Category: health-letter

Correction to January Health Letter on finding healthy frozen food.

Retail health clinics are fine for a short-term illness or as a backup, but they should not replace a long-term relationship with a primary care physician.

Many spices have antioxidant properties and may provide health benefits such as helping to fight inflammation and aiding digestion.

Opioids are powerful painkillers that block messages of pain to the brain and decrease the body’s perception of discomfort. But taking opioids for four weeks or longer puts a person at risk for dependence and sometimes for addiction.

There are several types of incontinence. Treating them may be a matter of lifestyle change and physical therapy. Sometimes medication or surgery is needed.

It appears that warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest are common and often ignored.

In the appropriate circumstances, dogs and cats make wonderful companions for older adults.

Chair yoga can help reduce heart rate, blood pressure, and anxiety, and it can boost strength, flexibility, and balance.

The FDA has approved idarucizumab (Praxbind), which may be able to reverse the effects of dabigatran (Pradaxa), a newer type of blood thinner that’s had a rare side effect of uncontrolled bleeding during surgery or accidents.

I?m a 23-year-old man who reads my mother?s copy of the Harvard Health Letter. You often talk about how regular exercise improves health, particularly heart health. Since heart disease doesn?t usually start until a man is in his 60s, at what age should I get serious about exercise?