Digital magazine subscriptions. Over 6,000 publications.
Q. Should I get more sleep or work out?
To snooze or to sweat? It’s one of wellness’s most enduring dilemmas. More often than not, sleep should trump all. As your body’s ultimate recovery tool, it’s when the bulk of essential physiological processes occur – including muscle repair, hormone regulation and neurological repair – keeping your energy and mood in check, explains exercise physiologist and coach Alexander Rothstein. Just one lost night of quality rest can disrupt these processes, while chronic deprivation can trigger insulin resistance and raise blood sugar, both of which are precursors to type 2 diabetes. In short, sleep is pretty pivotal. But before you panic, know that exercise can offset some of the negative effects of insufficient shut-eye. Research has shown that movement boosts cardiovascular health regardless of sleep quality, and can also improve focus…
Why adaptability is your superpower
It was moving to New York that tipped Addison Aloian into a feeling of chaos. No matter that the 25-year-old health editor had dreamed of putting down roots in the city, when the time came to pack her life into boxes, the emotions came on – hard. ‘I was moving somewhere that I’d always wanted to live, while leaving behind family and friends – and my parents were selling my childhood home,’ she tells WH, of the changes that ‘did a number’ on her mental health that year. That hers wasn’t a unique experience did little to temper the anxiety. In the end, ‘moving to New York came to feel like a threat’. That something that looks and smells like an opportunity can feel like anything but is a topic…
It’s Not An Exact Science, Is It? (The Answer Will Shock You)
PLENTY OF PATIENTS COME INTO MY OFFICE wanting to feel better but are hesitant to start anxiety or depression meds. If they’ve never taken mental health medication before, they may have heard worrisome tales of people who had difficulty finding the best med for them. It’s true that it often requires a little trial and error to find the right prescription, but mental health meds are a source of relief for 50 million people in this country alone. That was the case with a patient I’ll call Ralph, a software engineer in his early 30s. At our first appointment, he asked me about a genetic test called GeneSight that promises to take some of the hit-and-miss out of how doctors prescribe mental health meds, including stimulants (for ADHD) and antidepressants.…
Back With a Vengeance
ELIMINATED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO in the U.S., measles may be on track for an “unfathomable” comeback within the next two decades. This is the warning of a study led by epidemiologists from Stanford University who modeled the impact of decreasing vaccination rates on the spread of the infectious disease. Already, waning levels of immunity have led to significant outbreaks within states—such as the recent episode in Texas that saw more than 620 cases, 64 hospitalizations and the deaths of two children. “While the effects of declining vaccination won’t be immediate, we could eventually see the return of awful complications from diseases that most clinicians today have not encountered thanks to decades of successful immunization,” said Professor Nathan Lo in a statement. “With measles, we found that we’re…
Leo XIV: What an American pope can teach America
Growing up, “the only white smoke young Robert Prevost ever saw” likely billowed from steelworks chimneys on Chicago’s South Side, said Thomas Dyja in The Observer (U.K.). Last week, white smoke from the Vatican signaled that he’d been elected the first North American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. Adopting the name Leo XIV, the new pontiff addressed the crowds in St. Peter’s Square first in Italian, then in Spanish, and concluded with a traditional blessing in Latin. But make no mistake, the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is a “true son of Chicago.” Known to friends as Bob, he’s a White Sox fan from the “intimate and humane” city that gave the world Barack Obama, deep-dish pizza, and Playboy magazine. The cardinals’ choice of…
The Perfect Employee
1/ An ability to manage up “I look for the ability to manage up and anticipate needs. I try to take the first in-person interview at a coffee shop, and intentionally arrive five minutes late. Theoretically, they arrive on time, and it’s interesting to see what they do with the time. Have they gotten a table? Are they pacing around outside? Have they gotten their own coffee or waited to see what I may want? We’re looking for self-motivated candidates, and you can learn a lot.” —SARAH DOGGETT EVENSON, founder, Marie Oliver 2/ Work ethic and cultural fit “I look for two things: work ethic and cultural fit. So I ask questions that aren’t just about what someone did, but why they did it. Like: ‘Tell me about a time you had to work…