Unplug and Recharge: How Yoga Can Open Your Heart (VIDEO)
Sometimes the circumstances in our lives--relationships, overwhelming emotions, or even the way that we habitually sit and stand--can shut down our hearts.
Sometimes the circumstances in our lives--relationships, overwhelming emotions, or even the way that we habitually sit and stand--can shut down our hearts.
Dr. Andrew Lange | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
I have a bumper sticker that says, "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan may look old to you, but he's probably too busy being born to care.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
A well-known cause of dementia is dementia pugilistica, or what has commonly been called being "punch drunk." In some cases, the presentation is virtually indistinguishable from Alzheimer's dementia.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
In the majority of cases, the development of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is the result of the acquisition of various risk factors throughout life. PTSD is one such factor.
Kathy Freston | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
I have sought to understand the link between diet and the dreaded diseases that are prevalent in our culture. Following is a fascinating conversation I had on diet and heart health.
forbes.com | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
It's becoming increasingly clear that the answer to improving sleep lies in identifying the vulnerabilities of our genetic makeup and understanding ho...
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living
If you say your genes are responsible, you are mostly wrong. It is the environment working on your genes that determines your risk. In other words, it is the way you eat, how much you exercise, how you deal with stress and the effects of environmental toxins.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Have you heard a word about mental health in the deluge of discussions that populate health reform communications on TV, radio and newspapers? Have you seen any mention in Federal legislative offerings?
Christina Pirello | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
For the life of me, I can't figure out why every single American isn't eating a healthy diet. I can't believe that there's one person who wants to be fat, at risk of disease, lethargic, foggy and achy.
USA Today | Liz Szabo | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
Two separate analyses released Monday each found that heart attack rates fall 17% within a year after smoking bans take effect. One analysis, which in...
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
We see prominent ads on television and in medical journals -- things like 36% reduction in risk of having a heart attack. But we don't look at the fine print. What does that REALLY mean and how does it affect decisions about who should really be using these drugs.
msn.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
Sitting in traffic can get your blood boiling temporarily but living near it might raise your risk of high blood pressure long term, according to a Sw...
Karen Kisslinger | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Until the profit essence is taken off the table and progressive, prevention-based health care is understood to be a basic public service, there will be no meaningful health care reform in America.
forbes.com | Joshua Zumbrun | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Thin thighs might look good in jeans, but a new Danish study indicates they might also raise the risk of premature death and heart disease in both men...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
While health care is in need of radical reform for millions of Americans, minorities and especially blacks have historically suffered disproportionately from poor or non-existent health care.
Janice Taylor | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York
According to the American Heart Association, Americans now consume on average 22 teaspoons of sugar per day, or 355 calories.
AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
BARCELONA, Spain — Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say. Studies have shown heart patients...
Lee Schneider | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
Everybody knows that love is good, but what measure can we assign it to prove that it exists? Do you look at the number of Valentine's Day cards sent? Quarts of chicken soup consumed? Love exists, but there is no measure for it.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
Finding out whether or not you are suffering from hidden inflammation is critical, because almost every modern disease is caused or affected by it. If your immune system and its ability to quell inflammation in your body are impaired, watch out. You are headed toward illness and premature aging.
Dr. Larry Dossey | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
We need to wake up to the obvious: the solution is already here, and it rests on prevention, not invention.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living
Diabetes is not reversible and controlling your blood sugar with drugs or insulin will protect you from organ damage and death. That is what the medi...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living
If a woman gets fewer than 8 hours of sleep, her risk for heart disease goes up (according to biological indications), but men don't seem to show such a significant increase in their risk.
prevention.com | Daryl Chen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Can you ever reverse the damage of a past smoking habit or the savage tans you sported into your 30s? Here, what's forgivable, what's regrettable, and...
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
Dr. Butler is leading the way for the country in changing what we feed our kids. Our children deserve healthy food and they deserve to be taught how to be healthy at the elementary school level.
Grist.org | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green
It's the stuff of a good Hollywood movie-a potentially toxic chemical lurking in the bodies of most unwitting Americans; a decade of mounting but scut...
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living