How much sleep is enough? How much is too much? Questions like this have dogged sleep researchers for many years. And they often befuddle the public. Several years ago I was questioned on MSNBC on “reports” that people sleeping more than 8 hours a night died at a higher rate than people sleeping less. Should the […]
Who Is Aging?
Why We Age What does it mean to be youthful? To live long? To live and work productively? The question is so loaded that each individual may offer a different answer – at different times of day. But doctors have their own metrics, and lifespan is one favored endpoint. They want to know how stuff […]
Depression — Cheap Ways to Treat
Depression costs. It’s generally ranked among the top three illnesses in the world in economic carnage. Depressed people don’t work well and often get physically sick, while their illness frequently wrecks careers, marriages and families. Perhaps 30% of Americans will become clinically depressed during their lifetimes – a proportion that is rising. Public efforts to […]
The Hat — Cancer Connection
Fashion and Health Go outside. Take a look around a city square, a park, a beach. You will see almost no one is wearing a hat. They’re so rare you might think they caused diseases – like skin cancers. Except they prevent them. According to the CDC, skin cancers are the most common cancers in […]
Getting a Smarter Body
Want a smarter body? One that helps deny cancer, dementia, heart attack and stroke and gives you fuller physical, mental and social well-being? Then it’s time to use biological intelligence – how your body creates and uses information. To get a smarter body, check out this video