Summer 2021

Heart disease is the leading cause of death and the quality of life---more than cancer and even more than COVID in a pandemic. Everyone has some risk...

COVID is part of our future. We have to find a way to live with it as we live with the flu. For the foreseeable future, every year, people will die...

Almost every body process is improved by exercise. You get stronger, faster, and have more energy. Exercise also helps control extra weight, which can...

The bacteria that live in our gut, specifically in the large intestines, have a big impact on our health. Millions of microbes help us digest food and...

Since the 1850s, the normal body temperature was noted as 98.6℉ or 37℃. Sounds straightforward, but that's never been true. Our body temperature goes...

High blood pressure is one of the key risk factors for heart disease. The thing about high blood pressure is you can't feel it. It has no symptoms....

Serving in the Royal Navy during WWII, he was second-in-command of a destroyer by age 21. His quick thinking saved the ship from being sunk by bombers,...

Sleep - from Panacea Magazine Summer 2021

The last year has been stressful for nearly everyone. Our routines were upended, our relationships scrambled, and our mental health strained. Our...

The dark green leaves of spinach have been grown in Europe for 1,000 years. It originated in Persia but grows best in cooler weather, so it is great...

At any gathering of elders, there's a lot of laughing. At first, it's disorientating because their lives have been filled with loss and tragedy. Many...