Health

By Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. As we draw nearer to the end of National Nutrition Month consider some of the following ways to help improve our nutritional intake as […]

By Gina Kolata Your potential life span is written in your genes, according to a new study. You can lengthen it a bit with a healthy lifestyle. But if your […]

By Mikkael Sekeres, MD As much as we all want to avoid consuming or breathing in dangerous chemicals and pollutants, they may be impossible to escape. Half the world’s population […]

By Paula Span The patient initially came to see Dr. Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss. While taking her history and vital […]

By Kathleen Willcox Every time you get out of bed, leave your home, or just take a breath, you take a risk. Just ask your overprotective, hypochondriac grandfather: you could […]

By Dana G. Smith As a child, Dr. Dhruv Kazi was obsessed with dogs. As a cardiologist and health economist, he wrote about their health benefits. But he didn’t get […]

By Emily Oster February is the month things go south in our exercise routines. The excitement of New Year’s resolutions fades and the dark and cold keep us in bed, […]

By Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. In today’s stressful society with news reports and events occurring that can lead us toward an ever-increasing amount of stress and anxiety, one approach […]

By Caitlin Carlson When Deborah M. Kado attends cocktail parties, she says people ask her all the time about what medications they “should” be taking or what she thinks about […]

By Carolyn Y. Johnson Neuroscientist Karen Konkoly is a lucid dreamer. When she’s asleep and immersed in a dream, she knows that she is, in fact, dreaming. One of her […]

By Dana G. Smith Take a minute to consider the last decade of your life. What type of physical shape do you hope to be in? And what are the […]

By Hilary Achauer These days, you might think you have to become a power lifter to age well. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, a celebrity physician, calls muscles “the organ of longevity.” […]

By Adrienne Matei Here’s a new trend that sounds unwise: buying unregulated substances from dealers in foreign countries and injecting them into your body. And yet, grey-market injectable peptides – […]

By Brendan Borrell About 13 years ago, Kyle Edmondson woke up after a night of drinking with friends and felt an intense pain on the top of his foot. Climbing […]

By Lindsey Bever The question: Does ginger really help an upset stomach? The science: For more than 2,500 years, ginger has been used for its medicinal properties. Ginger is still […]