Find Your 30 is all about finding practical ways in which anyone can work half an hour of activity into their day. There are simple solutions, like walking the extra block to work, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, and getting the whole family active together.
This Grandma Walks
In this Exceeding Expectations video, Sylvia aims for 10,000 Steps. Exceeding Expectations is a project of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. It is led by Dorian Block, a journalist, and Ruth Finkelstein, an anthropologist and health policy expert.
Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer
Curbing opioid use disorder by treating it in the doctor's office
Nearly 80% of Americans with opioid use disorder don't receive treatment But primary care physicians (PCPs) can address this by offering office-based addiction treatment, according to Michael Barnett of Harvard T.H.
Maths meets medicine
Professor Peter Barlis and Associate Professor Andrew MacIsaac use optical coherence tomography to examine blocked arteries during a stent procedure at St. Vincent's hospital Melbourne.
Music As Medicine
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are leading the Australian arm of the largest global study into music therapy, and how it can improve the lives of millions living with dementia.
NHS will offer free insomnia app to millions of poor sleepers
The NHS is to offer free therapy via smartphones to millions of insomniacs.
Under the programme being piloted across the South East, patients will be able to download an app which has been dubbed “a digital sleeping pill”. Read more …
Mediterranean Diet May Reduce Risk For Depression, Study Finds
There’s no arguing with the fact that a Mediterranean-style diet is just about the best choice for physical health and longevity. But a growing body of evidence is also reporting that the famous diet is good not only for the body, but also for the brain—and importantly, the mind. Read more …
I interviewed a bunch of 90-somethings about what they regret most and their answers surprised me - by Lydia Sohn
My preconceptions about older people first began to crumble when one of my congregants, a woman in her 80s, came into my office seeking pastoral care. She had been widowed for several years but the reason for her distress was not the loss of her husband. Read more …
