It's a common complaint among busy full-time workers: "I simply have no time to exercise!"

Well, sports medicine experts at MASCO member institution Brigham and Women's Hospital disagree, and offer a solution.

High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, is a form of exercise in which short periods of intense exercise are alternated with less intense recovery periods. 

When facing a health crisis, the last thing a patient or a patient's family needs to worry about is where they will lay their heads at night, and can they afford to?

Calling all parents! February school vacation is this week, and in case you are not jetting off to the Bahamas or hitting the slopes, you need to find something to do with the kiddos!

Wheelock Family Theatre has the perfect outing for you as it presents "Mary Poppins." Matinee performances are available the week of February 16th (Tuesday) at 1 pm. 

More information is available here. 

Dreaming of a career on Beacon Hill? Perhaps Capitol Hill?

The weather be darned! You are a cyclist! And for that dedication we salute you.

And, we offer up some wonderful Winter Cycling Tips from our friends at Boston Bikes. 

See their 20 Helpful Winter Biking Tips here. 

Brrrr. It's cold. It's dreary. Let's go grab some hot cocoa with extra whipped cream.

Or not.

It's super easy to get diverted from our fitness and healthy eating goals when it's cold and you just want some comfort food. Mac 'n Cheese anyone?

Our neighbors at Brigham and Women's Hospital have a very informative health blog that outlines simple ways you can control your eating and optimize food choices for your healthiest winter.

Some tips:

Dominic Taabazuing is a medical laboratory technician at BIDMC.  But just a few years ago he was a high school student wondering what his future might hold.

Thanks to the Boston Private Industry Council (Boston PIC), the City’s Workforce Development Board and its school to career intermediary, Dominic joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) as part of the PIC’s summer jobs program for Boston high school students. After his internship, he was hired into a part-time entry-level role in the hospital’s Nutrition and Food Service Department. 

In December, the Boston Globe ran a wonderful feature on the Longwood Medical and Academic Area focusing on all things "hospital." While the hospitals are definitely a huge part of the LMA, our prestigious schools, colleges and universities are important anchors in our community as well as the renowned Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the largest reform temple in Massachusetts, Temple Israel. 

Research shows that reading to your baby, even preemies in the NICU, is essential to healthy brain development and reading skills.

MASCO member Brigham and Women's Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine has started a program in its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to ensure their littlest patients are read to every single day.

Arina Jean-Chaplin from Boston Children's Hospital recently shared her commute to the LMA with the City of Boston's Chief of Streets Chris Osgood.

See her daily commute here:  http://tiny.cc/nnd94x

Thank you Arina for participating in this great series and for all your hard work you do on behalf of Boston Children's Hospital Commuter Services Office!