Nantucket, a beautiful, 14-mile-long island off the coast of Massachusetts, has a 40-point resiliency plan to help withstand the buffeting seas surrounding it as climate change takes a toll. Perhaps we can all benefit from creating individual resilience plans to help handle the big and small issues that erode our Read more
Looking for gifts to give or donate this year? Climate-conscious gifts come in many guises. They may directly support our environment, for example, or aim to reduce fossil fuel use and electronic, textile, and food waste. Or they might offer enjoyable, creative ways to connect, reuse, and recycle — and Read more
It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic for treatment. Today that’s not necessarily true. Instead of giving small doses (called fractions) per session until the full plan is completed, radiation delivery is moving toward high-dose fractions that Read more
Several evenings a week, as Tyler VanderWeele gathers around the dinner table with his wife and two young kids, the family deliberately pauses during the meal to do something simple but profound. Each member shares several things for which they’re grateful — an act that VanderWeele, co-director of the Initiative Read more
Let’s face it: inflammation has a bad reputation. Much of it is well-deserved. After all, long-term inflammation contributes to chronic illnesses and deaths. If you just relied on headlines for health information, you might think that stamping out inflammation would eliminate cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, and perhaps aging itself. Unfortunately, Read more
I must have seen commercials for Prevagen 50 times: story after story from everyday people who describe improvement in memory once they began taking Prevagen. And perhaps you recall older commercials playing off the idea that many people take supplements that boast of gut, joint, and heart health claims. Those Read more
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” You know that how your body looks and feels sometimes changes by the day. One day you’re so bloated that your jeans feel a size too small, while another you wake up and your skin Read more
Exercise is proven to be an effective treatment for osteoarthritis (OA). But most people have trouble doing it on a regular basis, even when they understand it can ease their OA. The Arthritis Foundation’s recent OA Clinical Studies (OACS) Forum, “Physical Activity and Exercise Behavior Change,” featured international scientific experts Read more
Self-care and complementary therapies help ease arthritis pain. There are many ways to manage arthritis pain. However, no single treatment is guaranteed to produce complete and consistent pain relief, and doctors say many patients have unrealistic expectations about how much improvement medicine can provide. The goal, they say, isn’t necessarily Read more
One in six of us in the UK now live with arthritis, according to the latest figures from Versus Arthritis, which adds up to over 10 million people suffering with joint pain, swelling and stiffness, many in silence. But while there is sadly no magic cure for arthritis, doctors actively Read more