Live Well
Don’t Glaze Over This Warning
Beware of using traditional glazed ceramics for cooking or storing foods or beverages unless you know for sure the pottery is lead free. Reports of lead poisoning have surfaced...
Sleep Apnea: Should You Consider the New Inspire Device?
Perhaps you’ve seen the ad on TV. A trim, good-looking man of about 40, with a full head of dark hair, tells a group consisting mostly of overweight, graying...
Mind Your Brain
As people age, they frequently become concerned about perceived changes in memory and other cognitive functions. They worry, for example, if they forget someone’s name, misplace their car keys,...
End of Life: When the Choice Is Yours
Two friends of mine recently released themselves from life. Coincidentally, both had terminal pancreatic cancer. Each had made the decision while still feeling well that when pain dominated their...
The Highs and Lows of CBD
CBD—short for cannabidiol—is a compound extracted from hemp and cannabis (marijuana) plants, touted to relieve everything from chronic pain to anxiety to insomnia. Facilitated by a change in the...
Make America Happier
Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you...
Menopausal Brain Fog: It’s Not All in Your Head
As if hot flashes, sleep disturbances, mood shifts, and vaginal dryness are not enough to have to contend with when going through menopause, enter memory problems and other cognitive...
Ladder Safety: 9 Steps to Take
If you’re the person in your household tasked with cleaning out gutters, replacing roof shingles, cutting tree branches, or simply changing light bulbs or getting boxes down from a...
Who Says Bedtime Stories Are Just for Kids?
If you’re an adult who has trouble falling asleep, an array of bedtime story apps (free or by subscription) are available to help you nod off. These audio-guided bedtime...
Hair-Loss Drugs for Men: A Head-to-Head Analysis
For men with androgenetic alopecia (male-pattern baldness), a new analysis in JAMA Dermatology suggests that dutasteride is the most effective drug overall among the three drugs commonly used to...
