Health

By Harvard Health Letters In these turbulent times, it may be a struggle to maintain a glass half full view of life. A poll released by the Associated Press on Jan. 1 indicated that most Americans came out of 2016 feeling pretty discouraged. Only 18 percent feel...

Eating “clean” doesn’t have to mean spending tons of time in the kitchen.

By Sandra Block How stressed out are we? Consider this: In some cities, “rage rooms,” sometimes known as anger rooms, allow customers who are fed up with work, politics or the stress of everyday life to smash old furniture, TVs, dishes and other breakable...

Changing just one seated meeting per week at work into a walking meeting increased the work-related physical activity levels of white-collar workers by 10 minutes.

Do I dare write a column celebrating 40 years of writing this column? “Why not?” I answer, striking the power pose. I’ve put in my 10,000-plus-plus hours. I’ve become an expert in healthy living, not to mention time spent on healthy dying, a...