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The next most prevalent food intolerance is gluten, which, like lactose, is not a food but a nutrient; specifically, a protein that modern strains

80% of all episodes of depression have been preceded by a stressful life event,” No biomarkers,” Dr. Bullmore answers, which are available in all

The physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., in a speech to the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1860, suggested that heavy drug use was part of

Whereas vaccines prompt our own response, antibiotics import a response from the outside, and that is an absolutely critical distinction for our everyday health.

One thing Johnson did learn: the way to deal with his anxieties was to distract himself from them, not wrestle with them. “To think

The discovery of anesthesia in the 1840s was immensely important—although while it made extended operations possible, overwhelming postoperative infections killed many patients, so most

The most important consultation is the one a person has with him-or-herself. Healthcare starts with personal responsibility.

The next big change in human diet occurred in the age of industrialization, which began in the nineteenth century. This era witnessed the development

Ironically, the person who is most likely to eat an entire box of cookies is not the one who eats a cookie every day

In 1930, Americans spent $2.8 billion on health care—$23 per person and 3.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. In 2015 we spent about