- Gut Health -
The Healing Arthritis Protocol
By Susan BlumFunctional-medicine doc Susan Blum, MD, outlines her basic plan to treat arthritis.
Health
6 Tips to Beat the Winter Blues
By Jill Metzler PattonSeasonal affective disorder can make a stressful time of year even harder. Here’s how to offset the symptoms of SAD.
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PUMPING IRONY: Attention, Please
By Craig CoxRecent research aims to explain why the aging brain is more distractible.
- Aging -
Exercise Now, Avoid Depression Later
By Kaelyn RileyWhy midlife fitness may reduce the risks of depression later in life.
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PUMPING IRONY: In the Dark About Sleeplessness
By Craig CoxI may not be the best person to suggest that light pollution is keeping seniors awake.
- Nutrition -
What Are Some Healthy Ways to Deal With a Hangover?
By Jon SpaydeThe key, says one expert, is to prepare beforehand.
- Aging -
Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Joints
By Susan BlumA leading functional-medicine physician explains her gut-healing protocol for overcoming arthritis.
- General Health -
When Should I Get a Mole Examined?
By Jon SpaydeIf your mole changes in terms of size, symmetry, color, or border, it’s time to see a doctor.
- Happiness -
The Upside of Anger
By Alexandra Smith, LPCCSometime, a burst of anger can be productive and have health benefits.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Problematic Pills
By Craig CoxHospitals are commonly sending their elderly patients home with prescription drugs that do more harm than good.
- Functional Medicine -
Natural Pain Relievers
By Mo PerryTools and techniques for managing chronic pain — without opioids.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Prepared for the Worst
By Craig CoxGeezers are particularly liable to imagine catastrophe whenever some ailment arises, but research suggests that accepting these conditions with equanimity can actually enhance our well-being.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Calm Down and Carry On
By Craig CoxThe Medical-Pharmaceutical Complex has been elevating my blood pressure for years by trying to convince me that the systolic readings produced in my doctor’s office matter. New research renders that argument moot.
- General Health -
The Living Experiment: Forgiveness
By Pilar Gerasimo and Dallas HartwigHow releasing past hurts can be helpful.
- General Health -
Why One Woman Rejected Breast Reconstruction After a Double Mastectomy
By Jill Metzler PattonIn her new memoir, FLAT: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer, Catherine Guthrie talks about why “going flat” was the only way for her to feel whole.
- Hormones -
What You Need to Know About Automimmunity
By Courtney HelgoeThree experts talk about the autoimmunity epidemic — and how to reverse it.
- Stress Relief -
6-Week Meditation Guide for Athletes
By Lauren BedoskyThink you would benefit from a meditation practice but hate to sit still? Try this new approach.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Make Your Medicine
By Craig CoxA nascent movement of “biohackers” aims to challenge Big Pharma by empowering patients to synthesize their own medications and assemble their own medical devices. I’m not the only one who’s cautiously pessimistic.
- Functional Medicine -
How to Manage Chronic Pain — Naturally
By Mo PerryAn evolving understanding of pain is leading us to treatments that are safer — and more effective — than opioids.
- Gut Health -
How to Optimize Your Calcium Intake
By Chrystle FiedlerHere are five ways to maximize your calcium absorption.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: The Upside of Old Age
By Craig CoxWhen one is seeking contentment, aging might be the solution rather than the problem.