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Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives
Several evenings a week, as Tyler VanderWeele gathers around the dinner table with his wife and two young kids, the…
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Prostate cancer: Short-course radiation as effective as longer-term treatments
It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic…
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Winter hiking: Magical or miserable?
By midwinter, our urge to hibernate can start to feel constricting instead of cozy. What better antidote to being cooped…
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Should you be tested for inflammation?
Let’s face it: inflammation has a bad reputation. Much of it is well-deserved. After all, long-term inflammation contributes to chronic…
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Alcohol and your health: Risks, benefits, and controversies
Cheers! Salud! Prost! Drinking to one’s health is a common tradition. But it may also be self-defeating: the alcohol that’s…
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No-cost, low-cost, and bigger splurges for climate-conscious gifts
Looking for gifts to give or donate this year? Climate-conscious gifts come in many guises. They may directly support our…
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Let’s not call it cancer
Roughly one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives, but these cancers…
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Life can be challenging: Build your own resilience plan
Nantucket, a beautiful, 14-mile-long island off the coast of Massachusetts, has a 40-point resiliency plan to help withstand the buffeting…