Health
By Jen Christense Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who died September 1, had Merkel cell carcinoma, a skin cancer that’s diagnosed in fewer than 3,000 people in the US every year. Skin cancer is the most widespread form of the disease in the United States, according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, but Buffett’s death may be the...
By Leeann Weintraub Loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber, veggies are known for their health-promoting and disease-prevention properties. New research has ranked vegetables and fruit by their nutrient density or the amount of nutrients obtained per serving. While this information can help us optimize our nutrition, the findings of the study are a bit...
By Daryl Austin People around the world are triggering the release of their feel-good hormones in ways they may not realize; athletes chase that elusive runner’s high; people laugh out loud to shared memes, couples spark a connection between the bedsheets. But chemical reactions are not associated with every physical activity, and certain behaviors do...
By Caitlin Dow “You’d think we’d have a one-sentence answer,” says Colleen Muñoz, assistant professor of health sciences at the University of Hartford. “But it’s much more complicated.” The usual advice to drink eight 8 oz. glasses of water a day—the 8-by-8 rule—seems daunting. But it was never about water alone. “The National Academy of...
For foreign residents, deciding whether or not to buy health insurance in Ecuador is one of biggest challenges they will face. Should they maintain their insurance coverage in their home country? Should they cancel that policy and purchase private insurance in Ecuador? Should they sign up for health care offered by Ecuador’s Social Security system,...
By Stacy Colino The words probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics may sound like variations of the same thing, but what a difference a prefix makes. The first is a category of health-promoting microbes. The latter two groups are types of beneficial molecules. But all three biotics are critical for supporting the community of microscopic organisms that...
By Tula Karras Encountering the new, the interesting, the unexpected, and the “wow!” is built into our brains. Not only do surprise, interest, amusement, and awe — emotions of wonder — feel pretty good, but they also carry big benefits. Although all positive emotions motivate us to broaden our horizons, these are particularly potent in...
By Loren Cecil The appeal of this diet is clear — you’re encouraged to eat delicious, high fat foods like hard cheese, butter, bacon, steak, and even bun-less burgers in copious amounts. The key is very low carbohydrate intake and high fat consumption, so that your body is forced to burn stored fat for fuel...
By Dani Blum A poolside margarita, a frosty beer at a Memorial Day barbecue — summer, you could argue, is made for a cold drink on a hot day. But why does a daytime buzz feel different from after-dinner drinks? And is there any way to ward off the evening hangover? Perhaps unsurprisingly, there have...
Brain size typically declines with age, but the severity and prevalence of that decline may be related to lower activity levels, higher food consumption, and other evolutionary changes in lifestyle that are common in industrialized societies. An NIA-funded study of two indigenous South American groups, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, supports...
By Ute Kreplin Among the promised psychological and physical benefits of meditation are the elimination or reduction of stress, anxiety and depression, as well as bipolar disorder, eating disorders, diabetes, substance abuse, chronic pain, blood pressure, cancer, autism and schizophrenia. It is a panacea for the individual. There are also apparent interpersonal and collective effects....
By Stacey Colino Doctors don’t usually prescribe spending time in nature to their patients but perhaps they should. A robust body of research shows that being in green spaces — such as parks, woods, forests, mountains, and the like — is beneficial for people’s physical and mental well-being. Less well-known are the perks of hanging...
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