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On Monday, the high-end gym chain Equinox introduced a longevity program with a $40,000 annual membership fee. According to a news release, Optimize by Equinox is “designed to unlock the peaks of human potential” through personalized nutrition, sleep and fitness coaching “based on members’ unique biodata.” The program is being run in partnership with the […]
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It may start as a twinge in your knee or hip when you get out of bed. Over time, that twinge may turn into persistent pain, swelling or reduced range of motion — signs of a condition called osteoarthritis. But as with many other chronic conditions, doctors are unable to diagnose osteoarthritis until it has […]
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By the time a woman is considered six weeks pregnant, she would have had two weeks, at most, to realize it. That’s because the gestational age of a fetus is counted not from the moment that sperm fertilizes an egg or from the moment you have a positive pregnancy test, but weeks earlier, on the […]
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Fitness is full of numbers meant to help you become faster and stronger. There’s your mile run time, your resting heart rate and measures of strength and flexibility. But perhaps the gold standard is VO2 max. A handful of years ago, the test — which tracks how much oxygen your body absorbs — was an […]
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Marisa Peters had been experiencing symptoms for years: blood on her toilet paper after going to the bathroom, changes in her stool and difficulty controlling the urge to poop. But she was in her 30s, healthy and physically active. She did not have any abdominal pain, and doctors dismissed the symptoms as hemorrhoids, or normal […]
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This week, the actress Olivia Munn shared that she was diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer last year, and credited a risk calculator with helping her doctor catch the cancer early. “Ask your doctor to calculate your Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score,” Ms. Munn urged the public in her post. Medical experts are enthusiastic […]
Continue ReadingCognitive decline is a frightening prospect for most people. But experts say there are ways to manage and treat it, especially if it’s caught at an early stage, known as mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment can be a precursor to dementia. People who have M.C.I. show signs of memory loss and other cognitive problems […]
Continue ReadingMike Davis’s mother died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. So when Mr. Davis started noticing that he was having an increasing number of “senior moments” at age 76 — such as forgetting to water his plants, something he was normally regimented about — he decided to have his cognition tested. After administering an evaluation, Mr. […]
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I’m Knvul Sheikh, a reporter on the Well desk at The New York Times, where I cover health and wellness. I’ve written about the seemingly never-ending cycle of flu cases, coughs and colds, as well as how to reduce your exposure to chemicals in personal care products and how to make sense of your cholesterol […]
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Roughly 75 percent of women will deal with the burning, itching and discomfort associated with a yeast infection at least once in their lifetimes, and almost half will more than once. But here’s the twist: Most people who think they have a yeast infection actually don’t have one. “There’s some fairly simple things that can […]
Continue ReadingWhile 86 million adults in the United States have high cholesterol levels, one third of Americans say they haven’t had their numbers checked in the last five years. Getting your cholesterol tested — and under control — is critical to preventing heart disease and other serious health problems. But figuring out when to test and […]
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While Covid has become a regular part of respiratory virus season, community testing centers and drive-through sites where you could determine whether it’s the source of your sniffles have all but vanished. At-home tests are still a valuable tool to protect yourself and others from the virus, though, and they remain widely available in pharmacies […]
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