Category: 4. Health

DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren

DEAR ABBY: A close relative has been diagnosed with incurable cancer. Friends are now sending me articles and clippings about cancer research and the promise of new therapies. If they had actually READ these…

When it comes to enhancing brain health, green tea often steals the show, but thanks to growing scientific research, we are able to discover other beverages that can have the same or equal effect on the brain due to their antioxidant properties…

Winter used to feel like a test of endurance: grey skies, late trains, and that heavy hush that drops at 4pm. This year, something else is happening. From kitchen tables to therapy rooms and group chats, people are swapping grind-for-grit…

Amanda Preisinger is anxious about her daughter’s impending 13th birthday party. Not for the usual reasons related to a house full of clamorous preteen children, but because it’s the first time that she will debut her new face to friends and…

It seems cruel that age-related muscle loss—or sarcopenia—starts just after the high-energy years of your 20s.

I turned 30 this year and wish I could steal some of the vigor of my 25-year-old self to build some muscle. I have to work much…

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It can be easy to get bogged down in brain-health directives. Recently, I’ve been targeted with next-gen nootropic…