Health & Fitness

Deprescribing. Getting Off Medications.

North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. It can be tricky!! Medications need regular reassessment as patients age. More than 40% of adults over 75...

sauna the surprisingly funny and sad and typical american way

I've done some posts on sauna here and here. It wasn’t the fiber-optic lighting, nor the tepid heat, that shocked Cécile Méguère the first time...

Attia and Longevity: Don’t Make This Big Mistake

  Peter Attia’s central message is simple: focus your health efforts on the threats most likely to shorten your life and longevity, rather than those...

Effects of easy single-point acupuncture (HT7) in the prevention of test anxiety: Results of a RCT

This small randomized pilot study tested whether acupuncture at Heart 7 (HT7), a wrist point traditionally used for anxiety, could reduce stress during a standardized...

Why You Need Potassium for Health

Potassium is an overlooked ally against high blood pressure, particularly when our diets contain too much sodium. It is one of the strongest practical reasons...

MRI: Full Body MRI, STOP. Just Don’t.

From the ever excellent Brad Stanfield on full body MRI scans offered to the general public. Perhaps a tell is that Kim Kardashian is  a...

7 Easy Longevity Supplements With Research But Iffy!

Use prevention for long life. Exercise, acupuncture, sauna There IS research behind these supplements, but it's pretty iffy.  Read through if you have particular concerns. ...

Avoid Osteoporosis, Paris Skin Care and Ticks. Newsletter September 2027

Read the latest news letter  where I cover strategies to counter osteoporisis,  some of the latest longevity news, a video of my visit to a...

Creepy ticks, alpha gal, Meat Allergy and Acupuncture

tasty burger  not longer on the menu after this tick bite I had never heard of this problem with tick bites until this summer.  There...

Shocking Failure of a New Promising Drug for Heart Disease

In a trial of more than 6,300 patients, ziltivekimab sharply lowered markers of inflammation but did no better than placebo at preventing cardiovascular complications or...