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December 19, 2025

A New, Hopeful Era for Brain Health

From prevention to precision care, a new wave of research is reshaping what it means to protect your memory and thinking For generations, a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease signaled a one-way journey of irreversible decline that slowly eroded…

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Mental Health Patient News

December 19, 2025

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Spirituality in Medicine: Rediscovering an Ancient Dimension of Healing

Modern medicine excels at treating disease, yet true healing can go beyond correcting an abnormal lab value or repairing an injury. It involves restoring wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Increasingly, we recognize that spirituality is a powerful dimension of…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

July 22, 2025

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Keeping Up with Apps

Exercise coach, meditation guru, calorie counter, hearing amplifier, mood lifter, EKG monitor, always-available walking buddy…with 350,000+ apps flooding the marketplace there’s quite literally a virtual assist for every goal you can envision. Health apps offer software to diagnose, track or…

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Mental Health Patient News

July 22, 2025

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The Happiness Study: Lessons from Lives Well-Lived

“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.” – Henry David Thoreau What is…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

February 25, 2025

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New Advisory Brings the Alcohol-Cancer Connection to the Forefront

Alcohol and Cancer Risk Our year was off to a sobering start with the advisory on alcohol and cancer risk issued by the Surgeon General in January. The key points, which were concerning, and for at least half of Americans,…

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Healthy Aging Patient News

February 24, 2025

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Heart Health Update: All Roads Lead to Prevention

Whether you’re a healthy 40-something with a family history of premature cardiac events, a 50-year-old mother who experienced a complicated pregnancy decades ago, or a 65-year-old man whose statin treatment has failed to lower high cholesterol levels, take heart in…

Patient News

February 24, 2025

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Truth or Dare: Staying Informed in an Age of Misinformation

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.” * It’s not easy to cut through the clutter in our world of often viral misinformation and find irrefutable facts. Healthcare is especially…

Nutrition Patient News

November 21, 2024

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The New Holiday Plate: Healthy, Wholesome, and Welcoming For All

As dietary restrictions become more commonplace (an estimated 10% of Americans have a food allergy, another 5% are vegetarian or vegan), serving a holiday meal that satisfies a diversity of diners may seem intimidating. Below we show some easy ways…

Mental Health Patient News

November 20, 2024

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The Gratitude Attitude

If your parents repeatedly exhorted you to count your blessings, it may well prove to be one of the best pieces of medical advice they shared. In this season of giving and thankfulness, we share a brief synopsis of how…

Nutrition Patient News

November 20, 2024

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Unpacking the Mysteries of the Microbiome

In the past decade it has become well recognized that the millions of bacteria in the gut, collectively known as the microbiome, can influence the health of the brain, lung, heart, metabolism and the immune system. Thousands of studies have…

Patient News

A New, Hopeful Era for Brain Health

Spirituality in Medicine: Rediscovering an Ancient Dimension of Healing

Keeping Up with Apps

The Happiness Study: Lessons from Lives Well-Lived

New Advisory Brings the Alcohol-Cancer Connection to the Forefront

Heart Health Update: All Roads Lead to Prevention

Truth or Dare: Staying Informed in an Age of Misinformation

The New Holiday Plate: Healthy, Wholesome, and Welcoming For All

The Gratitude Attitude

Unpacking the Mysteries of the Microbiome

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