Health Videos

Dr. Andrea Suarez, dermatologist, gets serious: The plague doctor is in The plague is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which continues to circulate and causes an estimated 1,000–3,000 human cases internationally each year. There are different kinds, though: In terms of treatment and prognosis, antibiotics can treat plague, but prompt…

Mobility coach Alisa Zuravskaja guides us into greater flexibility, comfort, and stability:  Strength can be worse than useless without mobility Strength is great, but not if you’re just strong enough to injure yourself. So, instead, mobility becomes key, and this is what’s recommended here: For more on all of this plus visual demonstrations, enjoy: Click…

Dr. Ruth Machin wants us to avoid evitable decline: Don’t give up In the UK (where Dr. Machin lives and works) women live to an average of 83, while healthy life expectancy is about 60.9, meaning about 22 years on average lived with chronic illness/frailty. Needless to say, actions taken in our 50s and 60s…

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, the arthritis specialist physio, gives us joint care insights: 5 ways to help make it better First, the 5 gentle exercises promised in the video title at time of writing (it keeps changing): Next, two important points of directionality to have up your sleeve: However, if you experience more serious adverse effects,…

And no, for once it’s not “strengthen this oft-forgotten muscle”: Do you floss? Not like that. Well, also like that is great, but it probably won’t help with sciatica. But nerve flossing? Yes, that can help. The thing is, stretching can put an irritated sciatic nerve under tension and potentially keep symptoms aggravated, so repeatedly…

Cori Lefkowitz, of “Strong at Every Age” gives us expert tips: Are you doing these? We’ll not keep the 6 things a mystery; they are… For more on all of this, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn more? You might also like: If You Feel Stuck At The…

It all comes down to… Perspective As we age, we often develop a deeper appreciation for small, everyday moments—this video mentions the examples (amongst others) of enjoying a piece of chocolate, taking a walk, or spending time with a friend. These undramatic experiences tend to gain significance over time, even as one continues to encounter…

Dr. Andrea Suarez, dermatologist, explains some things that may raise a few eyebrows: Browse through this: Eyebrow loss is a symptom rather than a diagnosis; the key initial distinction is whether the hair follicles are being permanently scarred or not, as non-scarring loss can be reversible when the underlying cause is treated, whereas a scarred…

Will Harlow, the over-50s specialist physio, shows us how: A little less creaky As with most age-related things, losing the ability to kneel is not necessarily an inevitable part of aging, and in this case, the problem usually falls into four categories: We’ll give the exercises, and then some comments: A note on doing these…

There’s a lot of talk about it, but what actually is it and how does it work? Sometimes Too-Special K Ketamine was developed more than 60 years ago as an anesthetic and is also used for pain relief, dissociation, and depression treatment; it exists as two mirror-image forms, esketamine and arketamine, with much of the…

6 ways to have strong legs in midlife and beyond: A stable foundation Lower-body strength matters a lot! It’s linked with lower mortality risk and healthier aging, not to mention that building lean muscle during perimenopause and menopause can support insulin sensitivity, metabolism, joint stability, and bone health. Well, it does those things at all…

Dr. Ruth Machin crams in a lot of information here: Not so fast! Popular on social media at time of writing, a “sardine fast” involves eating nothing but canned sardines for three days, which puts the body into ketosis because sardines contain essentially no carbohydrates. This does work for short-term weight loss (but): weight drops…