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Menopause and Your Heart: What Every Woman Needs to Know
The menopausal transition is a period of heightened risk for cardiovascular disease.... Read More
aging, basic science, epigenetics, fitness, health
Is Your Unhealthy Diet Making You Older Than You Are?
We all know our chronological age — the number of years we’ve been alive. However, our biological age reflects how old our cells and tissues are (based on various biological factors). Epigenetic clocks aim to estimate this biological age.... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), health, Wellness
LinusBio’s Hair Test for Autism Detection
The Clearstrand-ASD test is the only biochemical test (using a single hair strand) for children under age 3. The test analyzes the hair to create a metabolic history that reflects the substances and toxins the child has been exposed to or processed over time.... Read More
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Maximizing Heart Benefits with Minimal Time
Researchers linked very small amounts of vigorous intermittent physical activity to a much lower risk of heart problems, including heart attacks and heart failure.... Read More
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· In: health, insomnia, naps, sleep, Wellness
A Power Nap Guide
HARDLY A WEEK GOES BY WHEN A PATIENT DOESN’T ASK me about short sleep. And the inevitable follow-up question: Do naps salvage a sleepless night? Today I offer a power... Read More

· In: cancer, cancer research, cancer risk reduction, cancer screening, Wellness
A New Cancer Screening Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a study to see if the Galleri blood test can reduce late-stage cancer diagnoses for cancers that don’t have traditional screening approaches. Today,... Read More

· In: exercise, exercise, fitness, health, heart health, Lifestyle, Wellness
7 Exercise Snacks
DO YOU FIND IT CHALLENGING TO SET ASIDE dedicated time for extensive exercise routines? Today, I want to explore exercise snacks: 7 tiny workouts for big results. The world seems... Read More

· In: COVID-19, infection, long COVID, Wellness
Long COVID-19 and Vaccines
Long COVID-19 syndrome involves a variety of new, returning, or ongoing symptoms that individuals experience more than four weeks after getting an infection. For some, post-COVID-19 syndrome lasts months or years or causes disability.... Read More

· In: bone health, Wellness, women's health
How to Make Your Bones Strong
Bone is living tissue, one that constantly breaks down and replaces itself. Osteoporosis happens when the new bone formation does not keep up with the bone loss.... Read More

· In: Wellness
3 Breast Cancer Myths You Should Know About
I hear this at least once a week: Nobody in my family had breast cancer; I am surprised that I have it. The American Cancer Society offers that “approximately 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are hereditary, meaning that they result directly from gene changes (mutations) passed on from a parent.”... Read More

· In: brain health, health, high blood pressure (hypertension), Wellness
Brain Aging – Do This to Slow It Down
The participants had measures of their blood pressure up to four times over 12 years. Researchers used blood pressure measurements and brain scans to determine brain age, a measure of brain health.... Read More

· In: aging, cardiovascular disease, health, heart health, menopause, Wellness, women's health
Menopause and Your Heart: What Every Woman Needs to Know
The menopausal transition is a period of heightened risk for cardiovascular disease.... Read More

· In: aging, basic science, epigenetics, fitness, health
Is Your Unhealthy Diet Making You Older Than You Are?
We all know our chronological age — the number of years we’ve been alive. However, our biological age reflects how old our cells and tissues are (based on various biological factors). Epigenetic clocks aim to estimate this biological age.... Read More

· In: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), health, Wellness
LinusBio’s Hair Test for Autism Detection
The Clearstrand-ASD test is the only biochemical test (using a single hair strand) for children under age 3. The test analyzes the hair to create a metabolic history that reflects the substances and toxins the child has been exposed to or processed over time.... Read More

· In: cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular health, exercise, fitness, Wellness
Maximizing Heart Benefits with Minimal Time
Researchers linked very small amounts of vigorous intermittent physical activity to a much lower risk of heart problems, including heart attacks and heart failure.... Read More

· In: chocolate and health, diabetes, diet, food and health, Wellness
A Food That Fights Diabetes
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet.... Read More

· In: mental health, psychology
Finding Focus in a World of Distraction
Danshari is a Japanese term coined by author Hideko Yamashita. It signifies a mindful approach to decluttering.... Read More

· In: Depression, exercise, exercise, fitness, health, Lifestyle, mental health
Walking to Beat Depression
Depression strikes more than 8% (21 million) of American adults annually.... Read More

The Book A Football Player Read on the Sidelines
“Over the years, cameras have caught NFL players doing some memorable non-football things on the sidelines during games. Tom Brady once hurled an electronic tablet in frustration. Three members of the Seattle Seahawks were fined for eating hot dogs during a 1995 preseason game.”... Read More