Health

As an integrative dietitian, I hear parents’ cries for help, especially when it comes to feeding their kids healthy foods. Parents today are busier than ever, working and hustling kids to and from after-school activities. So preparing meals with real food can feel challenging, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Small but simple […]

This 61-year-old Boston native began using drugs at age 15. Tortured by addiction for decades, he used drastic measures to support his habit, and sought treatment countless times. This is the story of how he finally beat his demons—without rehab. Steven Lancione is tall and handsome, with salt-and-pepper hair and an easy grin. He speaks […]

Before David Bowie tragically passed away in January 2016, Sterling Campbell played and performed with the artist for 14 years. He’s also played with other high-profile artists. Campbell started drumming at a young age and soon got swept up in the rock-and-roll lifestyle—he drank and did drugs nearly every single day. Eventually, he was desperate […]

World Mercury Project Team Note: The lessons learned from the ongoing saga of thimerosal are significant to all who care about vaccine safety, want justice for the injured, and to prevent future harm. The government has said they corrected the thimerosal issue and want us to believe the case is closed. But has the public […]

  While the death penalty may be considered one way to curb opioid supply, the root causes of demand for these lethal painkillers is little understood and little studied. That needs to change. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee unanimously approved a bill in April 2018 designed to address the opioid crisis. The […]

Our daily lives are filled with noise. From honking car horns and sirens to music on the radio and face-to-face conversation, our world is quite a noisy place. But many of us don’t think about how all that noise is affecting our hearing in the long run. Nearly 14 percent of people aged 45 to […]

  Everyone knows to slather on the sunscreen to block the sun’s UV rays, but there’s one crucial step your sun-protection routine might be missing: breakfast. Diet is an often-overlooked part of how we adapt to our external environments throughout the seasons. Let’s take a look at why the first meal of the day can […]

  Eating disorders affect at least 30 million Americans and have the highest mortality rates of any mental disorder. Those who survive eating disorders often have a long, difficult journey ahead of them. Eating disorders are classified as mental illnesses and are characterized by severe disruptions in eating behaviors. In our diet-focused culture, many people […]

We tend to view our minds as our whole being. But through meditation, we learn to watch our thoughts as if they were leaves floating by on a river. You can’t watch yourself, so that must mean that your thoughts aren’t all of you, but rather, a part of who you are. Even still, our […]

  When Ben Pfeiffer was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April, his urologist noted in the biopsy report that he was leaning toward recommending that Pfeiffer have his prostate surgically removed. But Pfeiffer, 58, a married construction supervisor from Las Vegas with two grown daughters, said his wife insisted that he get a second opinion. […]

Cleanliness has become an American obsession. We want to scrub everything until it sparkles and smells like lemon and lavender. But what if this desire for cleanliness is harmful? Keeping our bodies clean is essential to good health. We know that regularly washing our hands can help to protect us against germs that can get […]

We’ve all found that forgotten apple in the back of the refrigerator or had to throw away some moldy bread that wasn’t eaten in time. It’s often a result of shopping too much while hungry or forgetting expiration dates. But one apple can turn into many more, and over the course of the year, these […]

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a delicious and healthy tropical fruit. It’s believed to have originated in South America, where early European explorers named it after its resemblance to a pinecone (1). This popular fruit is packed with nutrients, antioxidants and other helpful compounds, such as enzymes that can fight inflammation and disease. Pineapple and its […]

It is easy to frame conservation as a clash between environmentalists and polluters. But this view can greatly oversimplify many complex choices. What does conservation look like when ideas about nature cut across political lines? In my book, “Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying and Health in North America’s Grasslands since 1945,” I explore how pilots, […]

A new study has yielded a radically different picture of aging in America, finding that how old you are plays little or no role in determining differences in health and well-being. The researchers say the results suggest the medical community is focusing on the wrong set of factors to determine risk of dying. Rather than […]

Gone are the days when you could eat an entire Chipotle burrito without the dread of knowing you’d just consumed over 1,000 calories. You can now walk into any large chain restaurant and see just how many calories are in the foods you’re ordering. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a new […]

A heated debate is redrawing alliances in the tobacco control movement as federal officials wrestle with how to regulate the growing e-cigarette market. The players include researchers, smoking-cessation advocates, and “vaping” connoisseurs. “It’s become very divisive in a community that was largely united against Big Tobacco,” said Samir Soneji, an associate professor at the Dartmouth […]

Colleen Hartz’s daughter is 19 years old and is rarely ever seen without her phone in hand. “She uses it for everything,” the mom from Alabama recently told Healthline. “She keeps her calendar on there, she uses the notes part, she loves listening to music on it. She also primarily communicates with friends through text […]

Changes in sleep patterns occur as we get older, with the most common ones being more trouble staying asleep and a harder time falling asleep. These sleep challenges, according to the National Sleep Foundation, are part of the normal aging process. Now researchers say they may have a solution to these problems that may even boost […]

When Anna C. received a diagnosis of gestational diabetes during her pregnancy at age 40, her doctor recommended a standard gestational diabetes diet. This diet consists of lean protein and about 150 to 200 grams of carbohydrates per day, divided between three meals and two snacks. “It didn’t take me long to see with my glucose monitor that this amount […]