Articles by Peter Dockrill
It's long been known that depression has links to dementia and also specifically to Alzheimer's disease, but exactly how depression and cognitive decline may interact with one another remains unexplaοΏ½...
It's estimated that about one in four adults in the US has high LDL cholesterol, which can build up in your arteries over time, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.
But 'bad' cholesterol οΏ½...
It's only reasonable to assume that attending a seven-day meditation retreat would have a calming and restorative effect on a person.
After all, guided meditation classes, healing rituals, and sessiοΏ½...
The more we find out about the microbiome, the more we realize how truly profound its effects are in shaping who we become.
We already know that the microbes in our bodies may affect our emotions inοΏ½...
The more we find out about ultra-processed foods, the more we lose our appetite.
These industrially formulated food products are low in nutrients and high in all kinds of dubious additives, and theyοΏ½...
Sleep is the panacea of our time. A vast and growing body of research shows that when we get good sleep, good things happen inside our bodies.
When we don't get good sleep, though, the opposite can οΏ½...
Eating meat is consistently shown to be one of the worst things we can do for the environment as consumers, due to the outsized negative impacts animal agriculture has on land, water and energy use, οΏ½...
GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic have transformed healthcare in recent years, dramatically altering how we treat conditions like type 2 diabetes and obesity.
But while the medications are primarily used οΏ½...
For several decades now, one medication has been the primary drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but research shows there's still a lot we can learn about how it works inside the body.
Metformin, thοΏ½...
The benefits of vitamin D are many, with research suggesting it plays an important role in several facets of our health, from boosting our immunity to helping us counter harmful diseases.
As long asοΏ½...
