Wellness News
A Mediterranean Makeover for Dodging Diabetes
The Mediterranean diet, rich in vegetables, legumes, fish, and “good” fats, has a well-earned reputation for its potential health benefits—including a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. In fact,...
New Blood Pressure Advice: Start Meds Sooner, Say No to Drinking
New guidelines on high blood pressure are encouraging people to get a little more aggressive about lowering their numbers—by starting medication earlier and, ideally, cutting out alcohol.
The guidelines, from...
How Many Daily Steps Do You Really Need?
Despite years of hype, the popular health goal of walking 10,000 steps a day may not be necessary after all, according to an analysis of over two dozen studies.
The...
Knee Arthritis: Take a (Yoga) Stance
If you’re dealing with the pain of arthritic knees, you might get some relief by practicing yoga—about as much, in fact, as you could expect from conventional strength training,...
Can the Shingles Vaccine Protect You From Dementia, Too?
If you’ve been putting off getting a shingles vaccine, recent study findings might give you some extra incentive: That two-dose jab might not only ward off a painful case...
Got High Blood Pressure? Relax!
If you’re looking to shave some points off your blood pressure, relaxation techniques might help—at least for a while.
That’s according to a new analysis of clinical trials that have...
Plant-Rich Diets for Optimal Aging
There may be no fountain of youth, but a diet rich in plant foods might be one of the keys to thriving later in life, a large 30-year study...
A Bone Checkup
New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are reaffirming the importance of osteoporosis screening for women—but, once again, men are being left out.
Osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease that...
Keeping Prostate Cancer in Check: The Role of Diet
A healthy diet might help keep slow-growing prostate cancer from progressing to a more aggressive state, new research suggests.
Prostate cancer is common, with about 13 percent of men in...
Think ‘FAST’
The word—an acronym, really—is FAST, and it stands for Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911. FAST has long been used as a mnemonic tool to...
