Nothing is more beautiful than the bright morning sunshine reflecting the crystalline beauty of ice-covered tree limbs and fresh-fallen snow. But step outside, and the first thing you’ll do is start snow and ice removal to make a clear pathway for walking and...

Artwork©junhoushou/123rf “And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke As winter begins, the stars hint at the dawn of a new era for humankind. We are privileged to witness rare...

Photo©AnatoliiSavitskii/123rf We have more tools for self-improvement than any generation in history. We have meditation apps that track our breath, productivity systems that optimize our hours, and algorithms that predict what we want before we want it. We have...

Photo©AbdulRazakLatif/123rf San Francisco Sues Nation’s Top Food Manufacturers Over Ultraprocessed Foods by Associated Press The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from...

Photo courtesy Pixabay One of the strangest things about turning 40 is discovering that your body has quietly changed the rules without asking your permission. You eat like you did at 30 but gain weight anyway. You sleep the same hours but wake up less restored....

Photo©lopolo/123rf These words have become my mantra lately. A summation of what I wish to focus on as I live my life moment to moment, day by day, year to year. The three work in tandem, each informing and amplifying the others, until together they become an unbroken...

Photo©serezniy/123rf Nearly seven out of 10 U.S. adults now meet the criteria for obesity under a new, more comprehensive definition tested in JAMA Network Open.1 The new standard — previously proposed by an international panel of experts in The Lancet Diabetes &...