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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“My heart just skipped a beat.” You have probably heard it or said it. It’s called a premature ventricular contraction (PVC) or heart palpitation. According...
Yes…Yoga Can Make Your Bones Strong
Yoga is becoming more popular every year. In 2021, 35 million Americans tried the 5,000-year-old practice at least once in the previous year. Most people...
Eat Your Way to Heart Health
Your heart pumps blood throughout your body. The arteries and veins through which blood flows to all of your organs, including the brain, can be...
Finding A Caregiver
Finding a competent and honest caregiver to help take care of a family member or loved one is a complicated and perilous process. The demand...
Choose Your Chocolate Carefully
Recent testing has revealed that some dark chocolates and cocoa powders contain troubling levels of dangerous heavy metals including… Cadmium: Dark chocolate is a leading...
Shingles and Your Heart
Shingles causes excruciating, disabling, burning pain that may last for weeks, months, or years. A new study from Harvard researchers shows that it also increases...
Inexpensive Wines for When the Grill Is Hot
The grills are coming out—but that doesn’t mean the wine gets put away. In fact, wine can be paired with everything from burgers to grilled...
You Can Save a Life
When 25-year-old Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after a play on the field, his life was saved by the quick...
Beyond Pacemakers
The concept of a pacemaker began 200 years ago when Luigi Galvani, the Italian physician and biologist, used an electrical current to make a frog’s...
Frontotemporal Dementia
When the family of actor Bruce Willis announced that he has frontotemporal dementia (FTD), many Americans learned for the first time about a condition that...
Turn Down the Volume on Tinnitus
Few things are as frustrating as an annoying sound that won’t stop…or as disturbing as the realization that the sound is coming from inside your...
The Pain Gap
More than one in five U.S. adults live with chronic pain, defined as unrelenting pain that lasts longer than three months. The majority of these...