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To live longer, limit your alcohol intake to five drinks a week
A new meta-study of nearly 600,000 people from 19 countries, published in The Lancet may give you...
Caregiving for someone with serious mental Illness: Secure your...
As a psychiatrist, I know how challenging it can be to ensure that individuals with serious mental...
How to improve access to medicines? Fix incentives
At the Lown Institute annual conference, Vinay Prasad, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the...
Should you be taking vitamins?
Liz Szabo reports for the New York Times that older Americans are popping supplements like candy...
Hundreds of patient advocacy groups are Pharma shills
About a year ago, a piece in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the overwhelming...
Aerobic exercise may be best medicine for your brain and body
Business Insider reports on more than a dozen recent studies that demonstrate the value of aerobic...
Losing sleep over insomnia medications? How to get healthier...
Insomnia is common, and becomes more so with age. Sleepless nights can come with a host of problems...
Reduce your risk of heart disease. Exercise!
To reduce your risk of coronary heart disease, just as with reducing your risk of stroke, the best...
Question your doctor before getting arthroscopic knee surgery
If your doctor recommends you get arthroscopic knee surgery for a meniscal tear, do some homework...