“Sleep… chief nourisher in life’s feast” — Macbeth (2.2.46-51), William Shakespeare In her new novella Sleep Donation, celebrated writer Karen Russell paints the horrific picture of a society wracked by an epidemic…
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Scientists at University of Rochester, Georgetown University, and the University of California Irvine, have developed a simple blood test that can predict the development of Alzheimer’s disease up to three years before…
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“I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.” — Joan Rivers Behold, the mirror! Let’s re-phrase that! Behold yourself in the mirror! Because…
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There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil before it arrives. — Seneca The tricks our mind plays on us. One…
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“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it.” — Albert Einstein Americans can now expect to live to an average age of 78…
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“Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind, and soul.” — Amit Ray Americans are a practical people. We like…
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Time was when your doctor’s prestige rating was somewhere between the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and God. Thanks in part to insurance companies and to the TV drama…
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Consider the lucky patient who, back in the early 90s, visited his doctor for allergy symptoms and was given a prescription for the antihistamine Seldane (the brand name for Terfenadine). …
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Acetaminophen is back in the news. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued yet another warning about the drug this week, and users should take note. This isn’t the…
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The health benefits of coffee have been well documented over the years. Studies show the health benefits that coffee offers, and why it is actually very good for you. While…