Some people might think that being concerned about aging is superficial. After all, it’s mostly about how you look, isn’t it? While there can be some aches and pains, isn’t it all pretty minor in the grand scheme of things? Everyone has to go through it. Well, just because you think something is unimportant doesn’t […]
Humans are eager to find ways to live long, healthy and fulfilling lives. The Mediterranean diet is a particularly popular way to try to improve longevity. But what exactly is the Mediterranean diet, and can it really improve your long-term prospects? Well, as you’d probably expect, when people talk about the Mediterranean diet, they’re referencing
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There are health problems caused by our genes and health problems caused by our lifestyle. The first we can’t do anything about, but the second is at least partly in our control. If we want to live longer and be happier, we have to find ways to make our lives less stressful. Stress comes with
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Being part of a community can be a great source of strength, offering support both emotionally and practically to all areas of life. When something is difficult, being able to share the load with someone else, whether by working together or just by having someone listen to your worries, can be a powerful thing. A
We hear lots of warnings about cholesterol and all the damage it can cause, but what’s less talked about is how we do need some cholesterol to survive. So, what exactly does it do? Why’s it so important? And if it’s so necessary, why are doctors always telling us to lower the amount in our
There was a time when the slightest hint of mental illness would lead to a person being spirited away to an asylum, possibly to never be seen again. Thankfully, we’re a long way from those days, but there can still be a stigma when talking about mental illness. As more and more people speak openly
Anxiety is associated with several different diagnosable conditions, but symptoms tend to overlap. Mentally, there’s the persistent and often irrational worrying. Physically, there’s everything from shortness of breath to sweaty palms and headaches. Some of the more severe reactions may fall under the category of panic attacks. A panic attack is a particularly intense period
There’s depression that’s just a low mood, and there’s depression that’s an actual medical disorder with diagnostic criteria. Well, even that’s not strictly true; there are several conditions with similar symptoms that come under the heading of mood disorder and the subset of depressive disorder. What you probably think about when you hear the term,
You may have heard people talking about diabetes in terms of type 1 and type 2, with maybe an occasional reference to gestational diabetes. There is another word that’s useful to know though, and that’s “prediabetes”, the informal description of the stage just before you develop diabetes proper. It’s important because if you know the
We talk a lot about the increasing popularity of organic food, its supposed benefits, and whether the claims proponents like to make about it are true (short version: the evidence is promising but in the early days). However, none of that is any good if we don’t understand exactly what is meant by organic. Luckily,
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