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12 Common Questions About Sugar and Your Health — Answered

By Catherine Guthrie

Here’s what you need to know about the sweet stuff’s effects on your health.

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PUMPING IRONY: An Alternative Approach to Alzheimer’s

By Craig Cox

With enthusiasm waning amid poor clinical trials and ineffective treatments, dementia researchers are increasingly exploring the role viral infections may play in the disease — and the salutary effects of a particular vaccine.

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8 Ways to Activate the Vagus Nerve — and Relieve Anxiety

By Mo Perry

The following techniques all safely stimulate the vagus nerve, but people with severe asthma, sleep apnea, or heart conditions should use caution with any electrical forms of VNS.

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Hormone Health and Longevity: Making the Connection

With Elizabeth Yurth, MD
Season 9, Episode 14

Learn how hormones change as we age, as well as how to safely optimize them to benefit health, as well as improve longevity.

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How Can the Vagus Nerve Help Lower Inflammation?

By Mo Perry

Stimulating the vagus nerve leads to the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that affects inflammation. Learn more.

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Training for Longevity

With Joel Jamieson, CSCS
Season 9, Episode 13

Learn the connection between fitness and longevity and strategies for training to be fit for life.

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A Closer Look at Skin Cancer

By Craig Cox

That lump on your shoulder that seems to be growing? The scaly lesion on your cheek that never seems to heal? Those minor blemishes may not be as benign as you think.

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Finding Light in the Dark

With Veteran and Fitness Instructor Charles “Traps” Robinson
Season 9, Episode 12

Robinson shares how he’s overcome many personal struggles, and his story can serve as inspiration for others to find whatever light they can in dark times and to keep moving forward.

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PUMPING IRONY: Hard Times on the Alzheimer’s Front

By Craig Cox

The Big Pharma approach to treating Alzheimer’s has met with some serious obstacles in recent months, a trend that may encourage more nuanced treatment protocols.

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GLP-1s, Weight Loss, and Health: A Panel Discussion With Life Time’s MIORA Leaders

Season 9, Episode 7

Learn how GLP-1s can safely and strategically be used to support your health and weight-loss goals while also promoting overall wellness.

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What to Do If You Get a Cancer Diagnosis

By Laine Bergeson

Integrative cancer experts offer advice to help you prepare for the journey.

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What Can I Do to Lower My Alzheimer’s Risk and Dementia?

By Michael Dregni

Neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, shares nine strategies for preventing cognitive decline.

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Can Brain Retraining Help Me Recover From Long COVID?

By Mo Perry

Lingering symptoms from long COVID and other chronic-pain conditions might result from faulty feedback loops in the nervous system. Brain training can help resolve them.

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How Are High-Dose Vitamin C Infusions Being Used for Cancer?

By Laine Bergeson

Learn more about this treatment and how it works to support radiation and chemotherapy.

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PUMPING IRONY: For Seniors Seeking an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Location Matters

By Craig Cox

In the latest evidence of widespread inequities in our healthcare system, researchers have found that dementia sufferers are about twice as likely to get a diagnosis in certain regions of the country than in others.

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Exercise May Reduce Prostate-Cancer Risk

By Craig Cox

Here’s the takeaway from a recent study.

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What Are Some of the Health Consequences of Eating Junk Food?

By Craig Cox

Eating ultraprocessed food may increase the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and anxiety, according to a recent review. Here’s why.

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What’s the Best Anti-Cancer Diet?

By Laine Bergeson

It depends on the type of cancer you have as well as the health of your internal ecosystem. Here’s why.

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What Is the Terrain Theory of Cancer?

By Laine Bergeson

The health of the body’s internal ecosystem can determine how well the body resists cancer, both before and after a diagnosis. While each of us needs unique support, our diet and lifestyle choices can help us build a healthier terrain right now.

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Can You Use Marijuana While on Antidepressants?

By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC

Here’s what recent research is discovering.

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