Health Videos

Dr. Ruth Machin hosts dietician Lorelei Sturm, to talk about a very widespread but little talked-about issue: Change is the opposite of stability First things first, about disordered eating vs eating disorders: an eating disorder is a diagnosable mental health condition, while disordered eating refers to unhealthy or inconsistent eating patterns that may or may…

The surprising science of the forbidden snack: Extra dry Firstly, let’s quickly cover what it actually is: silica gel is made from silicon dioxide (silica), a naturally occurring mineral found abundantly in the Earth’s crust. It starts as silica sand, which is processed and transformed into hard, porous beads. Chemically, silica gel is the same…

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, physio, weighs in with professional tips: It’s about efficiency Feeling like your legs are heavy, sluggish, or tiring easily is often not just a normal part of aging; it can indicate that your leg muscles are not working efficiently, making movement feel more difficult. Making things worse, when these muscles are inactive…

Grief is not just in your head—where there are emotions there are neurotransmitters, where there are neurotransmitters there are systemic effects, and that’s without getting started on the behavioral changes that can impact health. And yes, one can die of it: At the heart of the matter Studies of older couples have found that the…

Dr. Andrea Suarez, dermatologist, advises: Which itch? Sometimes, the rash is on its way and you just don’t know yet! This is because itching can occur before any visible skin changes, which in turn is because specialized nerve fibers send itchy signals to your brain, with the most common cause being dry skin that disrupts…

Different types, different ways: Shooting the messenger Pain is not a fault in our body; it evolved for a reason and is there to serve a purpose, namely, letting us know about potential or actual damage to our body. For this reason, people who can’t feel pain are at much greater risk of injury because…

Or are they just a marketable illusion of exercise? Worth the weight? Fun fact that you probably already know, but might not have thought about in this context: Muscle growth depends primarily on taking an exercise to failure or near failure, rather than on whether you use light or heavy weights. In particular, studies (cited…

Pneumonia is a significant killer of people over the age of 65, with the risk increasing with age after that, rising very sharply around the age of 85. Here’s why: Take a deep breath… Pneumonia is an infection of the alveoli (air sacs of the lungs that increase the surface area and allow the gas…

Mobility coach Alisa Zuravskaja (yes, formerly Szyman; maybe she got divorced? We’re not sure what happened, but her name has changed on her socials, so we’re changing it here too!) shows us how: 3 pillars, one focus The three pillars of anti-aging exercises are cardio, strength, and mobility, with the latter being critical as mobility…

This is one of those cases where prevention is a lot more fun than cure: This too shall pass Passing a kidney stone is usually not on most people’s lists of favorite things to do. But how and why do they form in the first place? Urine naturally contains (amongst many other things) calcium, sodium,…

There is a better way: Make it count Fun fact: the widely promoted goal originated from a 1964 Japanese pedometer called the “Manpo-kei” (“10,000 steps meter”) as a marketing decision rather than from clinical research, largely because the Japanese kanji for 10,000 looks a bit like a walking person: 万 Walking is indeed very beneficial…

Fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants, though in truth they are neither, and cannot be killed in a way that matters: Decay exists as an extant form of life The fungal kingdom ranges from athlete’s foot to mushrooms to the underground mycorrhizal network that allows trees to communicate with each other…