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Can Aromatherapy Help With Anxiety?
Essential oils and aromatherapy can support mental and emotional health in many ways, says our columnist Henry Emmons, MD.
PUMPING IRONY: Parkinson’s: The Next Pandemic?
Cases of the debilitating neurological disease have been surging in recent years and some researchers suggest COVID-19 may accelerate the trend.
6 Tips to Build Grip Strength
Here are six grip strengthening exercises to enhance your grip for improved joint health, athletic performance, and longevity.
How Heart-Rate Variability Affects Your Stress Response
Discover how to create heart-rate coherence for a greater sense of calm.
How to Find the Right Therapist
Credentials, cost, and length of treatment are just a few factors to consider when finding a therapist.
Looking to Eat a Mediterranean Diet? Here Are 6 Staple Foods.
Learn why these six foods are so good for your health — and how to incorporate them into your diet.
How to Improve Your Grip Strength
Train your grip strength for joint health, athletic performance — and your own longevity.
What Your Mouth Is Trying to Tell You
Oral health is intricately connected to the rest of the body. Here’s why it matters — and how to read those niggling mouth symptoms.
40 Spices and Plant-Based Foods With Anti-Cancer Potential
These spices and other foods may have preventive or even anti-cancer potential, according to Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD.
9 Functional-Medicine Strategies to Help Treat Long-Haul COVID
Many people who have had COVID-19 still experience chronic issues. We talked to several functional-medicine doctors, and here’s what they recommend.
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: 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.
Are You Destined for Diabetes?
Doctors are researching diagnostic markers that might predict the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes.
The Connection Between Alcohol and Insomnia
Here’s how that nightcap contributes to sleepless nights.
The Warning Signs of Depression — and When to Seek Help
Depression is more common than you might think. Here are some symptoms of depression, as well as new treatments.
Life Time in the News: “Woman Credits Her Fitness Transformation for Her Ability to Battle COVID”
For the past two years, Life Time member Nancy Mora has been working toward improved nutrition and fitness habits. She says it’s those efforts that helped her fully recover from COVID-19.
How to Treat Long-Haul COVID
COVID-19 is leaving many with a disturbing array of chronic symptoms. These functional-medicine strategies can help.
New Study: Better Fitness Can Reduce COVID-19 Severity
Aerobic fitness plays a key role in coronavirus defense and lower risk of hospitalization, according to recent research.
Is the Pandemic Fueling Drug Addiction?
Substance use is surging during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talked to a therapist and addiction counselor about how we can take care of ourselves and those we love.
The Sober-Curious Movement
Whether you’re trying to give up alcohol entirely or trying out a damp January, reexamining your relationship to alcohol can have big benefits for your health.