Live Beyond the Norms

Can Your Mind Reverse Chronic Pain in Minutes? | Brandy Gillmore

Imagine waiting months for a clinical trial that could give you your life back, only to hear a doctor say they don't expect you to recover. That's what happened to my gu

26 Surprising Pleasures Linked to a Longer, Healthier Life | Dr. Patrick Quillin

Ice baths, prolonged fasting, extreme diets, and uncomfortable biohacking routines. You don't want to do these things. No one does. And you know what? You don't have to.

Living Longer Means Nothing If You Spend Your Final Years Sick | Dr. Bob Rakowski

Human life expectancy has increased dramatically over the past century. In the United States, the average has risen from roughly 47 years in 1900 to around 77–78 years to

Meet the Intermittent Fasting Expert Who Stopped Fasting | Cynthia Thurlow

What happens when someone who built her career around intermittent fasting decides to stop doing it? That's one of the questions I explore with Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse p

What If Some Diabetic Nerve Damage Isn’t Irreversible? | Dr. Stephen Barrett

Every 20 seconds somewhere in the world, a person with diabetes loses a limb to amputation. For many, the path to that point begins with diabetic neuropathy. Sensation in

You Can’t Supplement Your Way Out of a Toxic Lifestyle | Tim James

Americans love their supplements. After all, they spend up to $70 billion per year on supplements, according to some estimates. But supplements can only do so much if you

Could Your Body Be Rejuvenated at 60, 80, or Even 100? | Aubrey de Grey

The rise in human life expectancy is one of medicine’s biggest achievements. In 1950, the global average was just over 46 years. Today, it has passed 73. But living longe

Chris Has a 50% Artery Blockage and This Toxin Test May Explain Why | Dr. Gregory Burzynski

You can feel healthy, stay on top of your numbers, and still have something serious developing beneath the surface. I know because many of my standard markers looked good

Why Trying to Kill All the Bacteria in Your Mouth May Be a Mistake | Nadine Artemis

Your mouth is home to somewhere between 50 and 100 billion bacteria. We’re taught to get rid of bacteria, but many of the microbes in a healthy mouth are supposed to be t

Can We Reverse Cellular Aging by Rebuilding Our Telomeres? | Dr. Bill Andrews

Telomeres shorten every time many of our cells divide. Once they become too short, those cells can lose their ability to keep dividing. But what happens if you can length

Why a Heart Attack at 34 Changed the Way He Thinks About Heart Disease | Dr. Stephen Hussey

Six months before having a widowmaker heart attack at 34, Dr. Stephen Hussey had a coronary calcium score of zero. He exercised regularly, ate a whole-food diet, and says

How Environmental Toxins Affect Your Hormones, Weight, and Fertility | Dr. Wendy Myers

Over the last four decades, obesity in the U.S. has nearly doubled. Research has found testosterone levels in American men declining by around 1% per year since the 80s.

What 24 Years in Law Enforcement Taught Him About Living Longer | Dr. Mark Sherwood

There are roughly 650,000 full-time sworn law enforcement officers in the United States and more than a million active physicians. But how many people have spent decades

Why Your Body Keeps Recirculating Estrogen | Lisa Smith

Nearly three in four women with moderate-to-severe menopausal symptoms report feeling tired or worn out. Add hot flashes, brain fog, anxiety, and bloating, and suddenly i

The Six Questions That Could Save Your Kid's Immune System | Dr. Elisa Song

A 2016 study of 800,000 children found that antibiotics or antacids in the first six months of life significantly raised the risk of eczema, asthma, and life-threatening

Why More Stem Cells Can Mean Worse Results | Joy Kong, MD

Most people think stem cells are unregulated overseas, dangerous, or something you can only access by flying to another country for treatment. Even the ones who believe i

Why Nighttime Erections Are So Good at Predicting Heart Health | Elliot Justin, MD

Cholesterol, blood pressure, and family history are the usual predictors doctors check for heart health. What most don't mention is that nighttime erections can predict i

Why Grit and Grinding Won't Get You Lean | Ben Brown

Self-discipline matters more than IQ for your success. According to research from the University of Pennsylvania, it was more than twice as effective at predicting studen

Millions Are Predisposed to Alzheimer's and Have No Idea | Dr. Ken Sharlin

Roughly 7.4 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease, and by the time symptoms show up, the disease has often been building for 10 to 20 years.  A

Why Aging Accelerates Instead of Moving in a Straight Line | Dr. Jeffrey Gladden

As you get older, you start to notice that aging doesn't move at a steady pace. It picks up speed. And the tools most people reach for to fight it - peptides, hormones, t