A National Goal: Prevent a Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2022

By JANE E. BRODY
NYT Live
There is already a well-established path to countering cardiovascular disease. All it really requires is the will of individuals and society to follow it.
Published date: October 22, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Life Insurance Offering More Incentive to Live Longer

By PAUL SULLIVAN
NYT
Applying behavioral economics, John Hancock is offering a discount on life insurance and other incentives to customers with healthy lifestyles.
Published date: September 19, 2018 at 04:00PM
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Her Searing Gut Pain Suggested Celiac. Why Didn’t Cutting Out Gluten Help?

By LISA SANDERS, M.D
NYT
The patient, a retired nurse, had no insurance and diagnosed herself — which may have been part of the problem.
Published date: August 15, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Our Fat Pets

By SUSAN JENKS
NYT
Sixty percent of cats tip the scales at unhealthy weights, slightly more than the 56 percent of dogs. It’s not good for them.
Published date: August 2, 2018 at 12:02PM
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How to Get America on the Mediterranean Diet

By PAUL GREENBERG
NYT
Countless studies show it’s the healthiest way to eat. But too few people actually follow it.
Published date: July 20, 2018 at 03:33AM
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How to Increase Your Chances of Having a Long, Healthy Life

By JANE E. BRODY
NYT
The big factors in life expectancy: whether people smoke, what and how much they eat, and whether they abuse alcohol or drugs.
Published date: June 4, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Cod and ‘Immune Broth’: California Tests Food as Medicine

By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
NYT
A state-funded clinical trial will test whether nutritious daily meals for chronically ill people can improve health and reduce medical costs.
Published date: May 11, 2018 at 09:42PM
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