Health

An exercise drug?

Researchers hope to harness the cognitive benefits of a workout for Alzheimer’s patients with mobility issues
What Americans say about loneliness

Quiz digs into data on major public health concern

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Got emotional wellness app? It may be doing more harm than good.

Study sees mental health risks, suggests regulators take closer look as popularity rises amid national epidemic of loneliness, isolation
Why are young people taking fewer risks?

Psychologist describes generation overparented — but also overwhelmed by ‘frightening world’

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What might cancer treatment teach us about dealing with retinal disease?

Joan Miller’s innovative thinking led to therapies for macular degeneration that have helped millions, made her better leader

Part of the Profiles of Progress series
Cuts imperil ‘keys to future health’

Project has tracked lives, lifestyles, and well-being of cohorts over decades, led to insights, interventions in cardiovascular disease, cancers, nutrition

Aging Brains Lose Less Than Thought

It’s considered a dreaded inevitability of growing old—you lose thousands of brain cells every day. This idea has been a centerpiece of scientific dogma and popular lore for 40 years.…

October 3, 1996