Wake-up Call: Fight Fatigue at Its Roots

Are these ordinary signs of aging? Exhausted throughout the day, joy in life slowly diminishing, active lifestyle becoming a distant memory. No, no and no. Feeling tired all the ... Continue Reading

What are the newest guidelines for measles vaccinations?

• Adults with no evidence of immunity should get 1 dose of MMR. Immunity is defined as documented receipt of 1 dose, or 2 doses, 4 weeks apart if high risk, of live measles virus-containing vaccine, laboratory evidence of immunity or ... Continue Reading
• Why Today’s Health News Often Becomes Tomorrow’s Retractions January 11, 2019

  

  Handle with Care: Why Today’s Health News Often Becomes Tomorrow’s Retractions

  We’ve all seen it played out hundreds of times, as a drug, food or habit is trumpeted as the way to lower the risk of ... Continue Reading

• A Flu-Free Winter: Your Best Shot September 25, 2018

  

  Take Your Best Shot for a Flu-Free Winter

  Last year’s flu season was severe in most parts of the country and left many wondering why the flu vaccine hadn’t performed more effectively. However, it remains our ... Continue Reading

• Aging Well, Aging Healthy…a continuing series November 20, 2017

  

  HealthWise presents an ongoing look at research that provides valuable insights to help today’s seniors – and the generations set to follow – create a vibrant next chapter. We have looked at strategies to keep the aging brain healthy and ... Continue Reading

• Stressed Out? A Guide to Signs, Symptoms November 20, 2017

  

  “I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times. I never remember myself a time in which our history was so full, in which day by day brought us new objects of ... Continue Reading

• The Connected Patient: Keeping Up with Apps March 14, 2017

  

  The ubiquitous smart phone has boosted its useful- ness tenfold in the past decade with a mushrooming library of health and wellness apps. Some aim to help you monitor your condition day-to-day, understand and stay on track with medications, or diagnose your symptoms, ... Continue Reading

• Gut Instincts: Can More Bacteria Mean Better Health? March 14, 2017

  

  Healthy bacteria may seem like a contradiction in terms, but years of research and real world experience point toward an unexpectedly promising finding: the microorganisms continually forming in your intestine may confer health benefits that we are only just beginning to understand.

  Here is ... Continue Reading

• Try a New Approach to Food in the New Year: Stop Dieting and Focus on Mindful Eating March 13, 2017

  

  The dieting-overeating-weight regain cycle is almost inevitable, not because people fail diets but because diets fail people. It is important to understand that rebound overeating happens to almost everybody, and should not be viewed as an individual weakness or fault. The main reason ... Continue Reading