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I feel fortunate to have a small gym in my apartment building. But I sometimes think about joining a larger gym nearby for one reason: it has a sauna. Spending time in a sauna does more than help you relax, soothe sore muscles and improve circulation. The practice has been associated with all kinds of health benefits. In fact, regularly spending time in the sauna can slash your risk of…
The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising at an alarming rate in the United States. It’s a rise that’s been attributed to a number of factors, from obesity and lack of exercise to the increasing age of our population. However, there’s one factor that most people fail to consider when it comes to diabetes risk — meat consumption. But the truth is, past research has already shown that eating…
Compared to health issues, losing your hair may not seem like a big deal, but it can be quite distressing, especially for women, for whom going bald is far less socially acceptable than it is for men. Until now, inherited baldness (which accounts for most cases) has been treated with drugs that carry some serious side effects. But now science has accidentally discovered a much simpler and safer remedy… Inherited…
If you’ve ever felt like everything in your body is breaking down at once, you’re not far off… According to Stanford researchers, specific biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s that explain what’s happening to our bodies to make us feel this way. In other words, instead of gradually aging year over year, we experience significant age-related changes during two specific times in our lives. Here’s what’s happening and…
Reviewed by Denise Asafu-Adjei, M.D., MPH A few years back, PN co-founder John Berardi, PhD, posted a shirtless photo of himself on his 47th birthday. He called it his “anti-regress pic” and thanked 30 years of squats, deadlifts, presses, and chin-ups—among other exercises—for his chiseled six-pack, pumped chest, and bulging biceps. The question many commenters posed: “Are you on testosterone?” Dr. Berardi explained in a follow-up post that while he…
The other day I was getting up from a squat and I noticed a sort of crackling sound coming from my right knee. It didn’t hurt, so I really didn’t think much of it. It’s a condition known as crepitus, and it usually just means there are air bubbles popping in the joint. When air is the cause, crepitus is harmless. But I’m tempted to get my knee checked out…
The American Stroke Association is on a mission to educate people — especially younger people — about stroke. They’ve come up with the acronym F.A.S.T. for quick recall of stroke’s major symptoms, which include Face drooping or twisted, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, and lastly, Time to call 911. While these are classic stroke signs, other symptoms of stroke may not be as well-known. They include: Trouble with vision in one…
This year alone, almost 20,000 women will be diagnosed with a mostly silent, fast-moving disease. And 13,000 women will die from it. It’s one that if caught early carries a 93 percent chance of surviving five years — but when caught late, the outlook dwindles to a 90 percent chance of dying within those five years. The disease is ovarian cancer. And according to research published in the International Journal…
It may seem counterintuitive that walking can help your lower back pain. I mean, when your back hurts, probably the last thing you’re thinking about is moving more – you simply want to sit down or lie down and stay put. But if you suffer from lower back pain (about 80 percent of American adults will at some point in their lives), you need to know that one of the…
Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease are two of the most significant health challenges we face today — and top the list of conditions my patients want to avoid. But what if these two seemingly separate conditions were more connected than we ever thought? A new study suggests that the health of our hearts and brains might be more closely linked than we imagined and that this connection could hold the…