The Food Safety Edge: Why It Matters More After 40
For many, foodborne illness is something we associate with a bad restaurant meal or a short-lived stomach bug. But as we move through middle age and beyond, food safety becomes…
Breathing Easier: What’s New in Seasonal Allergy Care
Seasonal allergies affect about one in four American adults, and if you’re among them, you know the routine: weeks of sneezing, congestion, itchy eyes, sinus pressure, and disrupted sleep. The…
A New, Hopeful Era for Brain Health
From prevention to precision care, a new wave of research is reshaping what it means to protect your memory and thinking For generations, a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease…
Spirituality in Medicine: Rediscovering an Ancient Dimension of Healing
Modern medicine excels at treating disease, yet true healing can go beyond correcting an abnormal lab value or repairing an injury. It involves restoring wholeness of body, mind, and spirit.…
The Happiness Study: Lessons from Lives Well-Lived
“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and…
Keeping Up with Apps
Exercise coach, meditation guru, calorie counter, hearing amplifier, mood lifter, EKG monitor, always-available walking buddy…with 350,000+ apps flooding the marketplace there’s quite literally a virtual assist for every goal you…
New Advisory Brings the Alcohol-Cancer Connection to the Forefront
Alcohol and Cancer Risk Our year was off to a sobering start with the advisory on alcohol and cancer risk issued by the Surgeon General in January. The key points,…
Heart Health Update: All Roads Lead to Prevention
Whether you’re a healthy 40-something with a family history of premature cardiac events, a 50-year-old mother who experienced a complicated pregnancy decades ago, or a 65-year-old man whose statin treatment…
Truth or Dare: Staying Informed in an Age of Misinformation
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.” * It’s not easy to cut through the clutter in our world of…
The New Holiday Plate: Healthy, Wholesome, and Welcoming For All
As dietary restrictions become more commonplace (an estimated 10% of Americans have a food allergy, another 5% are vegetarian or vegan), serving a holiday meal that satisfies a diversity of…