For years, plant-based diets have been praised for lowering the risk of major diseases such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. That is why a recent study out of China has surprised many researchers by suggesting that, under certain circumstances, older adults who eat meat may be more likely to live to 100 than strict vegetarians. But before anyone rushes to abandon vegetables for steak, researchers and nutrition experts say there is...
Americans are surrounded by stories of gun violence. Every day there are headlines about school shootings, mass killings, neighborhood shootings, domestic violence, and suicides involving firearms. Television coverage loops dramatic footage. Social media feeds replay the same stories endlessly. Smartphones make it nearly impossible to escape. Researchers are increasingly warning...
A torn muscle reconnecting after catastrophic injury. A dialysis patient gaining stronger blood vessel support that may delay the need for a transplant. A person with knees so damaged he could barely walk returning to a bicycle only weeks later. Stories like these explain why stem cells have become one of the most exciting frontiers in medicine. For decades, doctors have treated symptoms. Stem cell therapy raises a more ambitious possibility: helping the body repair...
Sleep may be the least glamorous anti aging tool available, but it may also be one of the most powerful. During sleep, the body repairs tissues, regulates hormones, strengthens memory, restores energy, and resets the brain for the next day. When sleep breaks down, even in subtle ways, the consequences pile up. Snoring, drooling, nightmares, restless movement, or repeated awakenings may seem minor, but they can quietly chip away at health, mood, focus, and long...