Health Archives - Page 50 of 79

- Gut Health -

Study Finds Exercise May Boost Gut Health

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

A new study shows that exercise, along with a diverse diet that includes protein, can help the body's multifaceted microbiome thrive.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: The Soccer Solution

By Craig Cox

A new study suggests playing soccer can help geezers stay healthy, but I have my doubts.

- Functional Medicine -

Beating Lyme Disease

By Pamela Weintraub

For patients with tick-borne diseases, the path to health can be confounding. Combining integrative and conventional approaches may be the best way forward.

- Aging -

The Forever Athlete

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

What 95-year-old track star Olga Kotelko can teach us about living and aging well.

- General Health -

Revolutionary Act 3: Rage Against the Machine

By Pilar Gerasimo

Use your healthy frustration about unhealthy status quos to spark creativity and determination.

- Sleep -

How Sleep Clears the Mind

By Experience Life Staff

University of Rochester Medical Center research reports that while we sleep, our brains flush out toxins that build up when we’re awake — allowing us to clear our heads.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

By Craig Cox

Want to live longer? Stop worrying about living longer.

- General Health -

Lyme Disease: How to Protect Yourself This Summer

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

The tick-borne illness, one of the fastest growing diseases in the United States, can be disabling if left untreated.

- video -

How I’m Doing It: A Luv Story (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

How one couple overcame a legacy of obesity — and built a stronger life together along the way.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: Stairway to Heaven

By Craig Cox

A home improvement project got me thinking about the importance of stairs as we age.

- Hormones -

Triclosan, an antibacterial agent and suspected toxin, banned in Minnesota

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Although the Minnesota ban won’t go into effect until 2017, it’s possible that manufacturers will begin to phase out the questionable ingredient before then.

- Stress Relief -

How to Handle a Move

By Jon Spayde

Tips for navigating the stress of relocating and feeling at home in a new place from psychologist and psychotherapist Elizabeth Stirling, PhD.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: Start the Revolution Without Me

By Craig Cox

The next medical revolution makes a lot of sense — if you're a car.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: The Pressure’s Off

By Craig Cox

More than half of us geezers have high blood pressure, but it doesn't have to threaten our longevity.

- General Health -

This Is Your Body on Ibuprofen

By Kristin Ohlson

How NSAIDS — nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin — can cause more pain than they relieve.

- Stress Relief -

Healing Spaces

By Esther Sternberg, MD

Can the spaces in which we live, work, and recover from illness have an impact on healing and well-being? Integrative-medicine doctor Esther Sternberg says yes.

- Weight Loss -

The psychological downside of labeling obesity a “disease”

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

The American Medical Association's "disease" label appears to boost feelings of self-acceptance among obese people — but it may also undermine weight-loss efforts, a recent study suggests.