Exercise: The Best Prescription for Brain and Body Health
“Exercise is the best prescription I could write, and the best prescription you could fill.” That’s Dr. @daviddodick on how to keep the brain and body healthy. As a neurologist, he was treating a lot of patients with memory loss. “Knowing that these diseases had been brewing for decades before the patient finally walked through the door,” he says, “I felt like we could be doing so much more to optimize their health, to prevent them from having to come into the hospital with a stroke or complaining of memory loss.” So he began to focus on prevention and is now the chief science and medical officer of the Atria Health and Research Institute. His other prescriptions? Sleep, a diet like the MIND diet that “focuses on simple foods like legumes, beans, fish or poultry, vegetables and fruit,” stress management and staying socially connected. You can read other tips in this Q&A with @CNBC’s Renée Onque here: https://t.co/5VmIFpUFzD
Name Your Fears to Diminish Their Power
"Fearlessness is not the absence of fear, but the refusal to let uncertainty and fear make our decisions for us.” That’s from a new piece by my sister, @AgapiSays, about how we can manage fear by realizing that we’re...
Lifestyle Choices Crucial for Protecting Brain Health
An important conversation on brain health with a great group of journalists, hosted by Jen Oleksiw, Head of Neuroscience at @EliLillyandCo, featuring Julianne Moore, who spoke eloquently about how much we can do to protect our brain health, and Dr....
AI Enables Hyper-Personalized Nudges for Preventative Health
Last night I joined the TIME100 AI Leadership Forum in New York for a panel on "The AI Revolution in Health: Transitioning Toward a Preventative and Proactive Future," alongside Dr. Omar Lateef, President & CEO of @RushUniversity System for Health,...
Constant Health Tracking Can Heighten Anxiety—Manage Alerts
Is 24/7 health monitoring driving up your anxiety about your health? "What's ironic," Anna Gragert writes for @CNET, "is that part of my job involves testing health-monitoring wearables, including fitness trackers and smart rings. While I love exploring this technology...
Simple Daily Habits Can Reverse Cognitive Decline
What’s one of the biggest myths about aging? That cognitive decline is inevitable. In a new study of nearly 4,000 people in the @NaturePortfolio journal "Scientific Reports," we learn the opposite is true: By practicing small, daily habits, you can...
End Preventable Maternal Deaths: Support Moms Year‑round
After the brunch and flowers, we need to show up for moms the rest of the year by finally taking on preventable maternal deaths. #HealthyMomsHealthyBabiesAmerica https://t.co/njB28BAINh
Microsteps Empower Caregivers to Manage Kids' Food Allergies
With 1 in 13 children affected by food allergies, nearly every family feels the ripple effects, whether they are navigating allergies at home or supporting children in schools, social groups, and communities. Loved speaking with @GoodInside CEO Dr. Becky Kennedy Kennedy at the...
AI Personalization Redefines American Health Innovation
What’s an innovation that captures the present moment and reflects where American life is headed? That was the question TIME put to me and 24 others for its special issue “Our America,” marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. My answer: Constant iteration has...
Use a 2‑Minute Mortality Check‑In to Prioritize Meaning
Here’s a new habit to improve your life: think about death — in the form of a two-minute mortality check-in. As Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End Well, says, “By virtue of living. We’re also dying — and remembering that...
True Purpose Lies Beyond Titles, Not Political Office
Former Nebraska senator Ben Sasse is dying of pancreatic cancer at the age of 54. And he’s using whatever time he has left to talk about what really matters. In a moving interview with @Scott Pelley on @60Minutes, Sasse said...
Sleep: The Next Frontier in Health Innovation
We often think of medical interventions as being only about new breakthrough drugs or diagnostics, but our daily behaviors also have a profound impact on health outcomes. And it’s great to see that being increasingly recognized in the healthcare system....
Crystal Bridges' Free-Access Model Reshapes National Art Engagement
How did Bentonville, Arkansas become a national destination for art and culture? It all started with the vision of Alice Walton, who founded the @crystalbridges Museum of American Art in 2012. And now it continues with Olivia Walton...
Two‑Minute Daily Mortality Check‑In Boosts Meaningful Choices
Here’s a new habit to end the day with: a two-minute mortality check-in. As Angela Haupt reports in @TIME, the idea comes from Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End Well, which helps people talk about and plan for the end...
Doctors Are Prescribing Social Connections to Boost Health
Take a walk with friends twice a week. That’s an example of a prescription your doctor might write for you in the future. @NatalieDaher7 reports in @axios on the rise of social prescribing: doctors sending patients to social experiences. It makes sense:...