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PUMPING IRONY: A Detour on the Road to Dementia?
The latest thinking on Alzheimer’s disease suggests we may slow its development with diet and lifestyle shifts, but a recent harrowing experience has me wondering whether my brain is already too far gone — or if I just need to pay better attention to what I’m doing.
What Is Targeted Mobility?
This new form of stretching can help close the gap between your passive and active range of motion.
PUMPING IRONY: Reunion
Like many empty nesters, I often wonder what role I should be playing in my adult children’s lives. An unexpected visit from our daughter after months of silence provided some clarity.
5 Signs You’re More Stressed Than You Think
Signals not to be ignored that show your stress might be negatively affecting you in deeper ways than you realize.
Another Side of Statins
New research suggests that some statins may mitigate the growth of certain cancers.
How to Maximize Your Metabolism
Metabolism is more complex than simply being “fast” or “slow” or controlled by exercise. There are many things we can do in our daily lives to optimize it. Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, shares how to build the foundation for a healthy metabolism, as well as ways to dig deeper if you’re not seeing results or feeling your best.
PUMPING IRONY: Destined for Diabetes?
A prediabetes diagnosis can trigger all sorts of nightmarish scenarios, but mounting evidence suggests that seniors are a lot less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than we’ve been led to believe.
Understanding Belly Fat
Plus, six lifestyle steps to help aid you in losing it.
Does Intermittent Fasting Help Weight Loss?
A new study suggests intermittent fasting might lead to less muscle mass, not body fat.
How to Deal With Loneliness
Here’s how to maintain social connections — even amid a pandemic.
The Pandemic Exercise Deficit
Just when we need the immunity boost that exercise offers, many of us have become more sedentary.
Habit Hacking for Health: A 4-Step Plan
Results are a lagging indicator of our habits. Lindsay Ogden, CPT, nutrition coach, walks us through her four-step process — what she calls the IPTR method — for developing lasting health habits, so you have the know-how and a tactical plan to go after your goals.
Health Consequences of Being Black in America
Here are just a few sobering statistics.
PUMPING IRONY: An ER for the Elderly
A promising wave of geriatric emergency departments, designed to cut hospital costs and better accommodate seniors, has been slowed by a lack of support from insurers — including Medicare.
Why Friends Are Essential to Our Well-Being
Friendship matters. Here’s why our pals are critical to our health — and how to maintain meaningful connections with those we love.
Sharing the Joy: Ingrid Fetell Lee
The designer, author, and blogger shares tips on finding joy all around us.
WELCOME TO WELLNESS: Latham Thomas
How this wellness advocate, birth coach, and yogi is bringing wellness to marginalized communities.
Are You Destined for Diabetes?
Doctors are researching diagnostic markers that might predict the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes.
5 Tips to Interpret Food Studies
How can we cut through all the confusion and figure out what information is reliable? Experts offer these five guidelines.
The Connection Between Alcohol and Insomnia
Here’s how that nightcap contributes to sleepless nights.
PUMPING IRONY: O Lucky Man!
I’ve never won a contest of any sort in my life, so when I got word that I’d been chosen to receive a COVID vaccine, I figured there must be some mistake.