- Aging -
Turning Back the Clock
By Anjula RazdanIn her compelling new book, Younger, functional-medicine doc Sara Gottfried, MD, outlines a seven-week program to reverse aging.
Health
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Sit Still, Live Longer?
By Craig CoxResearch suggests that meditation may extend your lifespan, but anyone who embraces a serious mindfulness practice will soon discover it’s not about their life at all.
- Functional Medicine -
Beyond Cholesterol: 8 Tests That Measure Your Cardiovascular-Disease Risk
By Anjula RazdanFunctional-medicine doctors are using new metrics to measure heart health and disease risk.
- General Health -
Lyme Disease Expected to Spike This Year
By Courtney HelgoeExperts say 2017 will be a high-risk year for Lyme disease. Here’s what to do about it.
- Weight Loss -
By Leaps and Bounds: Nick Williams’s Success Story
By Nick WilliamsHow one man returned to a favorite childhood pastime to overcome a traumatic injury and years of obesity.
- Hormones -
The Testosterone Trap
By Craig CoxNew research suggests androgen replacement therapy may increase your risk of heart attack.
- Brain/Mental Health -
4 Ways to Fight Alzheimer’s Now
By Michael DregniResearch shows that lifestyle choices are the key to prevention. Here are four ways to protect yourself.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: I Can Hear You Now
By Craig CoxOne in three geezers refuses to address their hearing loss, according to a new study. I’m not one of them.
- Aging -
Fearless Aging
By Jon SpaydeStereotypes about getting older can make a natural process stressful. Here’s how to stop those negative messages from clouding the years ahead.
- Stress Relief -
Acupuncture May Reduce Migraines
By Courtney HelgoeA new JAMA Internal Medicine study finds that treatment with acupuncture may reduce the frequency of these debilitating headaches.
- Sleep -
How to Use Lavender Oil
By Kaelyn RileyThis popular essential oil can help boost your health and happiness.
Endurance Athletes and Heart Arrhythmias: Exercise Overdose?
By Michael DregniA new book, The Haywire Heart, examines the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of a condition dubbed “athlete’s heart.”
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Is Cancer Screening Just a Scam?
By Craig CoxA new study reveals that colonoscopies, mammograms, and other tests do little to prolong life expectancy. But don’t expect to hear that from your doctor.
- General Health -
What Triggers Migraines?
By Heidi WachterThe cause of migraines has long been a mystery — but recently, researchers took one step closer a solution.
- Gut Health -
Journey to Healing: Q&A With Sarah Kay Hoffman
By the Experience Life TeamThe author and blogger shares how she healed her gut, reclaimed her health, grew her family, and discovered a new place of joy.
- Brain/Mental Health -
Untangling Alzheimer’s
By Michael DregniBreakthroughs in understanding dementia are leading to new healthcare approaches. Nutrition, lifestyle, and sleep may be the keys to prevention.
- Functional Medicine -
First Blood Biomarker for MS Discovered — and What It Means for Treatment
By Anjula RazdanMS expert — and patient — Terry Wahls, MD, on what the recent discovery means for those with the neurodegenerative disease.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Eat Less, Live Longer?
By Craig CoxPeriodic fasting is gaining traction among the longevity-obsessed, but I’m having trouble seeing how it differs from yo-yo dieting.
- Hormones -
A Whiff of Good News
By Courtney HelgoeIndustry giant Unilever opts to reveal fragrance chemicals in all of its personal-care brands.
- Life Unedited -
LIFE, UNEDITED: How the Body Keeps Score
By Courtney HelgoeA book by renowned trauma expert Bessel Van der Kolk, MD, explains how trauma lives in the body — and why the body needs to be engaged in recovery.
- Gut Health -
Can Gut Bacteria Affect Alzheimer’s Disease?
By Heidi WachterNew research finds the microbes in your gut may play a major role in escalating the chronic brain disease.