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How alcohol fuels cancer-causing bacteria

Post author By Jenny Smiechowski
Post date May 22, 2018

The connection between the community of bacteria that call your body home and disease is the cutting edge of medicine right now. And it looks like alcohol seems to fuel the bad stuff — the strains tied to cancer, heart disease and other health problems…

Tags Health News

Brain Health

Why you want a superager brain and how to get one

Post author By Joyce Hollman
Post date September 28, 2018

A “superager” brain stays sharp and protects your body, too. The same brain regions that control your decisions and dreams also regulate your organs, your hormones, your immune system, and predict how much energy your body needs…

Tags Alzheimer's

Health News Prescription Drugs

Is your doctor letting you ‘drug and drive’?

Post author By Joyce Hollman
Post date January 1, 2019

Nearly half of all older adults are using seven or more prescription medications that could impair their driving ability — making them dangerous not only to themselves, but to others. Are you one of these people? It’s not something your doctor always catches…

Tags Side Effects

Healthy Living Sleep

What your nightmares reveal about your health

Post author By Joyce Hollman
Post date January 3, 2019

Which comes first, the nightmare or the illness? It’s hard to say. But one thing is certain: your dreams, particularly your nightmarish ones, are intimately connected with your health. If nightmares are disrupting your sleep, something else might be happening…

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Healthy Living Mental Health

The simplest (and most entertaining) way to slash depression risk in half

Post author By Jenny Smiechowski
Post date January 4, 2019

The longer you’re on this earth, the more likely you are to experience depression. But there are plenty of ways to keep depression from dragging you down… including one super simple and entertaining habit you only need to practice once a month to feel better…

Fitness & Exercise

5 full-body benefits of dancing

Post author By Dr. Adria Schmedthorst
Post date January 7, 2019

Hitting the dance floor (even in your own home) and boogying the night away (or the hour, or even just a few minutes) has been proven time and again to be one of the best things you can do for your health. Let’s take a look at just a few of the benefits dancing delivers…

Healthy Living

2 simple methods to try for better memory recall

Post author By Joyce Hollman
Post date January 29, 2019

As I get older, my ability to remember things is changing, and not for the better. This shift is in no way debilitating, thank goodness… just annoying. So I was thrilled to find these fun exercises to strengthen my memory, and hope you will be, too…

Tags DIY Health, Memory Support

Healthy Living Healthy Mood

10 ways meditation makes you better

Post author By Craig Cooper
Post date April 13, 2017

Meditation has been making its way, gradually, from the realm of the Buddhist, the hippie, and the yogi into the mainstream, all for a very good reason. If you’re not on the meditation bandwagon, it’s time you considered it…

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Brain Health Healthy Living

Heat things up to supercharge your brain

Post author By Dr. Adria Schmedthorst
Post date June 30, 2017

Have you been more forgetful lately? Has it been harder to focus than it used to be? Talking to your doctor about it probably won’t do you any good. Mainstream medicine thinks that it’s all just a natural part of getting older. But, it doesn’t have to be that way.

Tags DIY Health

Thyroid Health Weight Loss

Is a dusty house making you fat?

Post author By Virginia Tims-Lawson
Post date July 28, 2017

They’re called “obesogens.” They come into your home on the products you buy and wind up in your household dust for you to inhale, ingest, and absorb through your skin. According to research, just three milligrams of this dust resulted in fat production.

Anti-Aging Supplements Hearing Loss

5 natural hearing loss remedies you’ll want to hear about

Post author By Jenny Smiechowski
Post date March 21, 2017

Think you have perfect hearing? Think again. Even if you don’t have any noticeable symptoms of hearing damage, chances are life has taken a toll on your hearing, but you can stop the damage…

Tags Antioxidants

Healthy Living Hormone Health Weight Loss

Why the weight won’t come off: The gut-stress-fat connection

Post author By Dr. Mark Wiley
Post date November 1, 2017

American’s are packing on the pounds in record numbers — and it’s not just burgers and ice cream doing it. There are factors at work triggering the trend toward obesity that even the most careful dieters among us may not be aware of or know how to do anything about…

Tags Cortisol, Microbiome, stress