Tag:

inflammation

Digestive Health & Disorders

Fight the fire

Nutrition plays an outsized role in shaping your body's response to inflammation.

Diabetes

More than an orange

Are you getting enough vitamin C? This vital substance helps ward off disease and promotes proper body function.

Diet & Nutrition

Malnutrition—spot the signs

By recognizing subtle problems early on, you can help avoid the development of more serious complications.  

Aging Well

Eat your way to a better brain

A good diet rich in these 10 foods may keep your memory and cognitive function in tip-top shape.

Cardiovascular Care

New drug targets heart attack scars

In animal tests, the experimental medicine helped lessen the effects of scarring and promoted the formation of new blood vessels.

Aging Well

Invest in middle age, reap in old age

If you want to gain quality years, adopt a low-risk lifestyle that embraces exercise and good nutrition—and shuns smoking and alcohol.

Cancer Care

How to keep cancer at bay

Did you know that nearly half of all cancer deaths are attributed to factors you can modify?

Diet & Nutrition

Heart patients, meet Omega-3s

Healthy fatty acids may deliver a brain power boost.

Diet & Nutrition

Want better health? Shun fad diets and supplements

Whole foods and a Mediterranean-style diet are the ideal nutritional strategies to combat disease and achieve optimum health.

Aging Well
Patient Story

The right pace

Joint replacement surgery meant Tom Tellier had to give up running—but he ultimately gained a pain-free life with plenty of activity.

Neuroscience

Deep sleep—cleansing for the brain

A good, long snooze allows your brain to purge waste products such as beta-amyloid, a protein associated with dementia.

Living with Chronic Conditions

Feeling under the weather?

Study finds humid and windy days may indeed exacerbate symptoms of arthritis, fibromyalgia and other types of pain.