Food and migraine: a personal connection
At a Harvard Medical School talk on migraine and food, a nutritionist from Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center delivered a message that people in the audience probably didn’t want...
View ArticleIn case of zombie apocalypse, check with the CDC
Do you know how to protect yourself and your family during a zombie attack? If not, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can help. In addition to information on how to prepare...
View ArticleHow your friends make you fat—the social network of weight
One of the big health news stories of 2007 was a study showing that your friends influence the size of your waist (and the rest of your body). Like any study, it raised as many questions as it...
View ArticleDoctors can confuse heartburn and heart disease, even in themselves
Most people are pretty good judges of what’s going on with their own bodies. But telling a heart attack from other causes of chest pain is tough stuff—even, it turns out, for highly trained doctors....
View ArticleEat your way to a healthy heart
When it comes to maintaining or improving your heart’s health, which is more important, your kitchen cabinets or your bathroom’s medicine cabinet? You’ll probably guess your medicine cabinet. But the...
View ArticleNatural recoverers kick addiction without help
A few years ago, a friend of mine decided to quit smoking. She didn’t follow any pre-set plan, like Nicotine Anonymous, or do any research. Instead, she just quit. She also took up running, and around...
View ArticleCan computer games keep your brain fit?
Computer games are being touted as a way to keep the body fit. Can they do the same for your brain? Although that’s the promise behind commercially available computerized brain-training programs, most...
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