Are we eating ourselves to death? Affiliate

Are we eating ourselves to death?

By Steve Porter, M.D. whatdoctorsknow.com Americans spend billions of dollars every year on health and fitness. Chasing a rainbow for…

The acrylamide-cancer link Affiliate

The acrylamide-cancer link

By Clare Tone, M.S., R.D., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter Humans have been eating acrylamide, a chemical that forms in some foods…

The Kid’s Doctor: Caring for kids with strep throat Affiliate

The Kid’s Doctor: Caring for kids with strep throat

By Sue Hubbard, M.D. Strep throat, a bacterial infection, seems to “flourish” during early spring. It is typically seen in…

Walk your way to health with these 5 tips Affiliate

Walk your way to health with these 5 tips

By Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino, Ph.D., R.D., and Joyce Hendley, EatingWell You probably know why you should exercise more. Weight management…

The elusive fountain of youth Affiliate

The elusive fountain of youth

By Scott J. Gilbert More people may be living to 100, and beyond, than ever before. But the real challenge…

Environmental Nutrition: B vitamins on the brain Affiliate

Environmental Nutrition: B vitamins on the brain

By Marsha McCulloch, M.S., R.D., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter Cognitive function — including memory, mental speed and problem solving ability —…

5 power foods to fuel your workout Affiliate

5 power foods to fuel your workout

EatingWell Want to give your workout a boost?  And as a bonus, they can be packed into a delicious, convenient…

How exercise boosts brain function Affiliate

How exercise boosts brain function

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts  By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I keep hearing that exercise helps with memory…

The Western diet affects immunity Affiliate

The Western diet affects immunity

By Sharon Palmer, R.D.N., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter If you need one more reason to avoid the Western diet — our…

The healthiest fall vegetables you’re not eating Affiliate

The healthiest fall vegetables you’re not eating

By Carolyn Malcoun If the craze for pumpkin-spice everything is any indication, many of us love fall vegetables (at least…

Decongestants can sometimes cause more harm than good Affiliate

Decongestants can sometimes cause more harm than good

Mayo Clinic Q&A DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve heard that nonprescription decongestants can have significant side effects. Is this true? ANSWER:…

Study Shows Childhood Myopia Increasing at Alarming Pace Affiliate

Study Shows Childhood Myopia Increasing at Alarming Pace

Source: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine The largest study of childhood eye diseases ever undertaken in the…

Teach your kids how to swallow a pill Affiliate

Teach your kids how to swallow a pill

The Kid’s Doctor By Sue Hubbard, M.D. I’ve always been a proponent of teaching children how to swallow a pill.…

What happens to your body when you don’t get enough sleep? Affiliate

What happens to your body when you don’t get enough sleep?

By The Brain and Spine Team, Cleveland Clinic If you eat well and exercise regularly but don’t get at least…

Thumbs up for vitamin D supplements, but dietary calcium is best Affiliate

Thumbs up for vitamin D supplements, but dietary calcium is best

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I consider myself a healthy 70-year-old man. I…

Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Artificially Sweetened Beverages Affiliate

Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Artificially Sweetened Beverages

By Claire McCarthy, M.D. Harvard Health Blog For a while now, research has shown that when pregnant women gain a…

Fertility advances bring help and hope Affiliate

Fertility advances bring help and hope

Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine Sometimes it takes a little science to help fulfill a dream. At least…

Study examines aggressive end-of-life care Affiliate

Study examines aggressive end-of-life care

Source: University of North Carolina School of Medicine Advanced cancer patients receive aggressive care at high rates at the end…

New ways to help dementia patients Affiliate

New ways to help dementia patients

By Sally Abrahms, Kiplinger Retirement Report Lynn Porter has helped people with dementia learn to draw and led an American…

Make Skin Health a Priority Affiliate

Make Skin Health a Priority

Source: Skin Cancer Foundation There are several steps you can take to take care of your skin. 1. Don’t skimp…

Fainting: Simple or something to worry about? Affiliate

Fainting: Simple or something to worry about?

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I fainted a couple times in the past…

Risk for developing depression increases following traumatic brain injury Affiliate

Risk for developing depression increases following traumatic brain injury

Mayo Clinic Q&A DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is there a link between traumatic brain injury, or TBI, and depression? Would the…

A little more sleep has big rewards Affiliate

A little more sleep has big rewards

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: My wife says I am more forgetful because…

A few easy steps keep kidneys healthy Affiliate

A few easy steps keep kidneys healthy

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I recently had a blood test that showed…

Lung disease in smokers who don’t have COPD Affiliate

Lung disease in smokers who don’t have COPD

By Wynne Armand, M.D. Harvard Health Blog Smoking cigarettes damages your health in a number of ways. The top three…

Sugar isn’t sweet for your heart Affiliate

Sugar isn’t sweet for your heart

Environmental Nutrition:  By Judy Thalheimer, R.D., L.D.N., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter People who consume more added sugars have a higher risk…

Chronic fatigue syndrome not just in your head Affiliate

Chronic fatigue syndrome not just in your head

Source: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman…

How to Exercise Without Even Knowing It Affiliate

How to Exercise Without Even Knowing It

By EatingWell In a review that appeared in the International Journal of Obesity, a group of scientists recently suggested that…

Treatment plan for pancreatic cancer unique to each individual Affiliate

Treatment plan for pancreatic cancer unique to each individual

Mayo Clinic Q&A DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How do doctors determine whether or not chemotherapy or surgery is appropriate for treating…

Pass the bread, please Affiliate

Pass the bread, please

Environmental Nutrition By Heidi McIndoo, M.S., R.D., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter Sliced bread may seem like a mere vehicle for your…

Successful strategy to beat sleep med dependence Affiliate

Successful strategy to beat sleep med dependence

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I have been taking medication to help me…

What To Do When Blood Test Results are Not Quite ‘Normal’ Affiliate

What To Do When Blood Test Results are Not Quite ‘Normal’

By Heidi Godman Harvard Health Blog Picture this: You’re reading the results of your recent bloodwork, and you notice some…

Environmental Nutrition: Nourish your bones Affiliate

Environmental Nutrition: Nourish your bones

Unlike the static human skeletons that commonly hang in biology classrooms, your bones are continually being broken down and rebuilt.…

Know the types of fat you need in your diet Affiliate

Know the types of fat you need in your diet

By Holley Grainger, M.S., R.D. Fat can be confusing. For a long time, fat — any fat — was the…

Environmental Nutrition: Some ovarian problems treatable by diet Women's Health

Environmental Nutrition: Some ovarian problems treatable by diet

By Judy Thalheimer, R.D., L.D.N., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter Up to one in five women of reproductive age suffers from polycystic…

Physical therapy after hip replacement: Can rehab happen at home? Affiliate

Physical therapy after hip replacement: Can rehab happen at home?

By Robert H. Shmerling, M.D. Harvard Health Blog Chances are good that at some point you or someone you know…

Eight ways to lower blood pressure besides cutting sodium Affiliate

Eight ways to lower blood pressure besides cutting sodium

EatingWell.com When it comes to “natural” ways to improve blood pressure, sodium restriction snags the spotlight. Most experts agree that…

What you need to know if you’re taking multiple medications Affiliate

What you need to know if you’re taking multiple medications

Harvard Health Letters Taking several types of medications can be challenging. But this is something you have to get right.…

What men can gain from therapy Affiliate

What men can gain from therapy

By Matthew Solan Harvard Health Blog Speaking for my gender, there are two qualities that define most men: We seldom…

The rise of pushups: A classic exercise that can help you get stronger Affiliate

The rise of pushups: A classic exercise that can help you get stronger

By Matthew Solan Harvard Health Blog The morning of my 50th birthday in May I did something I had not…

Some common causes of infertility can be treated Affiliate

Some common causes of infertility can be treated

Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine There are several complex processes that must occur in order for you to…

The big benefits of plain water Affiliate

The big benefits of plain water

By Mallika Marshall, M.D. Harvard Health Blog “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Unlike Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Ancient…

Breast cancer drug found to reduce seizures Affiliate

Breast cancer drug found to reduce seizures

Source: Northwestern University A class of drug that inhibits estrogen production and is used to treat breast cancer has been…

Prevent a slightly high blood sugar from progressing to diabetes Affiliate

Prevent a slightly high blood sugar from progressing to diabetes

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I recently had a blood sugar test. The…

The trouble with antibiotics Affiliate

The trouble with antibiotics

By Susan Farrell, M.D. Harvard Health Blog Most people are aware of the potential downsides of taking an antibiotic. These…

Why regular exercise helps reduce cancer risk Affiliate

Why regular exercise helps reduce cancer risk

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: It makes sense that regular exercise helps prevent…

Incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes on the rise Affiliate

Incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes on the rise

Source: Penn State Hershey Medical Center whatdoctorsknow.com A generation ago, there was no such thing as pre-diabetes. Well, the condition…

Straight talk about oral health Affiliate

Straight talk about oral health

Harvard Health Letter If you want a snapshot of your current and future health, then open wide. “The condition of…

Waist size trumps body weight to gauge heart disease risk Affiliate

Waist size trumps body weight to gauge heart disease risk

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: I recently met my new doctor. He was…

Colonic hydrotherapy health benefits remain unproven Affiliate

Colonic hydrotherapy health benefits remain unproven

The Medicine Cabinet By Howard LeWine, M.D. Q: A friend is trying to convince me to get colonic irrigation. After…