Health

Catering to readers seeking insights on adopting healthier habits for their physical and mental well-being, this section offers practical advice on exercise, fitness, heart health, nutrition, and other facets of personal wellness. From tips on movement and diet to in-depth discussions about cardiovascular health and the mind-body connection, the goal is to provide a well-rounded perspective on taking an informed, holistic approach to one's health.

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Finding A Caregiver

Finding A Caregiver

Charles B. Inlander | July 9, 2023

Finding a competent and honest caregiver to help take care of a family member or loved one is a complicated…

Choose Your Chocolate Carefully
Food

Choose Your Chocolate Carefully

Tod Cooperman, MD | July 8, 2023

Recent testing has revealed that some dark chocolates and cocoa powders contain troubling levels of dangerous heavy metals including… Cadmium:…

Shingles and Your Heart
Heart

Shingles and Your Heart

Paul Goepfert, MD | July 8, 2023

Shingles causes excruciating, disabling, burning pain that may last for weeks, months, or years. A new study from Harvard researchers…

Inexpensive Wines for When the Grill Is Hot
Food

Inexpensive Wines for When the Grill Is Hot

Jeff Siegel | July 7, 2023

The grills are coming out—but that doesn’t mean the wine gets put away. In fact, wine can be paired with…

You Can Save a Life

You Can Save a Life

Timothy M. Satty, MD | July 7, 2023

When 25-year-old Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after a play on the field, his life…

Beyond Pacemakers
Heart

Beyond Pacemakers

John P. Higgins, MD | July 6, 2023

The concept of a pacemaker began 200 years ago when Luigi Galvani, the Italian physician and biologist, used an electrical…

Frontotemporal Dementia
Diseases & Conditions

Frontotemporal Dementia

Ryan Darby, MD | July 5, 2023

When the family of actor Bruce Willis announced that he has frontotemporal dementia (FTD), many Americans learned for the first…

Turn Down the Volume on Tinnitus
Diseases & Conditions

Turn Down the Volume on Tinnitus

Bradley Kesser, MD | July 4, 2023

Few things are as frustrating as an annoying sound that won’t stop…or as disturbing as the realization that the sound…

The Pain Gap
Pain

The Pain Gap

Monica Mallampalli, PhD, MSc | July 4, 2023

More than one in five U.S. adults live with chronic pain, defined as unrelenting pain that lasts longer than three…

When to Go to the Emergency Room
Pain

When to Go to the Emergency Room

Jay Itzkowitz, MD, MBA, FACEP | July 3, 2023

When you have an unexpected illness or injury, you have a variety of options: your doctor’s office, a walk-in medical…

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Digestive

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Jamison Starbuck, ND | July 2, 2023

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition of the lower gastrointestinal tract. It’s the most common diagnosis made by…

Medical Gaslighting
Diseases & Conditions

Medical Gaslighting

Karen Lutfey Spencer, PhD | July 1, 2023

Shortly after tennis champion Serena Williams gave birth, she started having trouble breathing. She worried it might be a pulmonary…

Success Secrets from a 78-year-old Ironman World Champion
Exercise & Fitness

Success Secrets from a 78-year-old Ironman World Champion

Cherie Gruenfeld | June 20, 2023

Ironman events are among the toughest single-day endurance events in the world, consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike…

Exercise Eases Arthritis Pain
Exercise & Fitness

Exercise Eases Arthritis Pain

Stephen P. Messier, PhD | June 19, 2023

For people with arthritis, life is governed by pain. You may not even realize how much you’ve given up if…

Age Better Through Exercise
Exercise & Fitness

Age Better Through Exercise

Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD | June 18, 2023

The more you engage in aerobic exercise, strength training and balance work, the lower your risk for age-related functional limitations…