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Listen Up: Getting a Handle on Hearing Loss
Starting after age 50, a significant proportion of people begin to experience progressive, age-related hearing loss. In the past decade or so, a major body of research has found...
Anti-Inflammatory Diets: An Antidote to Chronic Illness?
What's a common thread that might connect chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, and maybe even Alzheimer’s disease? If you guessed inflammation, you were correct.
The...
Should You Know Your Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score?
If it’s not clear to your doctor—or you—whether you should take a statin to lower your blood cholesterol, finding out your coronary artery calcium score, or CAC, may help...
Are You Inked?
By 2022, some one in three Americans had at least one tattoo, up from one in five in 2012, according to market research. And millennials and Gen Z-ers do...
How to Cope When Fluffy Is Sick
Few things are worse than knowing your loved one is sick. That doesn’t change when the loved one who’s suffering has four legs and fur. Caregiving for sick pets...
Got Questions About Your Kidneys? We Have Answers
MARCH IS NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH
Chronic kidney disease involves the progressive deterioration in the kidneys’ ability to filter the blood. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15...
How to Get a Brighter Smile
If you'd like to brighten your smile, you may be wondering if you can get the same results with over-the-counter bleaching options as you would in a dentist’s office,...
Fluoride in Bottled Water?
I drink only bottled water because I don’t like the taste of water from my tap, and it tends to be rusty. But am I getting enough fluoride that...
A Good Read for Good Health
As readers of the Wellness Letter, you are undoubtedly committed to optimizing your health through improved lifestyle choices. And with the New Year soon upon us, you may be...
Vegetarians and Hip Fractures
If you’re vegetarian, pay extra attention to your bone health. A recent study in BMC Medicine—which followed more than 26,000 women, ages 35 to 69, for 22 years—found that...
