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 signaled a one-way journey of irreversible decline that slowly eroded memory, independence, and identity. Over the last decade, though, scientific understanding has expanded dramatically. Today, a ...

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. Increasingly, we recognize that spirituality is a powerful dimension of health, shaping how people find hope, strength, and meaning in moments of challenge.

What Is Spirituality?

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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 can envision. Health apps offer software to diagnose, track or treat disease, such as continuous glucose monitors which can be worn on the arm to ...

“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 sit on your shoulder.”

– Henry David Thoreau

What is the key to happiness…wealth, fame, professional achievements, influence? According to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, ...

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, which were concerning, and for at least half of Americans, seemingly unknown until now, included:

• A direct link was reported between alcohol consumption and higher risk for ...

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 has failed to lower high cholesterol levels, take heart in the growing arsenal of tests and therapies aimed at preventing disease. A long-time advocate for ...

“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 often viral misinformation and find irrefutable facts. Healthcare is especially prone to misinterpretation because the scientific method—developing, testing, experimenting and refining hypotheses—can seem imperfect but is ...

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 diners may seem intimidating. Below we show some easy ways to deconstruct or reconstruct your dishes to give everyone – whether they’re heart-healthy, diabetic, gluten-sensitive, ...

If your parents repeatedly exhorted you to count your blessings, it may well prove to be one of the best pieces of medical advice they shared. In this season of giving and thankfulness, we share a brief synopsis of how gratitude – defined as appreciation of what is valuable and meaningful to oneself – is ...

In the past decade it has become well recognized that the millions of bacteria in the gut, collectively known as the microbiome, can influence the health of the brain, lung, heart, metabolism and the immune system. Thousands of studies have been conducted since the term was first introduced in 2001, with research shifting from an ...