Health, Fitness and Style
The Pastor's Son, a Chapter from Medicine in Translation by Danielle Ofri:
"When he could marshal some grains of his spirit, he trawled the web for plastic surgeons, hoping someone might offer the medical care he needed. Most days he simply drew the blankets over his head ... They ended their relationship by mutual agreement, but he knew she just needed a graceful way out" more »
Harvard Med School Healthletter Advice to women about supplements — use selectively
It's an especially bad idea to take extra multivitamins in an effort to ramp up your intake of a single micronutrient. Doing so means you're sure to get too much of other vitamins and/or minerals, which can be harmful. more »
Older But Happier
"Stress and Anger steeply declined from the early 20s, Worry was elevated through middle age and then declined, and Sadness was essentially flat. Unlike a prior study, men and women had very similar age profiles of Well Being. more »
Excerpt from The Hundred Year Diet by Susan Yager
The year is 1909, and it's dinnertime at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, the largest and most luxurious facility of its kind in the world. The richest and most powerful American women — and men — are on a diet. more »
