Whether you are a vegetable lover or a vegetable hater, there is another — and more powerful — reason to eat your veggies: chemicals naturally found in plant-based foods, called phytochemicals, can change your DNA. This so called epigenetic…
The quest for the fabled fountain that promises youth for anyone who drinks from its waters may be the stuff of legends — yet, you can drink from the “secrets” of people who live exceptionally long, healthy…
It’s the most wonderful time of year, when the family comes together from near and far to celebrate. But these times of reunion can be a busy and overwhelming time for family members that are…
When it comes to our health, none of us has a crystal ball. We don’t know what lies ahead of us. But, Emory University Hospital internist Dr. Sharon Bergquist says the holidays are a good…
The weight that you gain this holiday season is likely to remain until the summer months, or beyond, according to a recent letter published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Across…
In Alzheimer’s research, one particular protein looms large: plaque-forming amyloid-beta. Yet doctors now recognize that plaques can accumulate decades before symptoms appear. Recent clinical trials aimed at controlling or removing amyloid-beta have largely been disappointing….
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