Zapping Depression
“Ultimately we’re trying to get into the brain and tickle neurons,” said Medical University of South Carolina neurologist Mark George about his specialty — using electricity-based treatments to modify brain function.
Well-Being
From the heart to the womb, I write about women’s health -- based on well-researched investigations into medical breakthroughs as well as issues that arise in books, movies and current media, and questions posed by readers and friends.
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Categorizing Ourselves
To understand and accept individual differences
The Goldilocks of Healthy Immunity
Taking cold showers is one “lifestyle habit” for bolstering immune function that Scripps Research cardiologist Eric Topol practices.
Boosting the Brain
Does anything work?
Fatigue and Cancer
Fatigue is subjective, which means it’s hard to measure and diagnose.
The Enigma of Addiction
Questions like “Why can’t that woman just stop drinking for her daughter’s wedding?” or “How can your father be an addict when he is so successful?” reflect a widespread lack of understanding about alcohol use disorder (or AUD) — of the physical disruptions in brain functioning of people with AUD that can sabotage efforts to control their consumption and can lead to denial and abusive behavior in…
Standing Without Falling
Triangles of Balance
Perchance to Dream
And what about nightmares?
Hope for the Brain
Doctors and researchers are garnering ever more evidence that viruses can damage the brain and increase the risk of dementia.
Hearing Voices
“Stupid, stupid!” says the silent imagined voice as a glass pitcher crashes to the floor—while for others, inner voices sound real; some even shout with paranoid suspicions and dangerous commands.
Choices for Dying
Making *requests in advance*
Matters of the Heart
“I got exhausted just washing my hair,” said DC-area yoga teacher F.J., who had a weakened heart valve that required surgery.
Brain Changes Accompany Physical Symptoms: from digestive issues to fatigue
Faulty connections in the brain, newly visible with advances in neuroimaging, can help explain often debilitating symptoms that are difficult to diagnose—like dizziness and tremor, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia—and dismissed by others, including doctors. Alterations in the brain’s software affect ‘how brain networks work, rather than changes in the structure of the…
Hypermobility
Widespread—and sometimes risky
Healthy Breathing
“If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe better,” naturopath and healer Andrew Weil writes in the epilogue to James Nestor’s Breath.
Medical Bees
Treating Wounds With Honey and Other Bee Remedies
The Pleasures of the Placebo
Along With Measurable Medical Effects
Microdosing For Mind and Body
“Every guest in this room is taking Mounjaro,” Paris-based clothes designer R.L.
Asthma Arising in Adulthood
When a twenty-something athlete fell to the ground at a DC-area gym, he managed to say “asthma” and “can’t breathe,” but no one called 911 -- while his friend was at CVS buying an inhaler, the young man died.
On "All Fours"
Health and other wondrous surprises of women's middle years