A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of Harvard psychologists shows that adults 50 years and older who volunteer two hours per week have considerably lower risk of losing independence and of dying. This volunteer time also inspires feelings of well-being and [...]
In addition to psychological and emotional suffering, stress, anxiety, depression and suicide, domestic violence has many other health repercussions that aren’t as well known. This trauma contributes to cardiovascular disease when survivors develop obesity, high blood pressure, chronic inflammation [...]
A group of American experts in nutrition and cardiovascular disease recently emphasized the urgency of routinely evaluating eating habits during routine check-ups. What we eat has a significant impact on our health. According to a 2017 report covering 195 countries around the world, it was estimated [...]