John Hockenberry joins us from London, where people are talking about fitness for police officers. After a survey found that 53 percent of officers were overweight and one in 100 was morbidly obese, new proposal in England and Wales would require officers to undergo an annual fitness test. Penalties could include paycuts for those who repeatedly fail -- all as a way to reportedly "rid the service of fat officers". 

How do we plan for a longer, healthier life?  According to an Annals of Internal Medicine study, there are four simple priorities people need to have in order to get healthy: quit smoking; eat five servings of fruits or vegetables each day; get to a "healthy" weight; and exercise vigorously for 100 minutes each week.

Whereas most people think running is good exercise that aggravates knees and causes long-term damage, a new report reveals that it just might be good for your joints. Last spring, a European study revealed that people who run were actually protected from knee injuries. New York Times Magazine columnist Gretchen Reynolds explains.

'Tis the season to be groggy, nauseous and dehydrated. For a look at what it takes to not pay for one's drinking sins, The Takeaway explores the causes and cures behind the holiday hangover with Dr. Robert Swift. Dr. Swift is a professor of psychiatry at Brown University Medical School. He’s also the Chief of Staff for Research at the Providence VA Medical Center.

Everyone has an opinion about hangover cures. Here are the purported cures gathered by the BBC and its listeners. National Geographic put together a very handy chart of global cures for this pressing global problem. And a New York Times blogger weighed in, too, with a discussion of cures for the inevitable.

Here's some of what Youtube.com has to offer on the subject:



Got a cure you KNOW works? Tell us! We'll need it.

Guest: Dr. Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University

Guest: Dr. Peter Jung, pediatrician, Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas