happens when you put kittens in a yoga class?

Kitten yoga is the latest thing for both helping the kitties get more comfortable around people and creating a new yoga experience.

Dallas Cowboys

It’s not your name that counts. It’s knowing where you are

The Maddocks questions are the first part of an extensive NFL concussion gameday checklist.

Four years ago Miles Keller, 38, of Keller, weighed 180 pounds, but not in the most attractive way, as he put it. After adopting a healthy lifestyle and fitness regimen, he has landed a spot on “Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge.” The hit TV show airs on CMT.

Fort Worth

The bad news: Ragweed is raging in North Texas. There is no good news

Ragweed showed up in small amounts starting in mid-August but reached high levels on Sept. 7, according to the pollen reporting site in Dallas. Since then, it has reached high levels seven of the last eight days.

Health & Fitness

Five more ways to indulge your inner mermaid

From mermaid home decor to a mermaid-inspired cocktail, living the life of a siren has never been easier.

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Want to take a deep dive into the mermaid craze? Bring your monofin

Adventure Scuba and Snorkeling Center in Plano jumps into the deep end of mermaid culture with formal classes for North Texans. While most participants are young women who grew up with “The Little Mermaid,” others are starting to get their fins wet.

Health & Fitness

Experimental treatment provides hope against brain cancer

Dennis Kothmann was diagnosed with a glioblastoma tumor and decided to become part of an experimental study rather than take standard chemotherapy. So far, results are encouraging. (Star-Telegram/Rodger Mallison)

Health & Fitness

For this cancer patient, hope comes without chemo

A jovial 71-year-old mathematician and TCU alum, Dennis Kothmann has chosen an experimental path in battling brain cancer that, so far, is showing signs of progress.

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Vbikes rolls into downtown Fort Worth

Cowtown gets a new bike rental program and the rollout happened overnight.

Bud Kennedy

A Texas oil family’s $25 million gift adds to Moncriefs’ Fort Worth legacy

The new Moncrief Medical Center is only the latest gift from a family that supports UT Southwestern Medical Center, healthcare and education in North Texas.

Dallas Cowboys

Cowboys Fit brings fans closer to team

Cowboys fit is a health and fitness studio at The Star in Frisco.

Health & Fitness

Topgolf serves up hot tee in the changing world of golf

As participation in the sport of birdies and eagles levels off in the post-Tiger Woods era, Dallas-based Topgolf — opening its first Cowtown location this weekend — is experiencing heady growth. What does this mean for the game of golf?

Living

Canadian clinical trails for type II diabetes sound promising

Be warned: Women who received stem cell treatment for macular degeneration at a Florida clinic were left blind or nearly so.

Fort Worth

Texas Oncology plans new cancer center in Fort Worth medical district

The new facility will bring the cancer-care services provided at three existing offices in Fort Worth together under one roof.

Health & Fitness

Nutrition advocate: Don’t follow ‘politically correct’ positions on food

Diet Detective interviews Michael Jacobson, who co-founded the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

Health & Fitness

Misty Copeland’s next leap: Giving us all better bodies

“I used to bury my hurt in a box of Krispy Kremes,” the dancer says in her new book, “Ballerina Body” (Grand Central Life & Style, $30), in which she aims to set us on the right path to better bodies — if not quite one like hers (and of course not one like hers!), then the best bodies we can have.